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A Midwinter Fantasy (2011)

by Leanna Renee Hieber(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1428511628 (ISBN13: 9781428511620)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dorchester Publishing Trade

review 1: This book is an anthology with three different novellas all set around the time of Christmas or a mid-winter festival. As the stories are so different I’m going to review each one separately.Visit Leanna Renee Hieber's Strangely Beautiful Victorian London...haunted though these soot-stained urban alleys may be, a lonely headmistress and a gallant vicar shall here reap the season's blessings.This was my favourite story of the collection. It felt like reading a beautiful epilogue to the Strangely Beautiful series – a series I haven’t read but will definitely be looking into. Loosely based on A Christmas Carol, the headmistress and vicar who have given everything to help the world are finally rewarded. It was beautifully written with great characters and personalities s... morehining through despite only a few pages to explore the world. I love the Victorian period and I am really intrigued to learn more about this world. 8 out of 10Travel to Meridian and Sylph Valley where immensely powerful creatures called battle sylphs vie for dominance here, while fulfilling every wish of their queens. But what woman shall rule the mighty Mace?This is set in fantasy world where fae creatures called Sylph’s bond with human women to love and obey them. When Lily’s latest orphan runs away from home, she sends Mace to fetch him back and he ends up in the same town he passed through nineteen years ago and an old lover. The idea of Battle Sylphs is interesting and I’m not sure this story explores the idea completely, but this is mostly an exploration of family and rekindled love affair. However as I didn’t quite get the world I was a little underwhelmed. 7 out of 10.Discover Helen Scott Taylor's land of The Magic Knot...In the frosty North, in the ice palace of Valhalla, Sonja's life depends upon unraveling the mystery of the Crystal Crib--and upon winning the love of Odin's son.Sonja goes to Iceland in order to win some business for her Aunt’s travel company but ends up meeting the father she never knew and discovering the truth of her past – helped of course by the masculine, tall son of Odin. This was my least favourite story as I don’t to like the insta-love (always unrealistic!). So many ideas are squeezed into such a small number pages I felt nothing was explored in details but just briefly touched upon. This disappointed me as I love mythology stories and the norse gods are usually fascinating. Disappointing. 5 out of 10.Overall there is a real mix of stories here from a Victorian ghost story, to fantasy action to paranormal romance with gods. Personally I think it’s worth it for the Strangely Beautiful tale aloneRecommended for fans of mammoth books of romance. 7 out of 10
review 2: Keep the warmth of Christmas with you well into the new year with this anthology. So far I've only read Leanna Renee Hieber's A CHRISTMAS CAROLL. But this novella alone makes the anthology worth buying. My favorite characters in Hieber's Strangely Beautiful series, Vicar Michael Caroll and Headmistress Rebecca Thompson finally get their chance for love thanks to a Charles Dicken's inspired scheme. My main man, Vicar Carroll has long been pining for Rebecca, but she's been too infatuated by the series' badass goth pretty boy hero, Alexi, to see what a good guy Michael is. So now some ghosts want shake the two of them up a little bit to show them the obvious. But these two are alumni of the "Guard" and they've been ghost bustin' all around victorian London for like twenty years. They've seen spirits do some stuff a lot scarier than Dicken's ever dreamed of. So even if the ghosts seem to want to help out Michael with his unrequited love problem, can he trust them? Or are he and his dream girl, Rebecca, in more danger than they can handle? It's a fun ghost story with a happy ending. With a couple of multi-dimensional characters who are really easy to care about. The Novella stand's well on it's own, but it will also leave you hungry to read this lyrical series starting from THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE OF MISS PERCY PARKER. less

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