Title: Caught in Crystal Author:  Patricia C Wrede SubTitle: A Lyra Novel Publisher: Open Road Pub Date: December 13, 2011 Category: Adult Fantasy, (also suitable for young adults). Caught in Crystal is an enjoyable traditional fantasy read about a single mother (a refreshingly different kind of character to the usual fantasy fare) whose past catches up with her. Kayl and her two children run a modest country inn and have done for a decade but everything changes the day a sorceress asks for a room. Her name is Corrana, a member of the order of the Sisterhood of Stars, a coven of witches that Kayl left after a secret mission to the Twisted Tower went horribly wrong. Since then the Sisters magical power has been eroded and Corrana has come to ask her to help them remove whatever blocks it, but Kayl isn’t interested in taking back the life of a Warrior for the Sisterhood that she had renounced years before. Gylndon, a wizard she met on the original mission also turns up to warn her … [Read more...]