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Summary: Queen's Necklace
Review: Make a pot of herb tea. Find a comfy armchair. Sit back, relax, and enjoy your visit to Teresa Edgerton's world. "The Queen's Necklace" is a rich, intriguing tale full of complex individuals and spectacular settings. It has as many plot twists as a spy thriller, that is, if spies could weave spells in jewelry and mirrors. The world resembles Europe at the time of the French Revolution. There is a plethora of corsets and puffy dresses, and men in powdered wigs and long coats, rendered in such detail as to make you think the author has the whole cast's wardrobe tucked away in her closet. Each city is a character in itself, and the author illustrates them in glorious panorama. No detail is overlooked, from tea, toast and chocolates, to the frightening beauty of the crystal heart on the enchanted necklace. She skillfully weaves the history of a whole world into a handful of pages. The sexual tension between the two main characters has an interesting twist: they're already married. But although they love each other, they have trouble showing it. He's a bit of a scalawag, and also a competent swashbuckling captain of the guard. She's secretly training in the magic arts and is not afraid to go into the dark alleys on the wrong side of town. They're both trying to save the world, but it's harder when they don't cooperate and confide in each other. Five thousand years before, Goblins were the dominant race. There are layers of Goblin cities in ruins beneath the human architecture, and remnants of enchanted "machinery" that the humans use but don't fully understand. Goblins come in all shapes and sizes. The Padfoots and the Wrynecks are easily spotted in a crowd, but some are as handsome or beautiful as humans. They move among the people as evil undetected, like Dracula in a tuxedo. If you've read Teresa Edgerton's other books, then you'll enjoy this one. "The Queen's Necklace" is a masterpiece of story-telling craftsmanship.
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Summary: Fantasy At Its Best!
Review: The Maglore were beautiful goblins who once ruled the world until their human slaves rebelled. Now they hide, plotting their return to power. Standing against them are a chosen few, Wilrowan, dashing Captain of the Queen's guard who leads another life, his lovely but neglected wife Lilliana, whose magic powers are growing, a tutor with a secret, and a traveling scholar, just to name a few. They must reclaim the various jewels that have kept the world from chaos, or watch all they know be destroyed by an evil power.If you love swashbuckling adventures with a little romance, magic and lots of tense intrigue, you are going to love this novel. There's fencing and fighting, action and romance, and characters who leap off the pages. Buy a copy for yourself. Buy copies for your friends. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Great Fantasy with Interesting History
Review: This is my favorite book of all time. You can improve your vocabulary in a fun way. The fantasy is based on true events that happened in history but it's all jumble bumbled into a smart, wild, imaginative electronic video game on paper. Entertaining but also intelligent. I love Teresa's stories, and this is her best book in many ways. Reading her books makes me a better writer, and helps me get an A in English.
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Summary: Enjoyable but frustrating
Review: This was all-in-all a great book. I liked having the character list at the beginning to refer back to because there are LOTS of characters and you can easily get confused. The romance was good - not too descriptive to be pornographic, but not too light to be boring. The frustrating part came with the jumps from past to present and the many subplots. You'll read something and take it on faith that it will be explained later and then at the end you don't really remember if everything's been explained. (And it wraps up REALLY quickly) But I did enjoy Wil and Lili's tempestuous romance and it kept me interested right from the beginning - it was easy to get into it. Happy reading!
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