* "This
novel introduces a fearless and resourceful heroine with a true
heart and a keen-edged blade. Spiced with humor and spot-on period
detail, this coming-of-age tale belongs in most fantasy and YA
collections."
-- Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Plot and
style here are in the swashbuckling tradition of Dumas, but the
characters are very real beneath their facades."
-- Booklist
"Bound to
become a feminist classic...."
-- Helen Pilinovsky, Endicott Studio
"Winning high
fantasy ... a welcome return to the romantic Riverside world Kushner
introduced in Swordspoint."
--Publishers Weekly
"If Swordspoint
is a perfect gem, The Privilege of the Sword is the gem
in its full setting: elegant, wicked, funny, intelligent, and
fluent."
-- Green
Man Review
"There's
no doubt that the book is great fun. Kushner's prose is fabulous
and her characters vivid, though the book itself is far more charming
than any of them. I hate having to say this about a book, because
it sounds like an insult, but it really would make great beach
reading."
-- Emerald
City