Ein Klagelied für Melusine

by Claire Delacroix, Julia Schulz (Translator)

Melusine ist dazu verflucht, jede Woche einen Tag lang die Gestalt zu wechseln und sie weiß, dass nur die Liebe sie befreien kann. Als sie Raymond begegnet, einem gut aussehenden Ritter, der dringend Hilfe braucht, die nur sie ihm geben kann, glaubt sie, dass ihre Chance gekommen ist. Sie schwört ihm eine treue Ehefrau zu sein und seine Liebe zu verdienen, auch wenn sie ihren Fluch geheim halten will. Als ihre glückliche Verbindung durch ein Unglück auf die Probe gestellt wird, schwört Raymond, dem eifersüchtigen Geflüster der Anderen das Gegenteil zu beweisen. Wird er in Versuchung geraten, sein Versprechen gegenüber Melusine zu brechen, um die Wahrheit herauszufinden? Und wird seine Liebe zu seiner Braut überleben, wenn ihr Geheimnis gelüftet wird?

124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 15, 2015

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Claire Delacroix sold her first book in 1992, an historical romance called ROMANCE OF THE ROSE. Since then, she has published over sixty romance novels and novellas, and has also been published under the names Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke. She has an honours degree in history, with a focus on medieval studies. She is an avid reader of medieval vernacular literature, fairy tales and fantasy novels.

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Reviews

[Tania · Rating 3 out of 5]

"An Elegy for Melusine" by Deborah Cooke. A prequel to the Dragonfate series.

This is a novella based on a French fairy tale (that's what the intro in the novella says). The reader is told that Melusine is going to be one of the characters in the upcoming Dragonfate series. The main characters are Melusine and Raymond.

It's a cautionary tale about making deals, sticking to them, and falling in love. Melusine is half human and half fey and she wants to stay in the fey world but she's cursed to transform into a half-dragon type creature one day a week. She believes if she can make a human fall in love with her and prove she can be loyal and trusted, the curse will be broken.

The story is not really romantic and is actually quite sad. Even though Melusine and Raymond have feelings for each other, their life together doesn't go exactly as they expected it.

It will be very interesting to see how the character of Melusine is integrated into the new series.