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4.0 out of 5 stars
Women's Lib, Steam Engines, and Low Fantasy,
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This review is from: FIRE ROSE (Mass Market Paperback)
Those who are looking for dwarves, dragons, and high adventure are advised to look elsewhere. As with many of Mercedes Lackey's books the magic elements of the story take a very distinct back seat to character development. And rightly so, for Lackey has a talent for bringing what could easily be cookie-cutter characters fully to life and leading them through periods of change and growth.In this book Rose, the main character, is a female scholar in a time where opportunities for women are few. Set in Gilded Age San Francisco the overarching theme of the book is her struggle against her own lack of options. Of course, there must be a fantasy element, happily provided by a wizard who employs Rose to help him research his way out of a lycanthropic predicament that has left him unable to read. The predictable romance between the two is slightly stilted, but perhaps appropriate for two characters who are in almost every way extremely reserved. The real treat in this book is Rose's running internal dialog, which gives us a believable glimpse of what a highly intelligent woman must feel in highly unusual circumstances. Overall this book lacks large amounts of magic, action, and ancient mysteriousness, while supplying a healthy portion of social commentary and a side dish of romance. I found it relaxing summer reading, but the little boy in me wanted more things to blow up!
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Couldn't Have Been Better!,
By Higure (Ptown, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fire Rose (Hardcover)
I LOVED this book! I'm a fan of much of Ms. Lackey's work, but in this she has outdone herself. I have read this book at least ten times by now, and it never ceases to thrill me. The Elemental Masters series is a favorite of mine, as every story is a retelling of a classic fairy tale, but rewritten so that the female protagonists actually *do* something, and Fire Rose is the best of the bunch. Rose is a strong, proactive woman, and yet she's realistically drawn at the same time -- there are things that can shake her. She's human, flawed but likeable, as is Jason Cameron.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great historical fantasy,
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This review is from: FIRE ROSE (Mass Market Paperback)
"The Fire Rose" is an excellent historical fantasy, full of period detail and rich characterizations. This was Mercedes Lackey's first book about Elemental magic, and in my opinion, her best of the three (so far).Rose is a scholar in a bad bind; her father's just died, her money is gone, the creditors are howling at the door, and she has few options and almost no hope. Enter Jason Cameron. He's a man with a bad problem of his own; because of extreme hubris, he attempted a spell to turn him into a werewolf. It didn't totally work, but the partial working has left him tired, ill, injured and feeling almost without hope himself. Cameron needs a scholar who can translate old manuscripts, because only those manuscripts have the potential to help them, and because of his disability, he can no longer read them himself. Rose is a scholar who can read almost anything (she talks of reading Ovid, Sappho's poems, the Decameron, etc.) in just about any language, which is why he wants her help. The two of them link up, and find a most unusual love. Other than that, I don't want to give away the plot; they obviously face trials and tribulations on the road to a fuller realization of their love, but if I talk about them, I'll definitely spoil this unusual and unique story. So all I'll say is, "Read this book for yourself!" Five stars. Recommended. Barb Caffrey Oh, and if you've tried "Gates of Sleep" and didn't like it (I didn't, although I enjoyed "Serpent's Shadow" well enough), you might like this. I did.
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