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Wild Highland Magic (2009)

by Kendra Leigh Castle(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1402218567 (ISBN13: 9781402218569)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

The MacInnes Werewolves

review 1: Setting: Camp of the Dyadd Morgain, Coracin: forests of the Carith Noor; Etrais Athinia – seat of the Athin Ice mages; Blighted Kingdom (fortress of the demon); Iargail, Scottish Highlands, seat of the MacInnes Pack – to protect the Stone;Theme: fighting the relentless onslaught of negativity; hope; power of love;Characters:Bastian an Morgain: only son to the Dyana; half Dyim, half Athin; he finally learned that dragon blood – willingly given, will give him the strength to destroy the narial; he decides to rescue Lucien and hope that he will then help him; he tracks him in the dungeons of the blighted kingdom, and flashes him out of there, taking him to Iargail – unbeknownst to Duncan – to secretly keep him in a cabin, trying to let him heal; he is reaching the... more end of his tether, his soul damaged by the narial;Catriona Cat MacInnes: one of 3 sisters; she is powerful, she easily shifts to wolf; she is excited to meet her before unknown extended were family;Poppy MacInnes: one of the sisters; her power is in healing;Skye MacInnes: one of the sisters; her power is in mind healing;Frederick MacInnes: father to the sisters, brother to Duncan; in his youth, was in contact with the Drakkar – and in fear, ran away – and kept his children from knowing his family and their heritage, wanting to protect them; Duncan MacInnes: hosting the full moon festival… trying to oversee the reunion with his brother, and meeting his nieces;Adryn: great ice mage of the Drakkyn, once ruled lands of the north; last of the Guardians of the Athin; he mated with Dyana, to keep his line going… in hope; he meets his son once, just as he has given up the fight with the narial, to warn him of his magi powers, and the need to control his emotions… then he left his son, and submitted to the narial;Cadmus: demon king who cursed the Athin, sending a narial; cursed the Athin because he ‘loved’ a daughter of their’s, and they kept her from him; his intention, to kill them all; pleasantly surprised to find one left – and wants to destroy Bastian himself, especially after he took Lucien from him;Narial: soul eater, feeds on emotion, sapping your strength, of the dark; Rowan and Gabriel: Bastian’s sister; now the Dyanna an Morgain; have a baby – are happily living in Caedmus, visiting regularly;Dyana an Morgaine: multiple fathers for her children – simply living and loving freely without attachment to any one man;Lucien Andrakkar: Drakkar dragon shifter; Rowan’s half brother; imprisoned by the demons – allowing himself to be taken to protect Rowan; he is tortured daily, and infected – barely alive; he is ready to die; but Bastian rescues him, teleporting him out… and a month later in Bastian’s care, he is still alive, but dying from the infection; he is an ornery patient;Gideon and Carly: arrive in time for the festival;Summary: Bastian and Cat, connect, fall in love… and Lucien comes through, leaving a vial of blood for Bastian in Cat’s purse.. and when Bastian and Cat are taken by Cadmus, Skye mentally tells her that she has the blood, and she gives it to Bastian – giving him the power to destroy the demons and the narial – and to free them..Memorable scenes:Bastian tries to keep his distance from Cat – to not be able to feed the narial, to protect her from the narial… but it doesn’t work… their attraction is stronger…Poppa and Lucien… sassy words back and forth, but her touch is healing him… and they are falling in love;The wildness of the pack gatherings (throwing trees competition)
review 2: What's not to like about Cat and Bastian? Their journey to a happy ending starts off with a bang and never let's up the pace. One thing I don't understand is this: if Bastian needs the blood of a dragon, freely given, to break his curse, why not just ask his sister, Rowan, instead of going through all that trouble with Lucas? Unless he needed a full-blooded dragon? Either way, I enjoyed the book. I'm also glad Kendra Castle gives us a glimpse into Lucas's reformation and his own possible happy ending as well. Recommended read. less

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