Ohhh yes. *rueful* I picked up The Harp of Imach Thyssel a while back, from the same used bookstore where I found this one, and . . . it was kind of astonishingly bland.

I think possibly she's not quite sure what to do with herself when she's not deliberately aiming for comedy - all the works of hers I like best are kind of setting out to poke affectionate fun as part of their premise. All except the Mairelon books, anyways, and even those I don't like quite as well as her funnier ones (but don't tell Adiva >.> <.< I STILL THINK KIM IS AWESOME I PROMISE.)