The Pounamu Prophecy
Cindy Williams
Rhiza Press, $28.50 ISBN 9781925139457
The Seer’s Wolf
Barbara Petrie
Bridgidada Press, $33.00 ISBN 9780473318154
Waitapu
Helen Margaret Waaka
Escalator Press, $30.00 ISBN 9780994118615
Cindy Williams’s romance The Pounamu Prophecy is the story of Helene and James finding their way back to each other after the spark has gone from their marriage.
As a romance, it’s not a book which asks readers to do much work. The characters are largely stereotypes, events require minimal interpretation, and life has clearly visible meaning. (Plot spoilers follow.) The book’s gender politics are likewise a product of the genre: it is Helene rather than James who needs to learn and change, and what she needs to learn is not to put her career ahead of his.
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