spoiler discussion of Outremer

[julesjones]

I did eventually realise that my problem with writing an overview of the Outremer series was partly that I kept wanting to talk about stuff that was a big fat spoiler. So I'm going to make two posts -- this one as a placeholder so that I can stick spoiler discussion in a comment later, where it won't be seen by those who don't want to read spoilers, and a separate post with a summary review of the series.

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[julesjones]

All right, one random observation to start off with -- there is a scene in 2/6 that shows that you don't have to make a sex scene explicit for it to be *hot*. That was the point at which I thought, "I really, really need to pimp this to the slashfen." :-)

Something else I liked about the relationship between Marron and Sieur Anton was that Sieur Anton's compromise between faith and sexuality felt real. He *isn't* just a modern man in fancy dress; he's a religious knight in a religious order that has little tolerance for deviation, and while he goes against his religion in loving men, he doesn't break away from it.