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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I do work for this publishing company, so I won't post a review, in order to avoid any potential conflict of interest. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I received this as an ebook from LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I enjoyed this. It is a fantasy/adventure/romance set in an alternate France where the nobility use "prayers" to produce magical effects, but peasants with magic are considered cursed.Skeet writes a wonderfully swashbuckling narrative, featuring Lise de Trouvaille, a strong female protagonist set against the background of Paris (France) in the 17th-Century. The story completely engaged me from the gripping scene in the opening with For me, “Poisoned Prayer” provided Robert de Vimoutiers’ backstory and introduced the novel’s concept of Blessings and the use of prayers. The author develops an historically reflective French aristocracy able to wield powerful control of the victim with these magical prayers. However, Skeet’s novel never descends into a juvenile flurry of spell-casting fights, and remains a sophisticated balance of these mental abilities, sword fights, clever repartee and high-level politics. A Poisoned Prayer is a prequel to A Tangled Weave, my having read the latter novel first. This reading sequence did not diminish my enjoyment of either story; however, if you have the opportunity, I recommend reading the books in publication order. Aspects of the world Skeet builds are not so clearly evident in the second book, since he quite rightly does not go overboard reiterating the basis of how this 17th-Century society operates. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. Fantastic! I didn't want to put this book down. A great historical mystery with a strong woman brandishing a rapier! There is also an element of magic that guides us through the pages. Love! Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I hate it when I have to struggle to write a review. As a huge, HUGE fan of The Three Musketeers, a lover of Regency-styled romance stories and willing to dabble a little with fantasy reads, Skeet has come up with a rather fun combination: A young, rapier-wielding female heroine in a fantasy version of 17th century Paris with all of the basic trappings of a court with musketeers, a controlling cardinal and a dastardly plot to overthrow the current ruler on the go. A world where the aristocracy are "Blessed" with the ability to cast magical spells by way of prayer/song. From that general perspective, this story has a lot to offer a reader like me. I liked how the action pacing is steady and Skeet does a fabulous job keeping the identities of the perpetrators a mystery until the end. On the downside, the story tends to lurch a bit from section to section. I had to dispel belief when Lise has no problem dressing up as her cousin Robert, basically fooling everyone about her identity, especially when a courtesan friend of Robert's accosts Lise at a gaming house, engages Lise in sexual foreplay and doesn't even realize that it isn't Robert. That, and the inclusion of the dark spectre Shahrbaz (a minor character that really doesn't fit with the overall tone, feel and character of the story), tended to throw me off what is otherwise a rather good historical/fantasy adventure story. Overall, a decent read and one that I would have felt was squarely targeted for the YA audience, expect for that courtesan encounter I mentioned above. That strikes me as requiring a bit of an older audience. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
En garde Paris, in the 1680s. Dashing swordsmen compete for the favours of licentious women, and magic--God's Blessing--is strong enough that prayers really are answered. Into the City of Light comes Lise de Trouvaille, a young noblewoman of modest means and no apparent Blessing, searching for an advantageous marriage. But the first eligible man she meets--during a werewolf attack, no less--is exactly the wrong person. Rafael, duc de Bellevasse, is at once too good for her and too bad (he is both the scion of one of the great families of France and a scoundrel presumed to be in league with the Devil, paying huge sums for death-magic spells). Knowing they are wrong for each other, Lise and Rafael find themselves drawn into plots and conspiracies combining a peasant uprising with the glittering aristocracy surrounding the imperial court. Each has a reason for wanting to solve a series of murders. And each has more than one reason for wanting to avoid the attentions of Nicolas de La Reynie, lieutenant-general of the Paris police and a man who knows, more than most, that something is going badly wrong in Paris. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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