The last character I want to talk about from The Young Sorceress is Pantagria– the angelic demon who is the embodiment of addiction.  I love writing Pantagria in The Voyage of the Minotaur, but had written Brechalon, The Dark and Forbidding Land, The Drache Girl, and The Two Dragons without being able to include her.  The Young Sorceress was my last chance.

I love the dialog between Yuah and Pantagria in this story.  They have a complex relationship, one having loved Terrence and the other having been loved by him, and lovers with each other.  Of course my favorite line between them is when I get to steal my favorite line from Hamlet.

“Don’t speak of him!”  Yuah’s hand became a claw with which she threatened to lash out.  “Don’t you dare say his name!”

 “I loved Terrence,” Pantagria hissed, her eyes taking an evil gleam.  “Forty thousand dressing maids with all their quantity of love could not equal my sum!”

I hope you enjoyed my few thoughts about these characters.  To all of you who have taken your valuable time to read this book, you have my thanks.