- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Jove (MM) (Dec 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0515127019
- ISBN-13: 978-0515127010
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
More fantasy novel than romance. Fun reading!,
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This review is from: Magic By Daylight (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. I must say that it doesn't fit the usual romance mold -- in bed by a certain page, etc. It is far more of a fantasy novel than a romance novel, but it has just enough romance -- a fun read for romance readers & fantasy readers alike. It's about a woman living in the early 1800s England. She's wealthy and has a devoted staff and devoted tenants on her land. She wanders one night and finds herself on a "tor" where a rider comes out of nowhere and rides off, she has not been seen by the rider, but is completely terrified of him. She is alternately attacked by a "dark rider" and protected by one who has been sent by the faeries to protect her. About half the book takes place in the faery world -- full of intrigue, danger, war. I won't say more because I don't want to destroy the story for anyone. On balance, die-hard fantasy reader's will feel this is more romance than fantasy & die-hard romance fans will feel this is more fantasy than romance. All will have different take on this book. All in all though, this book was a lot of fun to read!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Would have liked to have seen more,
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This review is from: Magic By Daylight (Paperback)
I liked the premise of this story, as with the rest in Ms. Bailey's series, but I felt that there was quite a bit lacking to make this a great read. That Clarice and Dominic are mortals in a Fey/fairy world was perfectly executed. Dominic's position in the fairy world is an interesting one and fits into the legend which we have all heard of fairies stealing children Clarice and Dominic are likable characters themselves, though many times I was confused as to what made each of them "tick". Dominic was trained as a warrior and Ms. Bailey tries to show how this would leave him with a lack of emotions. In the beginning of the story this works well, but as he starts to have feelings for Clarice, I lost all understanding of his character. How did he fall in love with her? What made her so special that he started to have feeling, let alone act on them? In the "real world" they avoided each other a lot and did not spend much time together so how did this love grow? A great anomaly to me was also Morgain's position in this book. Clarice relies heavily on her nephew (who is only 9 years old) and yet what was he doing there with her for such a long time? Why would Clarice's sister and Blaic leave Morgain in her care and for such a long period? He could conjure up all kinds of fantasy animals, have a map of the other world without ever having been there and do all of this mature stuff; yet besides the traveling scene, he had no real consequence to the story. He was written about so much in the first half of the book and then he disappears. Was he important or not? This is definitely a fantasy romance and a fun read if you have read its predecessors, but do not expect too much.
4.0 out of 5 stars
magical,
This review is from: Magic By Daylight (Paperback)
I thought this book was very good, although it was a little slow during the beginning it got much more interesting towards the middle and end. It's about a mortal falling in love with another mortal that he was sworn to protect by the king of the Fey ( faery people). The betrayals that clarise has to go through and the suffering that both knight and her have to endure to make their love work is truly magical. Not to mention the fact that her mortal mother, who was turned into an immortal is now trying to take over the land of the Fey, makes some unusal twist into the story
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