Details Appertaining To Books The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters #0)
| Title | : | The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters #0) |
| Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 433 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1996 by Baen (first published January 1st 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Romance. Fiction. Magic. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Mercedes Lackey
Paperback | Pages: 433 pages Rating: 3.96 | 9767 Users | 450 Reviews
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This adaptation of Beauty and the Beast cuts out the merchant father and sisters mourning their sudden impoverishment. Instead of a formerly-wealthy beauty, our heroine is the recently-orphaned daughter of a professor. Highly educated herself, but lacking family or funds, she perforce accepts a position as a governess in far-away California. But it turns out there are no children, only a Beast who needs someone to translate some dead languages... This was a fun book. It would be better if Lackey weren't so infernally heavy-handed. Her villain, especially, is painted so uniformly black that there is no nuance. He is greedy! and shallow! and full of treachery! He likes to beat and rape virgins! He hates foreign food (cuz he's a racist; good guys in this universe always love the curry). One begins to question how the supposedly-smart master wizard was taken in by this piece of offal for so long. Of course, this is a wizard so skilled he accidentally turned himself into an alsatian... A flawed book, but one that may be entertaining to readers with a penchant for fairy-tales retellings, the theory of the elements, or turn of the century settings.Mention Books As The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters #0)
| Original Title: | The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters, #0) |
| ISBN: | 067187750X (ISBN13: 9780671877507) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Elemental Masters #0 |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 9767 Users | 450 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters #0)
One of my favorite books. Loved it on audio.I love this book. It's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set in San Francisco just prior to the Great Earthquake of 1906. As always, her characters are so real that I felt like they were friends immediately: smiling with them, nodding when they talked. . . . You just get drawn right into this time and these people.
This adaptation of Beauty and the Beast cuts out the merchant father and sisters mourning their sudden impoverishment. Instead of a formerly-wealthy beauty, our heroine is the recently-orphaned daughter of a professor. Highly educated herself, but lacking family or funds, she perforce accepts a position as a governess in far-away California. But it turns out there are no children, only a Beast who needs someone to translate some dead languages...This was a fun book. It would be better if Lackey
One of the reasons I love this book - the core story is a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast
I was excited as hell when I saw that Lackey had done a fairy tale retelling, as I tend to like her work, and I love fairy tale retellings. However, I found this book rather a disappointment. Robin McKinley is 100 times more talented at the retelling, and honestly, I don't think Lackey put her best effort into this.A decent read, but not really worth the effort.
I've always thought that if I had to relive a fairy-tale, I'd like it to be Beauty and the Beast. I love books, so the big library appeals to me, and I'm pretty good at solitude, so that part wouldn't freak me out too much. Plus, who wants to do dishes and laundry for seven dudes? Or sleep so long everyone you know is dead? And I do love swimming, so having a tail would be cool, but I'm less into the part where I lose my voice and walk on knives.Anyway, I'm not much for straight up romance, but
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