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Title: Gypsy Magic by Rebecca York, Ann Voss Peterson, Patricia Rosemoor ISBN: 0-373-22684-5 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.75 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Solid Read with a Supernatural Slant
Comment: I like these 3 part anthologies that Harlequin has been featuring in the past couple of years. Make great quick reads with satisfying twists and turns you don't usually see in this genre. The setting is the lush bayou country of Louisiana.Story centers on a travelling carnival and those who return to it year after year as well as the gypsy travellers who run it and live this modern nomadic life.
The storyline follows 3 gypsy cousins and the gadje ( outsiders) they are involved with who help them unravel the mystery of who really killed a local woman ten years earlier. A crime one of their own was convicted of and who now stands on death row about to be executed for.
His mother has cursed the sons of those who convicted her son- the lead detective, the prosecutor and the son of the fellow traveller who saw the convicted man earlier in the day and whose testimony was the nail in his coffin.
The curse : Justice is Blind, Love is Death and The Law is Impotent.
The first tale by Rebecca York focuses on Allessandra the gypsy whose gift is that of seeing the future-and with her abilities her blind lover can see too! They find the first clues in unravelling the mystery with creative use of her talents.
Second arc by Ann Voss Peterson -Sabina has the gift of healing and she heals the heart of her wounded warrior- son of the ambitious prosecutor who railroaded her cousin - who has lost everything he loves and holds dear.
Final part by Patricia Rosemoor- Andrei is a smooth talking half gypsy with gifts of telekinesis and the ability to know what women want...but the inability to do anything about it...poor guy he got the curse even viagra can't cure....He and the victims daughter finally crack the case and the curse.
The backstory with the gypsy travellers is interesting and different- does not show the darker side of the gypsy life including the cons and criminal activity associated with them that lead to the suspicion cast upon them that is referred to in this book.
I read this after seeing a great episode of Law and Order Criminal Intent that had a humdinger on the darker side of the gypsy world- but it and the book here both bring up some interesting aspects of the culture including the arranged marriages of children to bind clans together. This mystery offers a unique view into a little understood subculture that thrives to this day.
Kudos to Intrigue!
Strange recommendation I know- but if you want to see an interesting movie with the gypsy subculture rent Madonna's husband's Guy Richie's film SNATCH with Brad Pitt playing a modern gypsy con man in Britain. Beware- it is VIOLENT.
Rating: 5
Summary: Gypsy Magic
Comment: "Gypsy Magic" is one of the very best anthologies of its type to come along in a long while. Rebecca York, Ann Voss Peterson and Patricia Rosemoor tell three stories so seamlessly it's like reading one story in three parts.
Ten years earlier, a Gypsy was railroaded into a murder conviction. As revenge, his mother cursed the sons of the three men responsible. The three younger men have all felt the effects of the curse. Now, with the Gypsy scheduled to be executed, can they prove his innocence before it's too late?
The main couple in Rebecca York's "Alessandra," Wyatt Boudreaux and Alessandra King, were once in love. Then she learned his police chief father helped send her cousin to death row. They are reunited years later. They're still on opposite sides of the case, and now Wyatt is blind because of her aunt's curse. Garner Rousseau, the son of the DA who convicted the Gypsy youth, has also experienced the pain of the curse. In Ann Voss Peterson story, he joins together with another of the man's cousins, "Sabina" King. He knows his father wasn't always ethical. He doesn't know if he can open his heart to the beautiful Sabina. Patricia Rosemoor finishes the set in "Andrei." Can the title hero and the murdered woman's daughter find the killer before they become the next victims?
"Gypsy Magic" is the best of the Harlequin anthologies like this I've read. Others like "Night and Day" and "Final Approach to Forever" have had problems keeping the same voice for the characters with the authors? different writing styles. In "Gypsy Magic," the three authors do an excellent job matching their styles and voices to make the stories flow together. "Gypsy Magic" is so much better constructed than the earlier Intrigue anthology "Bayou Blood Brothers" I wish I could go back and lower my rating for that one. The stories are all equally strong and do a good job advancing the overall storyline while telling each couple's story. The authors don't miss a step dropping clues that will come in useful in another story. It takes skill for one author to pull a story like this off and keep everything straight, not to mention three.
"Gypsy Magic" is one of the best Intrigues this year.
Rating: 5
Summary: AHHH! AT LAST - WE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED!
Comment: Valonia has cursed the sons of the men who railroaded her son, Carlo Mustov into prison for the murder of his lover, Theresa Granville.
Andrei Sobatka, one of their own, received the curse of "The law is impotent". [poor guy]
He is the cousin of Alessandra and Sabina King, and the product of marriage of a gypsy and an outsider. He has returned to the carnival to work for Milo Vasilli, he runs the Tilt-a-twirl [where he almost gets killed].
He has decided to help his cousins save Carlo and meets up, once again, with Elizabeth Granville, who had given herself to him ten years before.
Now he is hiding out with the carnival to hide his shame, figuring he could gain "Lizzie's" help, as he suspected her father of murdering his own wife.
Now they are in danger and another cousin, Tony has disappeared -- would the attempted murders never stop?
Running lose throughout the carnival is Milo's daughter, Florica, who confuses everyone with her childlike mentality.
Andrei and Elizabeth finally find the murder weapon with ten year old blood still on it. Elizabeth soon learns of Andrei's hidden powers and her own love for him is strengthened as the danger persists.
The cover is neat and representative of the men and the epilogue is great. [I always look forward to these]
Definitely recommended --M -- story moves great, especially through three authors. Just too much pm.s.[grin]
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