Samantha Jones is shy. Her friends are books and not people which is why she makes a good librarian. Her mother is dead. She’s alone in the world. She’s never really dated and she’s never had sex – because coupled with being shy she’s also a little plump and wears hideous glasses to correct her poor eyesight.
Sinclair Griffonaire is a cursed hero. As a wizard of the high council he and his family have been charged with keeping safe a powerful amulet that if it got into the wrong hands could be disastrous. The wrong hands happen to be his girlfriend – that witch – Melisante. She tricked him and stole the amulet using it to send him to a deserted island.
The two are separated by magic. One lives in the non-magic world. The other lives on the other side of the barrier in the Realm. Trapped in their lonely lives, neither one think love is possible. It’s only by Chance that they ever meet at all.
My thoughts: Some areas of the story are very slow moving and seem to cover the same ground again and again. There are a few contradictions that niggle at you as you read, mostly with the heroine and her thoughts on sex that seem to teeter-totter.
Coolest Magic: Mirror-to-Mirror talking + ability to send spells through a reflective surface = poison vapor of death.
Most predicable bad guy: Demonte. As the reader with omniscient viewing of everything that’s happening, this bad is so easy to spot it’s hard to believe the other characters didn’t catch on sooner.
Favorite Moment: Wizard fishing in the pond. Very cute and a bit like Little Mermaid.
Favorite Moment 2: The pair of them playing Conquer, a cute fireside board game, which looks and sounds like animated wizard chess from Harry Potter meets Stratego
Love: The book cover. So gorgeous!
Rating: 2 Stars
Buy: Take a Chance
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Keira – who has written 1035 posts on Love Romance Passion.
Keira's favorite type of heroes are blind, scarred, and tortured... yes, she understands those should be separate, but all 3 at once is also nice! She enjoys historical romances best and adores audio books because great narrators turn books into auditory/mental movies (and she loves her romantic dramas like Pride and Prejudice/North and South!) Learn more about Keira in My Instant Turn Ons, Offs, and Ifs.
