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The Moorish Series #2
The Magician's Quest
The Magician's Quest by Claire Delacroix released on Jun 23, 1995 is available now for purchase.
299 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1995
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Claire Delacroix
125 books519 followersNew 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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In October and November 2009, she was the writer in residence for the Toronto Public Library, the first time that the library has hosted a residency focused on the romance genre.
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February 14, 2023
When the hero breaks his vows it's a complete collapse of what he's entitled himself to and it all begins with the loss of a book. The search of that book was what justified, to the hero, his absence from home and his Shaman father but now, he must face the pressure once again to inherit the unwanted powers of his people. So, on the eve of his freedom, the hero finds himself in a bar. Not only is he drunk he actually starts a fight when another man slanders his family's culture. Hell, with this amount of damage to his scholarly persona, why not indulge in the most forbidden fruit of all.
He's always hated himself for desiring a whore, especially a whore who deems it appropriate to pass judgment on him. He's always found himself lusting after and actually hating the heroine but now, the haze has eroded his calm and he vows to have her tonight. The next morning, he awakens to a pounding head ache and the sinking stomach of half remembering what occurred the night before. The heroine even demands payment, taking 4 coins from his purse and ignoring his exclamations that what occurred between them wasn't business. But she is gone before he can get a level head. So, he vows to hunt her down and get the little thief to return his money.
The heroine is not what she seems. Yes, she sells her body but she is a single woman trapped in a world without parents or a husband and so it falls to her to feed and shelter her 3 younger siblings. One of her youngest brothers is gravely ill and without a cure will surely die. She sells herself to pay for the roof over their heads and the chance of a shaman fixing her brother. No one knows what she does and she likes it that way.... Until the hero starts sniffing around. He catches her in an alleyway and demands his money back. She herself believed the night they shared was something special, the idea of being loved tenderly by a man a strange one. But there's her brother to consider. There's also the tiny little detail of witnessing the hero shift into a panther the night they slept together. He irks her too badly to be fearful but she comes to truly despise him when his interference costs her position. And to make matters worse, her middle brother has been arrested for theft and is in the process of losing his hand when the most unlikely of saviors comes to his rescue.
The hero himself doesn't know why he volunteered to foster the ignorant and selfish child but it's defiantly not for the heroine's sake...well not entirely. And now, without her job or ways to feed her siblings, the heroine must rely upon the arrogant man to bring them back to the mountains and to his father who can heal the dying boy.
The hero and heroine's relationship are strained at best and at worst they are stabbing one another with harsh words. The heroine calls into question the hero's honor and his selfishness with not accepting his gifts even if it means her brother could be saved. The hero may try to say the right thing but she takes it as the wrong thing. Everything is a war and she's defensive and contradictory to the point of blind stupidity. He in turn makes her feel used and unclean. He instills in her mind the idea that he doesn't care about any of them. That he can't wait to be rid of her and for the most part it's actually true. His fear over the reappearance of the panther and the fact that it's the heroine and how he feels towards her that has the beast awoken. Their road is long and hard and nothing come easy. Both parties must accept things they'd much rather ignore and realize the truth that their ignorance is causing all of their heartache.
This book had the hero and heroine also acting the part of antagonist. They really were their own worst enemy. Both of them were so blind to reality it was painful to read and I struggled to see any potential for a civil relationship between them. We'll start with the hero because he was suppressing the most. Yes, to accept the magic needed to save her brother requires a human sacrifice and it's entirely justified he would oppose that. But, he deluded himself to believe he has no magic what so ever even though he changes into a freaking panther every night. He acted like a child when confronted with truth- just kept denying it even though everybody knows it's true. He did however, make efforts to smooth things over with the heroine on many occasions and provided protection for the defenseless family when needed.
This starts my critique on the heroine. She let her pride rule her. She was curt and rude and snapped at the hero whenever he tried to make conversations. She desired him and she imagined he didn't feel the same way and so, everything out of his mouth she took as a war and responded like a hissing cat. She was also blind ignorant to the selfish and dangerous personality of her younger brother. She ignored the warning signs in favor of relishing her battle with the hero. I could admire her for sacrificing herself for the good of the family but I really didn't like her character most of the time. The story was sloppy and the characters made emotional turns that I don't believe suited the story of their personalities previously. It was okay, I liked the love/hate relationship between them and thought the younger sister and brother were super cute. I hated the middle brother. It was decent for a harlequin paperback and I wasn't expecting much so I got more than I was expecting I guess.
He's always hated himself for desiring a whore, especially a whore who deems it appropriate to pass judgment on him. He's always found himself lusting after and actually hating the heroine but now, the haze has eroded his calm and he vows to have her tonight. The next morning, he awakens to a pounding head ache and the sinking stomach of half remembering what occurred the night before. The heroine even demands payment, taking 4 coins from his purse and ignoring his exclamations that what occurred between them wasn't business. But she is gone before he can get a level head. So, he vows to hunt her down and get the little thief to return his money.
The heroine is not what she seems. Yes, she sells her body but she is a single woman trapped in a world without parents or a husband and so it falls to her to feed and shelter her 3 younger siblings. One of her youngest brothers is gravely ill and without a cure will surely die. She sells herself to pay for the roof over their heads and the chance of a shaman fixing her brother. No one knows what she does and she likes it that way.... Until the hero starts sniffing around. He catches her in an alleyway and demands his money back. She herself believed the night they shared was something special, the idea of being loved tenderly by a man a strange one. But there's her brother to consider. There's also the tiny little detail of witnessing the hero shift into a panther the night they slept together. He irks her too badly to be fearful but she comes to truly despise him when his interference costs her position. And to make matters worse, her middle brother has been arrested for theft and is in the process of losing his hand when the most unlikely of saviors comes to his rescue.
The hero himself doesn't know why he volunteered to foster the ignorant and selfish child but it's defiantly not for the heroine's sake...well not entirely. And now, without her job or ways to feed her siblings, the heroine must rely upon the arrogant man to bring them back to the mountains and to his father who can heal the dying boy.
The hero and heroine's relationship are strained at best and at worst they are stabbing one another with harsh words. The heroine calls into question the hero's honor and his selfishness with not accepting his gifts even if it means her brother could be saved. The hero may try to say the right thing but she takes it as the wrong thing. Everything is a war and she's defensive and contradictory to the point of blind stupidity. He in turn makes her feel used and unclean. He instills in her mind the idea that he doesn't care about any of them. That he can't wait to be rid of her and for the most part it's actually true. His fear over the reappearance of the panther and the fact that it's the heroine and how he feels towards her that has the beast awoken. Their road is long and hard and nothing come easy. Both parties must accept things they'd much rather ignore and realize the truth that their ignorance is causing all of their heartache.
This book had the hero and heroine also acting the part of antagonist. They really were their own worst enemy. Both of them were so blind to reality it was painful to read and I struggled to see any potential for a civil relationship between them. We'll start with the hero because he was suppressing the most. Yes, to accept the magic needed to save her brother requires a human sacrifice and it's entirely justified he would oppose that. But, he deluded himself to believe he has no magic what so ever even though he changes into a freaking panther every night. He acted like a child when confronted with truth- just kept denying it even though everybody knows it's true. He did however, make efforts to smooth things over with the heroine on many occasions and provided protection for the defenseless family when needed.
This starts my critique on the heroine. She let her pride rule her. She was curt and rude and snapped at the hero whenever he tried to make conversations. She desired him and she imagined he didn't feel the same way and so, everything out of his mouth she took as a war and responded like a hissing cat. She was also blind ignorant to the selfish and dangerous personality of her younger brother. She ignored the warning signs in favor of relishing her battle with the hero. I could admire her for sacrificing herself for the good of the family but I really didn't like her character most of the time. The story was sloppy and the characters made emotional turns that I don't believe suited the story of their personalities previously. It was okay, I liked the love/hate relationship between them and thought the younger sister and brother were super cute. I hated the middle brother. It was decent for a harlequin paperback and I wasn't expecting much so I got more than I was expecting I guess.
November 10, 2023
Começou com uma premissa interessante, o xamã renegado e a prostituta - porém é meio difícil engolir que um metamorfo se recusa a acreditar na própria magia e que uma mulher que vende o corpo para sobreviver e cuidar da família sentiria tanto orgulho a ponto de recusar ajuda.
Pena.
Pena.
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