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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Now this was a good read. A retelling of the cinderella story during World War I. Typically for an urban fantasy of this class you have magicians on both sides working for and against the British Cause. There was perhaps a little bit of lecturing about the class changes post WWI but it wasn't the worst. Actually it sparked off ideas in my head about how certain things could work in a world with magic.
Reginald Fenyx is an elemental master of Air who was fighting as a pilot before he crashed, ended up in a trench and was attacked by some Earth Elements. This trauma had him subsume his talent. The following nightmares and injury have him return to the family home to recuperate.
Meanwhile Eleanor Robinson is dealing with her evil stepmother, who has magically chained her to her house, having eliminated her father by encouraging him (with a magical push) to enlist.
Yes the story drags a bit occasionally and during Eleanor's magical training you would actually need to know a little bit about the Kaballa and the Tarot and there are moments when you want a little more information and things are resolved a bit too quickly (what's new with Mercedes Lackey?) but I enjoyed it a lot and look forward to the next in the series.
Reginald Fenyx is an elemental master of Air who was fighting as a pilot before he crashed, ended up in a trench and was attacked by some Earth Elements. This trauma had him subsume his talent. The following nightmares and injury have him return to the family home to recuperate.
Meanwhile Eleanor Robinson is dealing with her evil stepmother, who has magically chained her to her house, having eliminated her father by encouraging him (with a magical push) to enlist.
Yes the story drags a bit occasionally and during Eleanor's magical training you would actually need to know a little bit about the Kaballa and the Tarot and there are moments when you want a little more information and things are resolved a bit too quickly (what's new with Mercedes Lackey?) but I enjoyed it a lot and look forward to the next in the series.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I bought this book as it was one of the few books by Mercedes Lackey that I had not read. Yes, a simple description is a retelling of the story of Cinderella. But this book is much more than putting a fairytale into a modern setting. I would love to know the reference for the comments on tarot, for example. The thoughts expressed regarding the effects of the First World War are well-known sentiments, but I think made more approachable and understandable. In particular, I liked the 'origin' of the 1918 flu epidemic - rather topical at the moment.
I found it very hard to put this book down (no surprise there!), and shall be looking for the others in this series.
18 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I came across the first of the books in this series by accident, but I eagerly awaited the publishing of this one. I was not disappointed. If you liked The Fire Rose, The Serpent's Shadow and The Gates of Sleep you will like this book.
The series tells of a group of people known as the Elemental Masters or Mages. These are both men and women who possess a gift from Earth, Air, Fire or Water and can manipulate them for good or evil.
Take a chance and read this book, I guarantee you will want to read the rest, my favourite being The Serpent's Shadow.
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Mercedes Lackey is becoming a book factory
And Phoenix and Ashes is a catastrophe - The book is over the hill and the ending is dreadfully stupid. Avoid this.
Published 10 months ago by Isabella Balkert
World War I
I found this more serious and darker in spirit than many of Mercedes Lackey's novels. The two main characters have many problems including those of equal rights, both for women... Read more
Published on 3 April 2010 by Ms. J. M. Elbourne
Alright for a bit of escapism
This series is one that I turn to when I need a bit of an escape for a few minutes and that's how it works. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by Z
Sarah Waters ripped off this book in "the Litle Stranger"
Seriously, I think Sarah Water's book "The Little Stranger" stole a lot from this book. The character of Reginald in "Phoenix and Ashes" seems far too similar to Roderick in "The... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Adira Rotstein
How does she do it???
Cinderella with magic and world war, and yet somehow this marvellous woman makes it plausible. Though you know the story you have to keep reading to see how she works the elements... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2006 by Whizzbang
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