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Summary: Hambly is on a roll
Review: Continuing the thread started in her Windrose Chronicles,
Barbara Hambly weaves yet another yarn that is well-spun
with character depth and a plot that, convoluted as it may
sometimes seem, is internally consistent and easy to swallow -
despite its liberal sprinkling of wizards, ghosts, spells and
curses. The story includes characters and a historic setting
that is comfortable and familiar to any who have read her
Windrose Chronicles, yet the story is independent of those
works and stands on its own, with a very different perspective
on the politics and day-to-day lives of the inhabitants of the
Empire. Kyra - whom we met briefly in Hambly's "Dog Wizard," is the
central character, and her unravelling of the mystery as to what
has twisted her own developing magic skills, who and what is
threatening the life of her sister, and how to navigate through
the quagmire of paternal resentment, socialite scheming, the
suspicions of the Church's Magic Office and her surprisingly
conflicted heart over the man who would be her brother-in-law,
are expertly and masterfully interwoven by Hambly's skills as
a storyteller. A very good read - even more than once.
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Summary: Great combination of fantasy and romance
Review: Kyra's family disowned her when she decided to become a magician. She comes back only because she must -- because she has a foreboding that her sister will die on her wedding night. Working magic in secret, Kyra tries to postpone the wedding long enough to solve the mystery. Yet something completely unexpected happens -- she finds herself drawn to her sister's fiance, Spens! (Though at first glance he seems like a stout merchant with bad fashion sense, Spens is a great character.) My biggest problem with this book is the structure of the plot. Important information about the past is withheld, and when the reader learns that information, we pretty much figure out who did it. But I enjoyed this book so much that I didn't mind. I've heard Barbara Hambly's other fantasy books are even better. Now, I can't wait to read them. I gave this book Desert Isle Keeper status at All About Romance.
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Summary: This book is great.
Review: This book is about an outcast who is home to see her sisters wedding, but gets mixed up in magic mayhem. The family is afraid of her magic powers, and her father is permanantly mad at her for being a wizard. And She seems to be falling in love with her sisters fiance. And her sister doesn't want to marry her fiance. And on top of all that it seems that a wizard also loves her sister and wants her for himself while another woman wants the fiance to marry her daughter!This book is great for everyone to read
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Summary: Another entertaining book by Hambley
Review: This book is another wonderful story set in the world of Antryg Windrose, although neither he nor Joanna Sheraden appears in it. I think the Windrose Chronicles happen to be Hambley's best series, and this book certainly lives up to that expectation. ... After she arrives the fur begins to fly between her and her estranged family, but once she meets the prospective groom and his family the fun really begins as she tries to delay the wedding and find out who wants her sister dead. This book is once again a great mix of fantasy and mystery, which seems to be a Hambley staple. Also typical of a Hambley book, the prose just draws the reader in, and enough twists and turns occur in the plot that you are never quite sure what is going to happen next. At various times throughout the book the reader will empathize with each of the main characters, which again points to the wonderful and heartfelt character development that I have come to expect from Hambley. This is a great book, and I encourage new and old Hambley fans to track it down and read it. I only hope she writes a few more stories about the characters in this strange new world.
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Summary: Another entertaining book by Hambley
Review: This book is another wonderful story set in the world of Antryg Windrose, although neither he nor Joanna Sheraden appears in it. I think the Windrose Chronicles happen to be Hambley's best series, and this book certainly lives up to that expectation. ... After she arrives the fur begins to fly between her and her estranged family, but once she meets the prospective groom and his family the fun really begins as she tries to delay the wedding and find out who wants her sister dead. This book is once again a great mix of fantasy and mystery, which seems to be a Hambley staple. Also typical of a Hambley book, the prose just draws the reader in, and enough twists and turns occur in the plot that you are never quite sure what is going to happen next. At various times throughout the book the reader will empathize with each of the main characters, which again points to the wonderful and heartfelt character development that I have come to expect from Hambley. This is a great book, and I encourage new and old Hambley fans to track it down and read it. I only hope she writes a few more stories about the characters in this strange new world.
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Summary: Original fantasy
Review: This book is refreshing, because it's not another "fight the dark evil god" too common in fantasy. The story is about a predicted curse, and who have done it ? And how to dodge it, too. The romance is present, but not too important. It's not a love book, but a mistery one.
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Summary: A must read for fantasy adicts.
Review: This is a great book. It has magic, adventure, love and ghosts. I didn't want the book to end. I have only read a few other books that I enjoyed as much as I did this one.
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Summary: Hambly is on a roll
Review: This was one of my first forays into fantasy several years ago. I enjoyed it then, and upon rereading it, I find it holds up rather well. Hambly excels at describing, in a matter-of-fact manner, surroundings that may be fantastic, unreal. Kyra is bold, even fierce, and in Spens we find a surprising equal. The magic in the book is fun, the plot engrossing, and the ending is perfect.
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Summary: Fun, if lightweight
Review: This was one of my first forays into fantasy several years ago. I enjoyed it then, and upon rereading it, I find it holds up rather well. Hambly excels at describing, in a matter-of-fact manner, surroundings that may be fantastic, unreal. Kyra is bold, even fierce, and in Spens we find a surprising equal. The magic in the book is fun, the plot engrossing, and the ending is perfect.
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