The Spellmonger's Wedding

The Spellmonger #2.2

by Terry Mancour

COME DANCE AT THE SPELLMONGER'S WEDDING!

When the battle is finally far behind him, Sir Minalan the Spellmonger makes a quick detour to Wilderhall to select his new domain, learn how to be a noble, and then claim his pregnant bride -- it's time to start his well-deserved Happily Ever After, and he can't wait.

But along the way down the river he stops to buy a bag of smoke and discovers that he might be receiving some unexpected guests at his wedding. After everything he's been through, he's not about to let his bride's one perfect day be ruined. And he's willing to start a peasant's rebellion to protect it, if he has to.

With the power of the Witchsphere now in his hands, and with the help of family and friends, he can't take a chance that something will go amiss -- because he's worked too hard for it, fought too long for it, and because you just can't get your deposits back easily in a feudal economy.

Join Min as he, Pentandra, Alya, Tyndal, and the rest of his family contend with unexpected guests, welcome and unwelcome, in this prequel to Magelord!

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Audiobook, Short Stories, Epic, High Fantasy

50 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 14, 2013

About the author

Terry Mancour is a New York Times Best-Selling Author who has written more than 30 books, under his own name and pseudonyms, including Star Trek: The Next Generation #20, Spartacus, the Spellmonger Series (more than 11 books and growing), among other works.

He was born in Flint, Michigan in 1968 (according to his mother) and wisely relocated to North Carolina in 1978 where he embraced Southern culture and its dedication to compelling narratives and intriguing characterizations. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in Religious Studies.

Terry, his beautiful wife and three children live just outside of Durham, N.C. atop Red Mountain. He was nominated for the 2018 Audie Award for Best Fantasy for the audiobook for Spellmonger (narrated by John Lee), the first book in his Spellmonger Series.

He has plotted the Spellmonger Series for at least thirty books, in addition to his Spellmonger Cadet (young adult) series, stand-alone novels, short stories and novellas set within the Spellmonger Universe, all of which will be published by Podium as audiobooks. He is also the author of a series of sequels to Golden Age sci-fi master H. Beam Piper's novel, Space Viking, as well as original sci-fi novels.

Reviews

[Duane Eberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but critical interlude to the series

Before i found the short stories or novellas.... There were events reffered to in the series that. I kept expecting the author to flash back to. The expected flash backs never came so things like the wedding and the events surrounding it seemed rediculously glossed over.

Wife hostage or threatened... Sir Cei becoming castellan .... even the riverfolk (the Loblolly especially)....well they never seemed to be explained. At first, I assumed this was some sort of device for later entanglement of later events into the story - sort of a "Tell You Later --> Oh Hey remember that Story I Promised? Well It Fits With NOW".

THEN I considered severe editing.
THEN laziness.

Well now i get it.
Plus it is a fun read.

[D · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Quote: “There’s only one boat, even if you only sit on one side of it,” he explained. “But if there’s a hole in the boat, it doesn’t matter if it’s on her side or your side . . . there’s still a hole in the boat.”
- Thoughts: An interesting and light short story, without goblin slaying or dead gods. To be read before Magelord
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These are my personal opinions, you may discord, my final rating of the book is not necessarily linked to this system and may diverge from it.
Book Storyline
- Originality: 3/5 stars
- Development: 4/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 4/5 stars
- Writing stile: 3/5 stars
- Funnyness: 2/5 stars
- Epicness: 1/5 stars
- Scaryness: 1/5 stars
- Smartness: 3/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 3/5 stars
- Plot twists: 2/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 4/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Ending: 3/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 1/5 negative stars
- Self contained (Y/N): ✓
- Cliffhanger (Y/N): ×
- Adult (Y/N): ×
- Mystery (Y/N): ×
- Treasure Hunting (Y/N): ×
- Violence level: Low
- Tech level: Feudalism with magic
- Religion level: Low, fictional
- Main genre: Fantasy
- Subgenre: Sword and Sorcery
- Point of view: inside the Main character mind
- Aftertaste: Lightweight
World
- Originality: 2/5 stars
- Variety: 1/5 stars
- Consistency: 4/5 stars
- Impact on the story: 1/5 stars
- Maps: -/5 stars
- Real world (Y/N): ×
- Fantasy based on real world (Y/N): ×
- Journey (Y/N): ×
- Main scenario: Small village
Characters
- Total amount: dozens
- Points of view: 1
- Main characters: Minalan the spellmonger
- Secondary: a handfull
- Ordinary: lots
- Overall quality: 5/5 stars
- Main: 5/5 stars
- Secondary: 5/5 stars
- Consistency: 5/5 stars
- Connection: 3/5 stars
- Dialogs: 5/5 Stars
- Interactions: 5/5 Stars
- Romance ( Y/ N): ✓ it's a wedding
- Underworld Crew (Y/N): ×
- Training (Y/N): ×
- Notable best characters: Minalan, Penny, Sir Cei
- Notable worse characters: Alya
Setting
- Historical importance: 1/5 Stars
- Historical deep: 1/5 Stars
- Historical score: 1/5 Stars
- Geopolitical importance: 4/5 Stars
- Geopolitical variety: 1/5 Stars
- Geopolitical score: 3/5 Stars
- Setting overall score: 3/5 Stars
- Tension: 1/5 Stars
- Atmosphere: 2/5 Stars
- Supernatural (Vampires, werewolves) (Y/N): ×
- Superpowers (√/×): ✓
- Non-human races (Y/N): ✓
- Virtual Reality (Y/N): ×
- Monsters (Y/N): ×
- Historical relevant period: Previous books
Rules
- Devised system: 4/5 stars
- System complexity: 4/5 stars
- System explanation: 5/5 stars
- Impact on storyline: 5/5 stars
- Rulebreaker (Y/N): ×
- Type of Rule: Magic
Series Storyline
These are scored based on the series up to the end of this book:
- Impact of this book in storyline: 2/5 stars
- Originality: 5/5 stars
- Development: 5/5 stars
- Enjoyment: 5/5 stars
- Writing stile: 5/5 stars
- Funnyness: 4/5 stars
- Epicness: 4/5 stars
- Scaryness: 3/5 stars
- Smartness: 5/5 stars
- Addictiveness: 5/5 stars
- Plot twists: 2/5 stars
- Pace: 4/5 stars
- Storyline planning: 5/5 stars OR /5 negative stars
- Holes: 2/5 negative stars
- Can be read as a standalone (√/×): ×

[Mr D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely Novella

I must admit I was a touch confused whilst reading the main Spellmonger series going from one book to another expecting to find details of the wedding only to find it was a done deal. On top of that it got referenced occasionally.
Regardless it’s a lovely story that fills in some gaps in this captivating series.

[GaiusPrimus · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot thickens

I'm glad I'm finally getting around to reading these.

This particular instance in the story is referred to quite regularly in the main series and it's nice to know what actually happened.

Onwards to the honeymoon

[me · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another installment full of character, wit, and magic

Having been a follower/reader since the first book, this book establishes a solid groundwork for The Spellmonger arriving in Savandor. As usual the characters and dialog are well developed and entertaining.

[Annalise · Rating 2 out of 5]

Probably should have been tagged onto Victory Soup short or started up The Honeymoon novella, as it was such a short short. It was amusing in places and was good to see Min's homecoming and his reuniting with his pregnant bride (although that could have been more emotional). Just a filler.

[Stefan MacPherson · Rating 4 out of 5]

short story after victory soup. Important information to the plot so mandatory reading. I didn't find this as gripping as some of the others, but it's a fairly short read so you'll get onto the honeymoon in the next short story.

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but sweet

Again revealing important events via a short story is not appreciated but the story grabs your attention and is well written as always

[Garry Wyatt · Rating 4 out of 5]

It fills in the gaps!

[Kevin & Meagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this short story in the Spellmonger world.

[Jannette Bonaventura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series

I love this series. This story fills in gaps in the main series and gives more insight into the character’s lives.

[John Sevier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good short story that adds depth to the broader Spellmonger world.

[David Ramsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thrilling Short Story

Absolutely Entertaining and a brilliant further insight into the world of the Spellmonger! A must read if you’re already enjoying the main series!

[Persnickety · Rating 5 out of 5]

Included in "The Road to Sevendor" anthology.