[book_talk] book review - Mercedes Lackey
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- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 21:27:57 -0800
_The Fire Rose_
by Mercedes Lackey
narrated by Kate Black-Regan
Rosalind Hawkins found the offer of employment in the San Francisco
area as a governess to be irresistible. Only it proved that there were
no children to tutor, and that instead her unseen employer truly wished
someone who could help him with research in ancient manuscripts, some
of them in obscure languages. She finds herself living in a palatial
country estate between the city and Pacifica, tended to by servants she
can't seem to catch a glimpse of, reading books, codices, and
manuscripts on magic and esoterica to her employer via a speaking tube,
and doing her best to avoid the one other person she has ever seen on
the estate, the male secretary for the master of the property, whom she
finds to be odious.
So, what was the nature of the accident that her new employer suffered,
and just what kind of deformities has he endured?
This is part of her Elemental Masters series, and the first I've seen
set in the U.S. rather than in Britain. It's obviously inspired by
Beauty and the Beast, and again, as happened in the 500 Kingdoms series
story based on that fairy tale, she has chosen the same creature that
the Beast resembles. Somewhat predictable, but entertaining
nonetheless. I enjoyed the book, and I recommend it to those who like
such expansions on traditional folk and fairy tales.
The narrator is good, but some of her pronunciations are questionable.
Got this on sale from Audible and have been reading it when driving
back and forth to work.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise
cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
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