Fairy Tales were my very first introduction to romance, as I imagine they were for many others. I have always loved not just the HEA ending but the whole structure of the tales – the battle against evil, the good and clever hero and the beautiful and clever heroine. That is why when Mercedes Lackey…
I really enjoyed The Battle Sylph and as I read that book, there was one secondary character who rather haunted me. When I saw that The Shattered Sylph would be his book, I pounced on it. Though you’ll need to read the first book in this series to understand what goes on in this one,…
Shana Abe is an author that I always look forward to reading. Her lyrical style blends perfectly with magical elements and always creates a fairy tale feel to her stories of the drakon, the disguised dragons of Georgian England. In this, the fifth installment in her series, we meet Honor Carlisle, a young woman who…
Favorite Romance Audiobooks Poll Winner: Second place – Favorite Fantasy or Sci Fi with Romance Thread Audiobook Narrated by Bernadette Dunne I chose my first 2010 challenge category, Fantasy Romance, and took the advice of listeners yet again and decided on The Sharing Knife, Volume 1: Beguilement. There has been a good deal of praise…
There are series, and then there are Series. Destiny’s Star is third in a sub-trilogy and sixth in Elizabeth Vaughan’s Warlands saga, so if you’ve never read her books, this is not – I repeat, not – the place to start. Lady Bethral is a warrior of the Palins, a former mercenary turned Queen’s guard….
Every now and then I read a book that I adore, but that I find difficult to describe without spoiling it for others. The Battle Sylph is just such a book. The plotting is good and the world created here rather intricate, but everything reveals itself in layers and the journey is part of the…
Having enjoyed the previous Celta books, I looked forward to another romantic story in a beautiful futuristic world. Unfortunately, reading Heart Change rendered me less than enthusiastic; the plodding storyline and snail’s pace relationship development left me snoozing hard and often. We meet Signet D’Marigold on the morning of her birthday, depressed about her lack…
New Orleans heiress Regan Henry is trapped in a loveless marriage with a man who spiritually and mentally abuses her. At yet another party that her husband forces her to host, she meets Felix LeBlanc, the entertainer for the night. He is a voodoo practitioner, and has strangely accurate insight into her painful past. During…
There’s a lot of urban fantasy and paranormal romance out there on shelves now, but a good fantasy romance is harder to find. Readers of Breath of Fire won’t find werewolves, vampires, or edgy, streetwise leads, but if you like dragons and epic, otherworldly tales, this book tells a wonderful story. I can only summarize…
With a gorgeous title like The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, it’s tough for an author to really deliver. So while the book had promise and was no particular hardship to read, I found myself vaguely disappointed by the story and its characters. There are so many bits of lovely mythology, Gothic sensibilities…
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