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This is a good book but it isn't a romance.

This book has all the best kinds of things that adventure books have. It has great multilayered characters. You felt the growth of the mains as they went about their lives. Elena was a wonderfully strong female lead that had a vulnerable human side. This book also had a wonderful story that was rich in history, with backstorys that although were never written in fully, were always felt. The twists and turns were unpredictable which lead to always wanting to know what would happen next.

The only iffy bit in the whole thing was the romance. The book spends most of its time breaking the traditional conventions that bedtime stories have, that was the point of the book. Yet, when it came to romance it felt very much like it's bedtime story roots. Admittedly it was a new tale, it wasn't one that you would find in conventional bedtime stories. The problem was it never felt as real as the characters were. It had that thing where you have 2 characters, their both good looking, they have the hots for each other, so naturally the get it on. It didn't have the slow growth scenes where they flirt and woo each other, or scenes where they show tenderness. There were kind of some, but in relation to the number of pages spent on the adventure, they were short and were clearly only there so no one would complain. Or thats how they felt to me anyway.

Now don't get me wrong. I love this book. This is, as I said a great book. The problem is, it was advertised to me as a romance novel when it was clearly an adventure one, a great adventure one at that. It might have actually benefited more if the romance aspect was removed altogether. Not that it could be done considering how a lot of plot points hinge on it being there, particularly at the end, still this book could have been straight up adventure and still have been great.

4 stars. A great adventure book. I took off one because It was advertised to me as a romance.


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The Fairy Godmother Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms Book 1 Mercedes Lackey 9780373802456 Books Reviews

My favorite book of the series. It sets up a wonderful fairytale world to explore and visit through these books. The characters are fun and interesting. The magic system makes sense. The romance plot doesn't seem forced, though I did have a tiny problem with one part of it. I have read this book so many times but I enjoy it every time.
Mercedes Lackey has one of the most incredible imaginations - just reading the book flaps on her novels is an experience. She has rewritten several fairy tales before, in novels like The Gates of Sleep and The Black Swans. The Fairy Godmother, however, focuses on that loving entity always present, yet never the heroine, in the tales that we are told.

The land where The Fairy Godmother takes place givens birth to many tales, and people exhibit certain patterns that can be seen to be one tale or another. People show tendencies to be Cinderellas or Rapunzels and often they end up living their tales. However, sometimes things don't quite work out. Ella's, prince, for instance, is just a baby. So, not having a place in her own story, she becomes a fairy godmother and, thus, a key figure in other peoples' stories. And yet, the fairy godmother still ends up making a romantic fairy story for herself.

I enjoyed this book. I think Lackey's writing can be a little blotchy at times, and if she finds a particular word she likes, it creeps up in her narrative many times. (Try to see how many times she uses the word "twist", especially in the first few pages.) Still, the novel was very creative and ended romantically. The errors within her writing, though numerous, can be overlooked. For lovers of Lackey, or of fairy tales, The Fairy Godmother is a good pick.
This was read as part of a sci-fi/fantasy book club, and I must say that I was initially very reluctant to read this book. I'm into fantasy and all...but the cover and title completely turned me off and I thought this was going to be a typical fairy tale.

Boy, I was COMPLETELY wrong about that!

I thought this book was a fantastic inversion on the idea of a fairy tale. Mercedes Lackey sets up a rich, fascinating fantasy world with every character you can think of...all being driven and propelled by The Tradition. It is a hilarious inversion of a typical fairytale, and to watch the main character, Bella transform from a peasant girl to a Fairy Godmother, and then fight against The Tradition to make what she wants to make out of it.

There are segments of the book that you see coming, but watching the characters stumble through it is a treat. And everything in the world is rich, down to the vain, stupid Unicorns that follow virgins around.
Without a doubt, this is the best book I have read in a very long time. Elena is twenty one and many years ago now she should have been "Cinderella", happily married to a prince and being an ornament at his side. But somewhere along the line the "tradition" got messed up and the only prince in the kingdom is eleven years old! So, when her evil stepmother and stepsisters leave town temporarily to seek for a new weathly man to con, Elena runs off and finds herself meeting her fairy Godmother. Not only does Elena have a fairy godmother, but this Godmother wants to train Elena to take over her position. This puts into play an amazing tale spanning Elena's "apprenticeship" and then her days in charge or the kingdom's Godmother duties. Along the way, we hear many different tales, that sound familiar but are changed around. We get a chance to see that sometimes fairy tales don't end up with happy endings. The entire story was a delightful thrill from start to finish. Gripping, and extremely difficult to put down. I was happy with the romantic storyline when it finely came into play and thought the ending was splendidly well done. From what I understand this is published by a Harlequin division and I must say that this is far from any traditional romance that I have read. I found this book to be a fabulous change of pace from my normal readings. I admit that since this unlike anything I've read in a long time, maybe that is why I was so taken with it. I have never read a book by Mercedes Lackey before, but I can guarentee this won't be the last.
This is a good book but it isn't a romance.

This book has all the best kinds of things that adventure books have. It has great multilayered characters. You felt the growth of the mains as they went about their lives. Elena was a wonderfully strong female lead that had a vulnerable human side. This book also had a wonderful story that was rich in history, with backstorys that although were never written in fully, were always felt. The twists and turns were unpredictable which lead to always wanting to know what would happen next.

The only iffy bit in the whole thing was the romance. The book spends most of its time breaking the traditional conventions that bedtime stories have, that was the point of the book. Yet, when it came to romance it felt very much like it's bedtime story roots. Admittedly it was a new tale, it wasn't one that you would find in conventional bedtime stories. The problem was it never felt as real as the characters were. It had that thing where you have 2 characters, their both good looking, they have the hots for each other, so naturally the get it on. It didn't have the slow growth scenes where they flirt and woo each other, or scenes where they show tenderness. There were kind of some, but in relation to the number of pages spent on the adventure, they were short and were clearly only there so no one would complain. Or thats how they felt to me anyway.

Now don't get me wrong. I love this book. This is, as I said a great book. The problem is, it was advertised to me as a romance novel when it was clearly an adventure one, a great adventure one at that. It might have actually benefited more if the romance aspect was removed altogether. Not that it could be done considering how a lot of plot points hinge on it being there, particularly at the end, still this book could have been straight up adventure and still have been great.

4 stars. A great adventure book. I took off one because It was advertised to me as a romance.