Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s The Case of the Spellbound Child
Dr John and Mary Watson, Nan Killian, and Sarah Lyon-White investigate a rumor of evil and missing children in Dartmoor for Lord Alderscroft, the Wizard of London.
Dr John and Mary Watson, Nan Killian, and Sarah Lyon-White investigate a rumor of evil and missing children in Dartmoor for Lord Alderscroft, the Wizard of London.
Tragedy forces Rosalind Hawkins to swap her treasured existence for one of servitude to a railroad baron halfway across the country into a situation fraught with mystery and perversity.
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her husband tour Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, and they discover untapped powers, which explains so much. Annie’s got her gun, and it’s filled with silver bullets.
“Sarah has gifts we cannot train,” the letter whispered to her. As these gifts manifest, an attempt is made on her life. Isabelle Harton will need help from the Elemental Masters, and that means seeking out the man who broke her heart — the Wizard of London.
In this dark and atmospheric rendition of the Cinderella fairy tale, an intelligent young Englishwoman is made into a virtual slave by her evil stepmother. Her only hope of rescue comes in the shape of a scarred World War I pilot of noble blood, whose own powers over the elements are about to be needed more than ever.
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Gates of Sleepby Mercedes Lackey historical fiction, paranormal fantasy in a Kindle edition that was published by DAW Books on March 4, 2003 and has 448 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Audibles. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Unnatural Issue, “The River’s Gift”, Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Foundation, Intrigues, Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit, Owlknight, Charmed Destinies, Changes, Beauty and the Werewolf, Invasion, Home From the Sea, Dead Reckoning, Conspiracies, Bedlam’s Edge, Crown of Vengeance, Redoubt, Harvest Moon, World Divided, Elemental Magic: All New Tales of the Elemental Masters, Sacrifices, Steadfast, Burdens of the Dead, Bastion, Victories, Blood Red, The House of the Four Winds, Games Creatures Play, Closer to Home, Born to Run, Wheels of Fire, When the Bough Breaks, Chrome Circle, Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Arcanum 101, A Tangled Web, Winter Moon, Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Elementary: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters, No True Way: All-New Tales of […]
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Serpent’s Shadowby Mercedes Lackey history, paranormal fantasy in a Kindle edition that was published by DAW Books on March 1, 2002 and has 403 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon, Audibles. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Unnatural Issue, “The River’s Gift”, Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Foundation, Intrigues, Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit, Owlknight, Charmed Destinies, Changes, Beauty and the Werewolf, Invasion, Home From the Sea, Dead Reckoning, Conspiracies, Bedlam’s Edge, Crown of Vengeance, Redoubt, Harvest Moon, World Divided, Elemental Magic: All New Tales of the Elemental Masters, Sacrifices, Steadfast, Burdens of the Dead, Bastion, Victories, Blood Red, The House of the Four Winds, Games Creatures Play, Closer to Home, Born to Run, Wheels of Fire, When the Bough Breaks, Chrome Circle, Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Arcanum 101, A Tangled Web, Winter Moon, Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Elementary: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters, No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar, From […]
An anthology of 19 stories loosely based on classic fairy tales revolve around a Victorian age when magic is real and Elemental Masters control the powers of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth.
Mari Prothero gets an unexpected surprise on her sixteenth birthday, and she demands her choice of suitors and a teacher from the sea ruler.