I've run out of books to read and am up for some good reads so any suggestions will be greatly appreaciated!
2006-06-26 20:49:25 · 5 answers · asked by misswolfish 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I recommend Enchantment by Orson Scott Card. It is a modernization of Sleeping Beauty set in modern Russia, modern US, and a medieval-era fantasy land.
2006-06-27 07:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Promise by Danielle Steele, an oldie but a good read
2006-06-26 20:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by zorahudson@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well this author Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez wrote 3 books and they are all really good books not really "fantasy" but they do have great stories about women. Another book that you might like is "the bride stripped bare" i can't remember the author though sorry but good reading!
2006-06-26 20:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jesse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bertrice Small & Diana Gabaldon
2006-06-27 02:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by dragonmomof3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The books I'm going to recommend are all romance novels.
A good series is the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.The books provide an alternate take on vampires.People who are unjustly murdered call upon Artemis(Greek goddess) and she grants them a day to avenge themselves.After that they are recruited to her army to fight against evil.This series is romance based.Best of the series are 'Dance with the devil' and 'Seize the night'.
The werehunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon is also good.Its about shapeshifters. King Lycaon of Arcadia had no idea that when he wed, his precious, beloved queen wasn’t human. His wife held within her a dark secret. She was born to the cursed Apollite race and was destined to die in the heart of her youth... at age twenty-seven.
It wasn’t until her last birthday when Lycaon watched his beloved die horribly of old age that he realized the two sons she had born him would follow her to an early grave.he set about using his magick to elongate the lives of his wife’s people. Capturing them, he magically spliced their essence with various animals who were known for their strength: Bears, panthers, leopards, hawks, lions, tigers, jackals, wolves and even dragons.
As he blended the animal with the psychically enhanced Apollites, two creatures were created. One that held a human heart. One that held the animal’s. Each one possessed traits of the other. No longer human, no longer animal, it was a bastard hybrid of the two species.
He spent years perfecting his new race, until at last he was sure he’d found the cure for his sons. Blending them with a dragon and a wolf, the strongest of the animals he had experimented with, he imbued them with more strength and magic than any of the others. In truth, he gave of his own power to them.
In the end, he received more than even he had bargained for. Not only did his sons have longer lives than his wife, they had longer lives than any known species.
With their magical abilities and animal strength, they now lived ten to twelve times longer than any human.
The Fates looked down and saw what the proud king had done. Angry at his interference into their domain, the Fates decreed that he must kill his sons and all like them.
Lycaon refused.
It was then the Fates sought out their own form of punishment for his hubris. His children and all like them were cursed anew.
“There will never be peace among your children,” Clotho, the Fate who spins the threads of life, proclaimed. “They will spend eternity hating and fighting until the day when the last of them breathes no more.”
And so it was. Whenever Lycaon blended an animal with a human, he, in fact, made two beings. One being who held an animal’s heart and one who held a human heart.
Those who walked as men and who held human hearts were termed Arcadians after their Lycaon’s people. Those who held animal hearts were termed Katagaria.
The Katagaria were born as animals and lived as animals, yet once they reached puberty, when the magical powers were unlocked by their hormones, they would be able to become human– at least externally. Their animal hearts would always govern their actions.
Likewise, the Arcadians were born as humans and lived as humans until their puberty brought with it their magic and their ability to shift into animal form.The best of the lot is 'Nightplay'.
The following review is about Dance with the devil taken from Amazon.
Zarek was mad, bad and more than a little insane, and now everyone wants him dead. But hey, that was nothing new to this loner. Born the bastard son of a Roman nobleman and a Greek slave, Zarek had known a lifetime of abuse, torture and humiliation.
It takes a very special woman to see past that hostility and find the lost, unloved boy inside. Happily, Astrid is such a woman (or demigoddess, actually). Her empathy, patience and unconditional love make the perfect foil for Zarek's personal demons. They truly are a match made in heaven -- or should I say Mt. Olympus?
Rebecca Paisley-A basket of wishes.
Its about a fairy Splendour who is ordered to marry a human( a duke).The poor hero is confused by the woman who will shrink if not kissed regularly,drinks apricot face lotion.On top of that he is harassed by splendour's sister who even turns him into a snail.His cousin Emil thinks that Splendour is exactly what the doctor ordered for the staid ,boring Jordan.
2006-06-27 03:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋