A Fine Impersonation

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Summary: What is Fantasy?
Review: As an author, I'm often asked 'what do you write?' and when I say 'fantasy', I get some blank looks. Fantasy as a description is rather amorphous, but if you like your reading to contain action, adventure, danger, love and hate, and for it to take you to places you've never been, then you'll love fantasy as I do. So take a chance on A FINE IMPERSONATION, if you've never read any fantasy before--and if you have, then I hope you'll try my work too. And please, let me know what you think of it!

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Summary: Realistic characters you will fall in love with!
Review: He was only a traveling player. His troop, led by his mother (Leandra), left him with the Masters when he had been raging with fever. He was to catch up to them once well. However, he awoke one morning to find Master Adrian shaking him awake and announcing that he was about to undertake the role of his life!

Prince Melos had been left to the Masters about nineteen years ago, by his aunt, Queen Ffazia the Fourth. Since all dozen or so others of royal lineage had died, accidentally of course, and the Queen was near death as well, the Queen ordered Prince Melos to wed the commander of her majesty's army, Ravyn Malakar. However, Melos had died four years ago and the Masters had never informed their Queen! So now he was to play the part of Prince Melos and to actually take the throne!

Ravyn Malakar did not want to wed Melos. Only to keep him alive long enough to take the throne. Her job (before and after the so called wedding) was, not to sire heirs, but to be his bodyguard for life! Tough job since it seems several assassins were now after Melos. And all the magic in the air simply could not be healthy for a prince-to-be!

***** Hmmm, this one has an interesting twist for an ending! It holds the possiblity of being continued as well. Good thing, since I hope to see more of these characters in the future. Well written and sure to please! K.G. McAbee has written a world that will entrap readers, willing or not! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch

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Summary: A Fine Impersonation
Review: Ms. McAbee has captivated me once again by leading me into her fantastic world which is, somehow familiar. From the first chapter, she grabbed my attention and kept it throughout the story until the conclusion.

Her storytelling skills keep me begging for more, more books, more short stories, more pages.... just more. I'd recommend her work to both readers and would be readers. Thanks.

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Summary: A Fine Impersonation
Review: Ms. McAbee has captivated me once again by leading me into her fantastic world which is, somehow familiar. From the first chapter, she grabbed my attention and kept it throughout the story until the conclusion.

Her storytelling skills keep me begging for more, more books, more short stories, more pages.... just more. I'd recommend her work to both readers and would be readers. Thanks.

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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: The feeble-minded Prince Melos was entrusted to the care of Master Adrian at the abbey for the last several decades, forgotten by his royal family. One day he wanders into the woods alone, and his blood stained cloak is discovered a week later. Fearing reprisals, the abbey never informs the Queen of her brother's demise. In failing health, her own children dead, the Queen sends a detachment of the royal guard to bring him home again.

When the unannounced guard arrives, Master Adrian and his fellow clerics substitute a rogue actor in the dead prince's place. The new Prince Melos promptly becomes engaged to the commander of her majesty's army, Ravyn Malakar. As he begins his fine impersonation of the prince, this rogue actor quickly learns the dangers and rewards of such an impossible situation. With his irrepressible humor and consummate acting skills, the new Prince Melos entertains the reader with flair.

K G McAbee writes with the wit and farcical flair of a modern day Shakespeare, combining the improbable and the implausible in a delightfully beguiling tale of impossibility. Prepare for the highest hilarity and foolishness, and be sure to cover your giggles or your coworkers will know you are reading at work again. Readers who enjoy this incredible tale will also enjoy her other novels, including ESCAPE THE PAST, THE PLAUSIBLE PRINCE, UNWELCOME LEGACY, and BEWITCHED BY DARKNESS. A FINE IMPERSONATION is highly recommended!

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Summary: A Hoot!! Thank you, K. G. McAbee
Review: The narrator is pompous, funny, but above all appealing. Think of the best secondary characters/clowns (even Falstaff perhaps?) in Shakespeare -- the "prince" is nearly as asinine and clever as they are. And even as you roll your eyes at him, you have to root for the guy and you certainly care what happens to him.

The heroine is not quite as well developed (I suppose it's inevidable in a first person narrative), but she's still intriguing and a refreshing change from the usual. The secondary characters are all fun. The scenes from another world are also very vivid.

I had planned to take my time but ended up reading it all in one sitting. Very well done -- only complaint: it wasn't longer.

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Summary: A Hoot!! Thank you, K. G. McAbee
Review: The narrator is pompous, funny, but above all appealing. Think of the best secondary characters/clowns (even Falstaff perhaps?) in Shakespeare -- the "prince" is nearly as asinine and clever as they are. And even as you roll your eyes at him, you have to root for the guy and you certainly care what happens to him.

The heroine is not quite as well developed (I suppose it's inevidable in a first person narrative), but she's still intriguing and a refreshing change from the usual. The secondary characters are all fun. The scenes from another world are also very vivid.

I had planned to take my time but ended up reading it all in one sitting. Very well done -- only complaint: it wasn't longer.

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Summary: Enchanting writing
Review: This book is a must-read. It is humorous, with a wry and witty tone that keeps you reading till you've reached the end (sadly) are look up wondering where the time went to.