The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1480592161 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 537 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Classy and stylish fantasy with a dash of romance Connie J. Jasperson As any good fantasy fan must, I love the work of Mercedes Lackey. We share the same birthday (different years) and the same abiding love of the genre of fantasy, music and the renaissance. Mercedes Lackey writes immersive fantasy tales that are not only well-crafted; they rise far above your standard hack-and-slash sword-and-sorcery. In her Valdemar series, Lackey takes the genre and amps it up.This book is a bit outside my usual genre of epic fantasy. When I bought the Kindle downl. "Enchanting Fantasy Story but not as good as Lackey's other Works." according to Sfusion. This book was more about character development and a sense of fictional history. I found it pleasurable to read as I do with most of Lackey's books but knowing that it's a twist of Beauty and Beast with a fire elemental twist it just wasn't anywhere near comparable to her other novels with richer histories. It's a good read, fun, and enchanting but you can't compare it to her other series. What I did like was the heroine she was painted much more clever and independent than the orig. wonderful first Elemental Masters fantasy A Customer The Fire RoseMercedes LackeyBaen, Jul 1 2014, $18.00ISBN 9781476736501In 1905, Chicago heiress and medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins has no time to grieve the death of her father as she finds herself in financial straits. With no choices she accepts a position as a governess of Jason Cameron’s children in San Francisco.However, her new job proves strange since her enigmatic employer has no children or for that matter apparently any family either. Instead Jason hired her due to
Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband and collaborator, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots. . She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator
For the monster here is a magician caught in a werewolf spell, and the young girl is a destitute young woman with no other choices. Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him. -- Midwest Book Review
Instead, her duties are to read to him, through a speaking tube, from ancient manuscripts in obscure, nearly forgotten dialects.A requirement for the job was skill in translating medieval French, and she now understands the reason for that requirement, and assumes her unseen employer’s interest in the descriptions of medieval spells and sorcery is that of an eccentric antiquary. He has a terrible secret and is desperately searching for something that can reverse the effects of the misfired spell which created his predicament.. Beauty Meets Beast in San FranciscoAccepting employment as a governess after hard times hit her family, medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is surprised when she learns that her mysterious employer has no children, no wife, and she is not to meet with him face to face. What she does not realize is that his interest is anything but academic