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In Dreams
Drawn to a castle in the forests of Ireland, a beautiful young woman becomes the link to a stranger’s past—and the curse that has trapped him forever in the eternity of his own dreams....
50 pages, MP3 CD
First published November 1, 2000
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Nora Roberts
1,512 books58.8k followersNora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including Hideaway, Under Currents, Come Sundown, The Awakening, Legacy, and coming in November 2021 -- The Becoming -- the second book in The Dragon Heart Legacy. She is also the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.
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March 22, 2020
"You've a head like a rock. I love you, Kayleen. I loved you in dreams, when dreams were all there was for me. I love you now. It killed me to hurt you."
"In Dreams" is the story of Kayleen and Flynn.
A magical tale filled with heartbreak and yearning. The H is a magician, trapped for centuries in a cycle of desperation, where he gets to materialize into human for a week every hundred years. Lately, he dreams of a woman. When he comes to life, he meets her..
Our h is a businesswoman, who takes an impromptu trip to Ireland, only to get lost and meet her soulmate.
Then there are sacrifices, angst, lies, destiny and ultimate surrender to defeat what fate has decided for them.
Another good read!
Safe
3/5
"In Dreams" is the story of Kayleen and Flynn.
A magical tale filled with heartbreak and yearning. The H is a magician, trapped for centuries in a cycle of desperation, where he gets to materialize into human for a week every hundred years. Lately, he dreams of a woman. When he comes to life, he meets her..
Our h is a businesswoman, who takes an impromptu trip to Ireland, only to get lost and meet her soulmate.
Then there are sacrifices, angst, lies, destiny and ultimate surrender to defeat what fate has decided for them.
Another good read!
Safe
3/5
December 27, 2012
Very short... less than three hours on audio. I'm glad that I listened to this instead of read the text because the narrator added a lot to the story by putting on a fantastic Irish accent. Had it not been for the swoon worthy Flinn, this would have hardly been worth the effort. As it was, it seemed like a hastily thrown together mash up of a story that reminds me way too much of Karen Marie Moning's Into the Dreaming. Except that KMM's novella actually fit into her Highlander/Fever series and therefore had some background to hold up a very sticky plot.
April 30, 2024
This was a nice fantasy romance novella. Cute but silly too. Good time reading it. 🌹🥀
March 29, 2012
I knew going in it was pure romantic fluff but this was a little over the edge. I much prefer Nora's more reality based stories. What sane person would get out of a wreaked car in the middle of nowhere, stagger to a castle, be taken in by a magician, wake up the next morning naked no less and then fall in love totally ignoring reason and sanity? come on!
July 6, 2011
I was torn between three and four stars, but I'm leaning more towards three. I believe several other reviewers mentioned this, but it's true- the reader is not the most spectacular in the world. Her main narrator/main character voice is just fine, but her male Irish accent comes across very corny and more Scottish than Irish, in my opinion. But if you can get past it, which I could for the most part, it's definitely bearable. As for the story, the idea behind the plot is really very interesting; however, it's novella length makes it underdeveloped. But then again, I'm not sure that I'd want it to be full-length novel because there was enough drawn-out narration as it was, and I'm not sure extra length would really be the best thing. I've never actually read a Nora Roberts novel, so I'm not sure how they normally read, but this story is probably not her best. Long story short, I don't regret listening to this story at all (and it was less than three hours), but I don't know if I'd listen to it again.
October 25, 2011
This audiobook recently became available at my library and being a fan of Nora's, I was eager to listen to it. In Dreams is a short story, so the audio is only 3 CDs. If you have a long commute to work like I do, you could easily listen to it in a day's commute. The narrator, Justine Eyre, did a good job with the story and accents. I have heard her before and she has always made the audiobooks pretty enjoyable.
Because this is a short story, the characters are thrown together and fall in love very quickly. I'm not sure I believed Caileen's feelings for Flynn. I'm not sure she would really be able to feel anything for him but lust. But given that Flynn has dreamed of her for 500 years, I do believe that he loves her very deeply. It is a cute fantasy tale. Not Nora's best, but you really can't go too wrong with anything you read by her.
I have not read the anthology in which this one is featured. Once Upon a Dream also features authors Jill Gregory, Marianne Willman, Ruth Ryan Langan.
Because this is a short story, the characters are thrown together and fall in love very quickly. I'm not sure I believed Caileen's feelings for Flynn. I'm not sure she would really be able to feel anything for him but lust. But given that Flynn has dreamed of her for 500 years, I do believe that he loves her very deeply. It is a cute fantasy tale. Not Nora's best, but you really can't go too wrong with anything you read by her.
I have not read the anthology in which this one is featured. Once Upon a Dream also features authors Jill Gregory, Marianne Willman, Ruth Ryan Langan.
September 1, 2015
:) 3.5*
apesar de ser curtinho, gostei da historia.
há já algum tempo de que não lia a "secção" de fantasia de Nora Roberts, mas este conto veio despertar sem duvida alguma nostalgia.
Um conto que nos induz a acreditar que de facto a fantasia/magia fazem parte deste mundo... há sempre algum "milagre" que não conseguimos e todo explicar.
O Amor verdadeiro, a entrega espontânea e colocar sempre o "outro" em primeiro lugar... fazem parte desse milagre.
Flynn é um mágico, preso num mundo de sonhos, Kayleen é uma organizadora compulsiva e metodica, tudo no seu lugar e tudo a tempo e horas...e de repente encontra-se no mundo de Flynn... e a atração é instantânea como se sempre se tivessem conhecido.
E o Amor verdadeiro, fez o seu milagre! :)
apesar de ser curtinho, gostei da historia.
há já algum tempo de que não lia a "secção" de fantasia de Nora Roberts, mas este conto veio despertar sem duvida alguma nostalgia.
Um conto que nos induz a acreditar que de facto a fantasia/magia fazem parte deste mundo... há sempre algum "milagre" que não conseguimos e todo explicar.
O Amor verdadeiro, a entrega espontânea e colocar sempre o "outro" em primeiro lugar... fazem parte desse milagre.
Flynn é um mágico, preso num mundo de sonhos, Kayleen é uma organizadora compulsiva e metodica, tudo no seu lugar e tudo a tempo e horas...e de repente encontra-se no mundo de Flynn... e a atração é instantânea como se sempre se tivessem conhecido.
E o Amor verdadeiro, fez o seu milagre! :)
August 4, 2017
Féeries, c’est le regroupement de trois histoires : Le château des secrets / L’étoile d’argent / La forêt enchantée.
Je vais vous donner mon avis sur chacune des trois histoires, ainsi qu’un avis global sur le livre.
Le château des secrets : 4/5
Malédiction, magie, destin, croyance, guerre, bataille, sentiments, amour, danger. Voilà qui résume assez bien l’histoire de Bryna et Calin.
Nora Roberts nous entraîne en Irlande, un pays qui me fait rêver de par ses légendes multiples et diverses. Pays de la magie et la sorcellerie.
Bryna et Calin sont liés par-delà les années, par-delà les siècles, par-delà la magie. Leur histoire est le genre que l’on aime regarder lors des journées d’hiver, bien au chaud près de la cheminée, ou du chauffage, avec une tasse de chocolat chaud. C’est le genre d’histoire qui ravi les âmes fleurs bleues. Mais également le genre d’histoire que l’on aime lire car elle n’est pas prise de tête, une histoire à lire pour passer un moment de détente assurée.
L’étoile d’argent : 5/5
Aaaah les légendes, j’adore ça 😍
Avec Allena et Conal, nous sommes dans les légendes celtiques, et plus précisément, la légende reliée à la famille de Conal depuis des siècles, une légende faite de pierres qui se dressent tel des dolmens, faite de solstice et d’étoiles.
Tout commence avec Allena qui entre dans une boutique, tout commence avec un pendentif qui pourrait sembler banal, mais pas pour Allena. Elle finira par l’acheter, et de là tout le reste va s’enchaîner. Elle va rater le bateau qu’elle est censée prendre, elle va trouver un jeune homme qui veut bien la conduire à destination.
Mais lorsque le destin se mêle de votre vie, il change carrément jusqu’à votre manière de voir et envisager les choses. Elle va rencontrer Conal, l’homme lié à ce pendentif qu’elle vient d’acheter.
Stop, pas un mot de plus, sinon je vais vous spoiler. Encore une fois, c’est le genre d’histoire que l’on aime regarder chez soi bien tranquille, le genre d’histoire qui pourrait être un téléfilm, le genre d’histoire fascinante qui nous fait rêver.
La forêt enchantée : 5/5
Oh moi aussi je veux trouver une forêt enchantée et un magicien maudit !
Ce qui est certain, c’est que Kayleen ne s’attendait pas à ce qui va lui arriver lorsqu’elle a décidé de partir en vacances, d’ailleurs, qui pourrait prévoir de tomber sur un manoir dans une forêt, manoir habité par un magicien maudit depuis quelques siècles ?
Pour un acte qui pourrait paraître banal pour un magicien, Flynn va se voir maudit. Sa malédiction est d’être retenu prisonnier de son manoir, d’être totalement transparent durant un siècle, de n’être véritablement de chair qu’une unique semaine tout les cent ans. Une semaine, c’est très court avant de replonger dans l’oubli total durant cent nouvelles années supplémentaires.
Je ne vais pas vous révéler l’intrigue, bien entendu, mais sachez que ces sept malheureux jours vont être assez intense et bouleversant pour chacun d’eux, que ni l’un ni l’autre ne pourrait sortir indemne d’une telle semaine, si ce n’est avec un sort d’oubli complet.
Avis global
Avec Féeries, Nora Roberts nous emmène dans un univers de magie, de légendes, de croyances, de sorcellerie, mais également un univers où rien n’est certain, rien n’est joué d’avance. Au final, l’amour restera le fil conducteur, mais par où devront en passer les personnages pour gagner cet amour, rien n’est facile, rien n’est acquis, tout est à faire et affaire de grande volonté.
Cette fois encore, impossible d’être déçue par Nora Roberts, que ce soit en romance ou en thriller, chaque fois sa plume agit sur moi tel une araignée filant sa toile, une toile dont je ne veux jamais sortir, et pourtant chaque bonne chose ayant une fin, il y a un moment où je dois bien refermer le livre car il n’y a pas de pages supplémentaires, par de pages qui s’ajoutent par magie. Non, la magie réside uniquement dans sa plume et dans l’intensité de ses histoires.
S’il y a bien une auteur qui n’a pas réussi à me décevoir jusqu’à aujourd’hui, c’est bien Nora Roberts. Bon, il y en a d’autres aussi, mais nous parlons ici d’une parution de Nora Roberts et non d’un autre auteur.
Je vais vous donner mon avis sur chacune des trois histoires, ainsi qu’un avis global sur le livre.
Le château des secrets : 4/5
Malédiction, magie, destin, croyance, guerre, bataille, sentiments, amour, danger. Voilà qui résume assez bien l’histoire de Bryna et Calin.
Nora Roberts nous entraîne en Irlande, un pays qui me fait rêver de par ses légendes multiples et diverses. Pays de la magie et la sorcellerie.
Bryna et Calin sont liés par-delà les années, par-delà les siècles, par-delà la magie. Leur histoire est le genre que l’on aime regarder lors des journées d’hiver, bien au chaud près de la cheminée, ou du chauffage, avec une tasse de chocolat chaud. C’est le genre d’histoire qui ravi les âmes fleurs bleues. Mais également le genre d’histoire que l’on aime lire car elle n’est pas prise de tête, une histoire à lire pour passer un moment de détente assurée.
L’étoile d’argent : 5/5
Aaaah les légendes, j’adore ça 😍
Avec Allena et Conal, nous sommes dans les légendes celtiques, et plus précisément, la légende reliée à la famille de Conal depuis des siècles, une légende faite de pierres qui se dressent tel des dolmens, faite de solstice et d’étoiles.
Tout commence avec Allena qui entre dans une boutique, tout commence avec un pendentif qui pourrait sembler banal, mais pas pour Allena. Elle finira par l’acheter, et de là tout le reste va s’enchaîner. Elle va rater le bateau qu’elle est censée prendre, elle va trouver un jeune homme qui veut bien la conduire à destination.
Mais lorsque le destin se mêle de votre vie, il change carrément jusqu’à votre manière de voir et envisager les choses. Elle va rencontrer Conal, l’homme lié à ce pendentif qu’elle vient d’acheter.
Stop, pas un mot de plus, sinon je vais vous spoiler. Encore une fois, c’est le genre d’histoire que l’on aime regarder chez soi bien tranquille, le genre d’histoire qui pourrait être un téléfilm, le genre d’histoire fascinante qui nous fait rêver.
La forêt enchantée : 5/5
Oh moi aussi je veux trouver une forêt enchantée et un magicien maudit !
Ce qui est certain, c’est que Kayleen ne s’attendait pas à ce qui va lui arriver lorsqu’elle a décidé de partir en vacances, d’ailleurs, qui pourrait prévoir de tomber sur un manoir dans une forêt, manoir habité par un magicien maudit depuis quelques siècles ?
Pour un acte qui pourrait paraître banal pour un magicien, Flynn va se voir maudit. Sa malédiction est d’être retenu prisonnier de son manoir, d’être totalement transparent durant un siècle, de n’être véritablement de chair qu’une unique semaine tout les cent ans. Une semaine, c’est très court avant de replonger dans l’oubli total durant cent nouvelles années supplémentaires.
Je ne vais pas vous révéler l’intrigue, bien entendu, mais sachez que ces sept malheureux jours vont être assez intense et bouleversant pour chacun d’eux, que ni l’un ni l’autre ne pourrait sortir indemne d’une telle semaine, si ce n’est avec un sort d’oubli complet.
Avis global
Avec Féeries, Nora Roberts nous emmène dans un univers de magie, de légendes, de croyances, de sorcellerie, mais également un univers où rien n’est certain, rien n’est joué d’avance. Au final, l’amour restera le fil conducteur, mais par où devront en passer les personnages pour gagner cet amour, rien n’est facile, rien n’est acquis, tout est à faire et affaire de grande volonté.
Cette fois encore, impossible d’être déçue par Nora Roberts, que ce soit en romance ou en thriller, chaque fois sa plume agit sur moi tel une araignée filant sa toile, une toile dont je ne veux jamais sortir, et pourtant chaque bonne chose ayant une fin, il y a un moment où je dois bien refermer le livre car il n’y a pas de pages supplémentaires, par de pages qui s’ajoutent par magie. Non, la magie réside uniquement dans sa plume et dans l’intensité de ses histoires.
S’il y a bien une auteur qui n’a pas réussi à me décevoir jusqu’à aujourd’hui, c’est bien Nora Roberts. Bon, il y en a d’autres aussi, mais nous parlons ici d’une parution de Nora Roberts et non d’un autre auteur.
October 23, 2023
Another fantastic novel by the talented storyteller Nora Roberts. In dreams tells the magically enchanting tale about curses and the power of love. This story has great character growth and overcoming personal obstacles to free themselves, the power of love in sacrifices to break curses. This book is highly entertaining and enjoyable books to read. I definitely recommend reading this book you won’t be disappointed.
In dreams. A man is imprisoned for over five hundred years in a land of dreams. Loneliness overwhelms at times. He dreams of a woman with dark hair and blue eyes. His curse has one good thing for one week every century he can’t his human form again, feeling, tasting living. Kayleen Brennon is a very sensible logical person who is vacationing in Ireland decides to explore the country side but whilst driving on a rainy night, her name whispered in the air gets lost and crashes her car into a tree stumbles along the woods until finding a house with a strange man that she feels a strong connection too. Kayleen wakes up and he introduces himself as Flynn and tends to her wounds. He recognises her from his dreams but she doesn’t recognise him. She witnesses him use magic tells her about himself that he is a magician born with magic that In his youth was a bit reckless with his power he fell for a beautiful woman and helped gain wealth by taking it from another and she betrayed him for her real lover. He was punished by the keepers and was given a choice be stripped of his powers and be a normal man or be imprisoned in dreams he chose the latter. Kayleen struggles to believe all this but once she sees her crashed car in the middle of the woods with no road in sight realises magic is real. They find themselves falling in love and making love during the week he wants to keep her with him, they get into an argument when she learns that he uses his powers to take things that he’s collected over the centuries and as an antiques dealer this hits home for her calls him out for not learning his lesson which fundamentally got him punished for. He storms off angrily but realises she’s right and they make up he uses his peers to replicate not steal. Flynn feels guilty after looking at her mother frantic with worry of Kayleen disappearance. Realises he can’t let her be trapped here has to let her go so he lies to her about not loving her and lets her go but she surprises him but coming back and calling him out, determined not to let her get trapped loves her too much for that to happen gives up his powers which frees him and together they make plans to go to America where she’s lives in Boston.
In dreams. A man is imprisoned for over five hundred years in a land of dreams. Loneliness overwhelms at times. He dreams of a woman with dark hair and blue eyes. His curse has one good thing for one week every century he can’t his human form again, feeling, tasting living. Kayleen Brennon is a very sensible logical person who is vacationing in Ireland decides to explore the country side but whilst driving on a rainy night, her name whispered in the air gets lost and crashes her car into a tree stumbles along the woods until finding a house with a strange man that she feels a strong connection too. Kayleen wakes up and he introduces himself as Flynn and tends to her wounds. He recognises her from his dreams but she doesn’t recognise him. She witnesses him use magic tells her about himself that he is a magician born with magic that In his youth was a bit reckless with his power he fell for a beautiful woman and helped gain wealth by taking it from another and she betrayed him for her real lover. He was punished by the keepers and was given a choice be stripped of his powers and be a normal man or be imprisoned in dreams he chose the latter. Kayleen struggles to believe all this but once she sees her crashed car in the middle of the woods with no road in sight realises magic is real. They find themselves falling in love and making love during the week he wants to keep her with him, they get into an argument when she learns that he uses his powers to take things that he’s collected over the centuries and as an antiques dealer this hits home for her calls him out for not learning his lesson which fundamentally got him punished for. He storms off angrily but realises she’s right and they make up he uses his peers to replicate not steal. Flynn feels guilty after looking at her mother frantic with worry of Kayleen disappearance. Realises he can’t let her be trapped here has to let her go so he lies to her about not loving her and lets her go but she surprises him but coming back and calling him out, determined not to let her get trapped loves her too much for that to happen gives up his powers which frees him and together they make plans to go to America where she’s lives in Boston.
July 8, 2020
i read this book some 10 years ago and then couldn't remember who wrote it or the title- I remembered the cover and that it involved a woman crashing into a tree in the storm - and a curse and that was that.
I finally found it again and ... I still enjoyed it but not as much.
I feel like this is one of those books that would really benefit from being longer - the entire story takes place over a course of a week or 7 days. The characters seem underdeveloped - we learn that Kayleen loves the routine and leads a really boring life but she learns how to let go and relax whilst spending time with Flynn, Flynn is really stubborn and gets angry easily and doesn't admit when he is wrong - but that's about all we get from these two - they change, she learns how to relax, he learns how to not get super angry super fast and how to admit that he may be wrong here and there. They meet, she goes from: "Okay I just ended up in this man's castle in the middle of nowhere, I woke up and I am naked under the covers and he used some sort of magic/drugs to make me fall asleep, magic isn't real, this man must be insane and I want to protect myself with a knife" to "omg but he is hot tho and I wanna bang him" in a matter of seconds. The romance felt so rushed and her character wnet from being a badass independent woman to falling in love with a dude in a matter of seconds and swooning all over him and doing anything and everything he wants because he is hot. Not to mention that this entire book takes place over a week - 7 days, in those 7 days they are suddenly madly in love, then he sacrifices himself for her so she isn't imprisoned with him, he gets released/saved and bam they are suddenly engaged- the end- it felt so rushed.
The characters felt underdeveloped, the romance was awkward, the ending felt too rushed, the characters were boring and fell flat and were underdeveloped, and the entire book almost felt like it was either unfinished either a fanfiction someone wrote. I remember it being better but then again, I was around 15-16 when I first read it and I am 25 now.
I finally found it again and ... I still enjoyed it but not as much.
I feel like this is one of those books that would really benefit from being longer - the entire story takes place over a course of a week or 7 days. The characters seem underdeveloped - we learn that Kayleen loves the routine and leads a really boring life but she learns how to let go and relax whilst spending time with Flynn, Flynn is really stubborn and gets angry easily and doesn't admit when he is wrong - but that's about all we get from these two - they change, she learns how to relax, he learns how to not get super angry super fast and how to admit that he may be wrong here and there. They meet, she goes from: "Okay I just ended up in this man's castle in the middle of nowhere, I woke up and I am naked under the covers and he used some sort of magic/drugs to make me fall asleep, magic isn't real, this man must be insane and I want to protect myself with a knife" to "omg but he is hot tho and I wanna bang him" in a matter of seconds. The romance felt so rushed and her character wnet from being a badass independent woman to falling in love with a dude in a matter of seconds and swooning all over him and doing anything and everything he wants because he is hot. Not to mention that this entire book takes place over a week - 7 days, in those 7 days they are suddenly madly in love, then he sacrifices himself for her so she isn't imprisoned with him, he gets released/saved and bam they are suddenly engaged- the end- it felt so rushed.
The characters felt underdeveloped, the romance was awkward, the ending felt too rushed, the characters were boring and fell flat and were underdeveloped, and the entire book almost felt like it was either unfinished either a fanfiction someone wrote. I remember it being better but then again, I was around 15-16 when I first read it and I am 25 now.
April 11, 2023
Je suis désolée, je ne vais pas être objective du tout, mais j'ai trouvé celui-ci médiocre. Rien n'allait. Le style d'écriture est vide, parle de sujet dont on se fiche. Aucun développement dans l'histoire d'amour, juste un paragraphe perdu qui sert à quelque chose mais ne suffit pas.
De plus, la relation décrite est gênante, toxique. On dirait une enfant de 13 ans sur Wattpad qui découvre l'érotisme à son niveau et veut s'y essayer par plaisir coupable, trouvant son plaisir dans l'interdit de la toxicité.
C'est gênant tout du long. Leur relation ne repose sur rien, il y a plus de description et d'informations sur la décoration que de sentiments sincères dans leur relation. Puis à la fin, miraculeusement, ils s'aiment vraiment après avoir avoué que les problématiques dans leur couple étaient bien, nécessaires ? Le message est dangereux.
De plus, la relation décrite est gênante, toxique. On dirait une enfant de 13 ans sur Wattpad qui découvre l'érotisme à son niveau et veut s'y essayer par plaisir coupable, trouvant son plaisir dans l'interdit de la toxicité.
C'est gênant tout du long. Leur relation ne repose sur rien, il y a plus de description et d'informations sur la décoration que de sentiments sincères dans leur relation. Puis à la fin, miraculeusement, ils s'aiment vraiment après avoir avoué que les problématiques dans leur couple étaient bien, nécessaires ? Le message est dangereux.
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October 3, 2022antique shop owner on tour in Ireland and gets lost in a forrest, crashes her car and makes her way to the castle's light. Flynn is just back to being normal for a week after a century of being frozen in time. Not sure what is real and what is mystical and magic but they find a lot of commong things. she wakes up the next day, no clothes are torn, car is no longer smashed against a tree and she has no ijuries. he gives her a tale of what has happened to him, he has dreamed of her for centuries, the week of magic goes by fast. i wont spoil the ending but ti's the storke of midnight. On the last day when the Keepers have come to a decision as to if they will give Flynn back his life as a mortal. I enjoyed the escape into the fairy land that was created.
February 27, 2020
2.75 stars.
This time we have a 500 yo magician trapped in a dreamscape because of a wrong he did when he was young and foolishly in love. He's allowed only a week in his physical body every century. He met the heroine during her dreams and somehow she turns up at his "doorstep" during the week when he's embodied.
Again, it's the whole insta-love thing by the heroine that I just can't get around. Otherwise, the premise of this short story would have been quite interesting. I particularly liked the description of his home where he's "appropriated" things he liked over the centuries.
This time we have a 500 yo magician trapped in a dreamscape because of a wrong he did when he was young and foolishly in love. He's allowed only a week in his physical body every century. He met the heroine during her dreams and somehow she turns up at his "doorstep" during the week when he's embodied.
Again, it's the whole insta-love thing by the heroine that I just can't get around. Otherwise, the premise of this short story would have been quite interesting. I particularly liked the description of his home where he's "appropriated" things he liked over the centuries.
January 22, 2019
"2.5 out of 5 stars. It was ok .... not any real shockers on how I thought the ending would go ... so if your looking for a predictable romance then this is the one for you!"
Read more of this review as it was read within Nora Roberts' A LITTLE MAGIC and THREE TEASERS here: https://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2010/05/disappointmentvillemade-grade-little.html
Read more of this review as it was read within Nora Roberts' A LITTLE MAGIC and THREE TEASERS here: https://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2010/05/disappointmentvillemade-grade-little.html
September 25, 2023
This was a sweet and short read.
I enjoyed the magical Ireland backdrop, and the over all story arc (I’m a sucker for fairytale retellings, and Sleeping Beauty is my favorite).
Although Flynn did give me the ick early on, I ended up liking his character development. As well as Kayleen’s.
I enjoyed the magical Ireland backdrop, and the over all story arc (I’m a sucker for fairytale retellings, and Sleeping Beauty is my favorite).
Although Flynn did give me the ick early on, I ended up liking his character development. As well as Kayleen’s.
January 15, 2025
One of Nora Robert’s more bizarre mystical short stories, with its usual excessive emphasis on sex equating to love. Other than the very predictable ending, it reads like a fantasy version of the sitcom Bewitched.
August 23, 2025
it was sweet and not bad for a short novella. would have it preferred it a little longer. it felt rushed, everything moved too quickly and not enough time for them to really build a relationship.
not one of my favorite Nora Roberts books
not one of my favorite Nora Roberts books
July 13, 2017
audio - ok - could have been better I think
September 5, 2017
3 1/2 stars. I didn't want to like this short story but I was sobbing towards the end.
June 29, 2019
Sweet magical story
March 3, 2020
The characters weren’t true enough ; magic was in the story but not in the romance. I had a hard time identifying to the characters.
December 15, 2020
Enjoyable read
Always enjoy reading Nora Roberts books. First time reading one of her short stories. Thought it was alright. Would recommend.
Always enjoy reading Nora Roberts books. First time reading one of her short stories. Thought it was alright. Would recommend.
December 31, 2020
Another great book from Nora Roberts. Now on to the next one.
July 9, 2021
Boston gal visiting Ireland gets enchanted by a five hundred year old magician under a spell. Can they work out a happily ever after?
January 31, 2022
I really enjoyed how maturely the characters handled conflict, a pleasant change from a lot of romances!
March 15, 2022
Incredibly predictable, with overdone themes and tropes.
August 10, 2022
A few too many sexy times without enough character development along the way.
September 5, 2022
Perfectly fine book, well written, a modern twist on Beauty and the Beast. Some consent issues though.
January 16, 2025
A magician is imprisoned a dream world until he learns what it means to truly love. It took him 500 years! LOL
November 6, 2016
Assim que descobri que iria ser lançada uma colecção especial de seis contos desta autora com a revista FLASH!, a começar no mês de Maio, decidi logo que queria fazê-la pois seria uma óptima oportunidade para ler mais algumas coisas escritas por Nora Roberts!
Como já esperava, deparei-me com uma história bastante amorosa mas onde tudo acontece demasiado apressadamente e, por vezes, de forma um pouco mal explicada - apesar disso, penso que a ideia base é muito interessante e que, como tal, esta deveria resultar melhor como um livro mais extenso em vez de como um conto, onde muito fica por esclarecer e por explorar.
Ainda assim, gostei!
Como já esperava, deparei-me com uma história bastante amorosa mas onde tudo acontece demasiado apressadamente e, por vezes, de forma um pouco mal explicada - apesar disso, penso que a ideia base é muito interessante e que, como tal, esta deveria resultar melhor como um livro mais extenso em vez de como um conto, onde muito fica por esclarecer e por explorar.
Ainda assim, gostei!
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