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Title: The Wizard of Seattle by Kay Hooper ISBN: 0553289993 Publisher: Bantam/Fanfare Pub. Date: June, 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42
Rating: 5
Summary: Poignant Master-Apprentice Relationship
Comment: After reading the book excerpt, I hunted and eventually managed to buy this book. And I can say that the book lives up to the excitement the book exceprt generated. The male master (Richard)- female apprentice (Serena) plot captivated me and the sexual tension generated from the frowned-upon pairing was absolutely SIZZLING!
Who could resist falling in love with a hero who is the most powerful wizard in the world and yet possesses his own set of lackings which the heroine helps him to overcome? And a heroine who speaks her mind and is considered powerful as well?
I couldn't. Could you?
Rating: 3
Summary: Cute but Stereotypical
Comment: I took the book on a camping trip because I figured it was thick enough to keep me occupied for a day, but still light enough that I could enjoy it. It didn't disappoint, it's an easy read that's enjoyable, but you end up wading through many stereotypes and clichés in the book.
The heroine, Serena, is a red-headed, green-eyed, fiery orphan that found her way across the US at the age of 16 and ends up on the doorstep of a powerful master wizard, aptly named Richard Merlin. Against his better judgment (and Wizard law), he takes her in and teaches her, claiming she is his niece. They keep up this guise for years, until Serena slips up around a journalist who then uses his national column to raise questions about Merlin. This attracts the notice of the council of wizards, who tell him to remove her powers or they'll do it for him since teaching a female the wizard's arts is forbidden. Merlin returns to Seattle and tries to find out why female wizards are forbidden. He finds out the answer lies in Atlantis, and he and Serena embark on a journey there to try and reverse history to save her.
The plot has a few twists, like the issues Atlantis (called Atlantia) faces with the power struggle between witches. most of the book is pretty straightforward though. The clichés and stereotypes don't really grate on you, and for a romance and sci-fi novel, this does pretty well. I only give it three stars because the stereotypes really stood out to me, the red heads with fiery tempers, love that one or both people don't realize, extremely powerful people taking in urchins off the street, tying Atlantis in with magic users, and journalists being the ones to raise issues. Many sci-fi and romance novels are driven by one or more of these clichés, but when you gather so many together in one book they tend to really stand out.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wizards and Love - What a great combination!
Comment: This is the first book I have read by Kay Hooper, although I love fantasy and romance - together and separate. I really enjoyed this book. Very unique and thought-provoking. I couldn't stop thinking about it even after I finished it. The plot was fairly complex and I really liked the hero and heroine. Mostly what got me was that the conflict between male and female wizards was very unique and yet still very believeable. I have not read any other books that approached magic and power in this way. Definitely recommended reading!
Now I've got to find more of Kay Hooper's books!!!!
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Title: On Wings Of Magic by Kay Hooper ISBN: 0553569651 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: After Caroline by Kay Hooper ISBN: 0553571842 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Amanda by Kay Hooper ISBN: 055356823X Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Finding Laura by Kay Hooper ISBN: 0553571850 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Haunting Rachel by Kay Hooper ISBN: 0553571834 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 31 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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