I'm reading Ysabel, my first Guy Gavriel Kay. After 150 pages, I like him fairly well. Good writing, good ideas, decent characters, and he tries a fair number of unusual methods or styles, with pretty good results. I'm afraid the book is geared toward teens. Not only is the protagonist a teen, but the presentation and his narrative thought is, I think, meant to appeal to teens at the expense of adults, where some other authors successfully pitch books to more general appeal. Some of the details meant to show authentic teen life, like Ned's iPod selections, dated the book and seemed questionable. Coldplay? Really?? On the other hand, the child is Canadian....
