A review by brenn
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Kate Elliott, Jennifer Roberson

5.0

This is one of my favorite books of all time. I have a degree in History and the way the three authors build and play with the history of the duchy just tickles me to the bone. I also dabbled in art history so there's a double layer of deliciousness, as well as the excellent storyline and rich characters. And that they wrapped it up in one book when it could have so easily stretched into a trilogy is a great place to wrap this review up.
ETA: Little trivia note here. Kate Eliot mentioned on twitter that the cover artist, Michael Whelon, used himself as a model for Sario on the cover.