- Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance; First Edition edition (Aug 26 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765355272
- ISBN-13: 978-0765355270
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,451,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for USA Today bestselling author Susan Kearney
"Kearney is unbeatable!"--Romantic Times BOOKreviews
“Kearney is a master storyteller.”—New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley
Praise for New York Times bestselling author Elaine Cunningham
“[Gwen is] a cool crime-solver who could teach Anita Blake a thing or two.”—Publishers Weekly on Shadows in the Darkness
“With the sleekness of a supernatural Alias, Cunningham's novel is a fast, fun read with a likable, hip heroine.”—Booklist on Shadows in the Darkness
Praise for national bestselling author Kassandra Sims
“Paranormal romance fans will love Sims' fantastic and highly original novel.”—Booklist on Falling Upwards
“A lighthearted romp mixed in with mayhem, blood, and gore.”—Romantic Times BOOKreviews on The Midnight Work
Product Description
Beyond Magic is an anthology from three of Tor Romance's bestselling authors.
From USA Today bestselling author Susan Kearney
A skeptical journalist intends to debunk an astral projection machine—until it slingshots her mind through the galaxy into another body. To keep the love she finds there, she must leave all she knew behind and embrace the stars…
From New York Times bestselling author Elaine Cunningham
A medium and a psychic team up to solve a series of mystifying kidnappings and murders. Can they put their own past behind them? If they do, they might survive to have a future together…
From national bestselling author Kassandra Sims
Magic is dying, and to save it, an apathetic witch must choose sides. Making the decision, she learns that there are things in the world worth fighting for, things beyond her wildest reckonings—like love.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Sims story worth reading,
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Ce commentaire est de: Beyond Magic (Mass Market Paperback)
Of the three stories in this book, only the third is worth reading; it's a 4.5 out of 5. I loved it. The first story, by Susan Kearney, is mildly amusing like a good fan story, and I couldn't make it through Elaine Cunningham's due to the violence. But "Hill and Sky" is definitely worth reading for the tale of a witch who moved to Nashville to get away from her family in Seattle, and finds friends and challenges and a man worth knowing. Excellent.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
3 short stories on a magical theme,
By Helen Hancox "Auntie Helen" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Beyond Magic (Mass Market Paperback)
As with most anthologies, in 'Beyond Magic' you get a bit of a mixed bag. The first story, 'The Shimmering' by Susan Kearney, was very enjoyable. Despite the too-unlikely-to-believe premise, even for a paranormal story, there was a good plot (if you could ignore how unlikely it was!) and the characters were also good, if a little sketchily drawn in such a short story. There were some rather convenient bits woven into the story to make it all wrap up nicely but I did enjoy reading it and learning of a new world where weather is controlled by a magic totem which has been stolen and where our heroine has to impersonate someone else and tame a much-feared warrior.
Elaine Cunningham's story 'Beyond Dreams' was also fairly good. With a rather large cast of characters I didn't feel I entirely got into the head of any of them, except perhaps Cassie the heroine. Cassie finds herself reconnecting with her former fiancé Nick after he confesses to some murders - for which he has complete alibis. The reason Nick and Cassie broke up was because his rational, scientific mind couldn't believe in her psychic skills; however Nick is beginning to discover that he, too, has some spooky talents. Can Nick and Cassie work together to discover who is murdering young people? The plot in this story was well constructed and there were some side-plots about various family members which worked well. However the romance side of the book was fairly underplayed and I was never entirely sure why Cassie left Nick originally. The third story is 'Hill and Sky' by Kassandra Sims. I've read two full-length novels by her and really not liked them and unfortunately the same happened with her short story. She has an interesting writing style and a good way with words but I can never really tell what's going on, I can't follow the plot properly and I find my attention wandering. The story was nominally about a witch who finds herself involved in a quest to safeguard someone magical, despite her general apathy about this kind of thing, but the plot was obscured by lots of random people who wandered in and out of the story doing random things. No doubt there are some people who get on well with Sims' writing but I'm not one of them and it rather spoiled the book for me as it left it on a rather low note. The first two stories are worth reading but I'd give the third a miss. Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2008 0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A magical anthology,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Beyond Magic (Mass Market Paperback)
"The Shimmering" by Susan Kearney. Reporter Sandra Lowell tests an astral projection gizmo only to be sent to another planet light years from earth. She ends inside the body of the wife of warrior Daveck Gorait, who has a world to save. With her memories in tact she wants to go home, but is falling in love with the hunk who insists their marriage is a political necessity.
"Beyond Dreams" by Elaine Cunningham. In Providence Nick Romano keeps having nightmares of murdered women. Although he does not believe in ESP, desperate to end his restless sleep, he visits psychic Cassie O'Malley. "Hill and Sky" by Kassandra Sims. Although she loves her family, Annika Madsen moved to Nashville to escape their constant hovering. Her mother begs her to come home insisting the family needs her; she implies the magic is dying. Finally mom sends Tommy Brennan to help her with an investigation. "The Shimmering" starts as a science fiction but moves into fantasy on another world; while "Beyond Dreams" is an urban mystery fantasy; and "Hill and Sky" is similar as an urban mystery fantasy, but much more introspective. Fans will enjoy these three well written novellas. Harriet Klausner |
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