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To Weave a Web of Magic Four Stories of Fantasy and Exquisite Romance Claire Delacroix Lynn Kurland Patricia A McKillip Sharon Shinn 9780425196151 Books

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To Weave a Web of Magic Four Stories of Fantasy and Exquisite Romance Claire Delacroix Lynn Kurland Patricia A McKillip Sharon Shinn 9780425196151 Books

I only bought this book because I love Sharon Shinn,s Archangel Series and discovered there was a story about that world here. I ended up enjoying all the stories as well


Tags : To Weave a Web of Magic: Four Stories of Fantasy and Exquisite Romance [Claire Delacroix, Lynn Kurland, Patricia A. McKillip, Sharon Shinn] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A romantic fantasy anthology with four novellas from renowned authors of romance and fantasy... <b>USA Today</b> best-selling author Claire Delacroix gives readers a revisionist version of the medieval legend of Melusine. <b>USA Today</b> best-selling author Lynn Kurland's trademark style shines in this tale of the magic and medieval romance between two lovers. World Fantasy Award-winner Patricia A. McKillip tells of an artist's model and the transforming power of beauty and inspiration. National best-selling author Sharon Shinn offers a compelling romance set in a strange new off-world of angels and revolving around the pursuit of love. The very thrill of love comes dazzlingly to life when these four shining stars or romance and fantasy weave their own web of magic for their legions of fans.,Claire Delacroix, Lynn Kurland, Patricia A. McKillip, Sharon Shinn,To Weave a Web of Magic: Four Stories of Fantasy and Exquisite Romance,Berkley,0425196151,9780425196151,Fantasy fiction, American,Fantasy fiction, American.,Love stories, American,Romance fiction, American.,Fiction,Fiction - Romance,Fiction Romance Fantasy,Fiction-Romance,GENERAL,General Adult,Romance - Fantasy,RomanceGothic,Romance: Gothic

To Weave a Web of Magic Four Stories of Fantasy and Exquisite Romance Claire Delacroix Lynn Kurland Patricia A McKillip Sharon Shinn 9780425196151 Books Reviews

I bought this book for Lynn Kurland's story, called "The Tale of Two Swords." The other stories aren't bad, but they're not my style, so I'll let others tell you about them.

"The Tale of Two Swords" is, however, a little story that I absolutely adore. I love the way it's sandwiched between young Harold's dreams of adventure, and I love the way this story is referred to in the first Nine Kingdoms trilogy.

Young Harold is ready for an adventure. The problem is that there's a blizzard raging outside the drafty and lonely castle he lives in, and no one to help him on his quest. And so he settles for the story that we get to hear with him.

The story begins with Mehar of Angesand fleeing from her father and an arranged marriage on one of the famous Angesand steeds. All she's got is her mother's book of spells and hope that maybe the king's mage will teach her to read them. Unfortunately, she arrives to find the palace of Chagailt nearly destroyed and no one around, other than the cook and two men...one of whom has pale, fae eyes that stare into her soul. It is not long, however, before she learns that the man she is quickly falling in love with isn't quite who she thought he was. Even more surprising...neither is she!

And for that matter, neither is Harold! grins

Finally, I must tell you that this is the little story that is referenced so many times in the full-length novels in the story. If you want to explore the Nine Kingdoms, then you should start with "A Whisper of Spring" found in where Symon, the first king of Neroche, woos and wins Iolaire, the elvin princess. You'll find it in the The Queen in Winter anthology.

Then read this little story.

Finally, jump forward in time to Star of the Morning and let the magic begin! Here's the series lineup as of January '15

Two Prelude short stories, found in anthologies with other authors
- "A Whisper of Spring" mentioned above.
- This story

Miach and Morgan's story is told in
1- Star of the Morning (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 1)
2- The Mage's Daughter (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 2)
3- Princess of the Sword (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 3)

Ruith and Sarah's story (which OVERLAPS Miach and Morgan's story in the timeline) is told in
4- A Tapestry of Spells (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 4)
5- Spellweaver (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 5)
6- Gift of Magic (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 6)

Runach and Aisling's story is being told in
7- Dreamspinner (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 7)
8- River of Dreams (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 8)
9- Dreamer's Daughter (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 9)
Reading the reviews for this volume--which I rated for (and in which I read) solely the story by Patricia McKillip, I'm amazed how many readers seem to have missed the multiple layers of her complex allegory--a true palimpsest in the literary tradition. The fantasy story at the forefront is only the thinnest cover for many more intriguing levels of ideas.

In the next layer, for anyone who has read about the history of the nineteenth century Pre-Raphaelite painters, the characters in the story are clearly based on them. Anyone with a little knowledge of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their circle will easily identify Dante Gabriel Rossetti, tragic Elizabeth Siddell (McKillip suggests an interesting and original explanation for her suicide), William Morris, Jane Burden Morris, and many others.

Underlying that level, McKillip comments upon the tendency of men such as Rossetti, Morris, and the members of the PRB to idealize women as a mysterious, inexplicable presence, with a concomitant unwillingness to deal with the real life and struggles of the actual woman underneath. Led by the Gorgon--the personification of the dual fascination and horror with which men mythologize women--the hero of the tale learns to appreciate not just the idealized woman, but the far more interesting pain and strength of the real woman underneath.

Partly to blame for the readers' apparent lack of insight may be the packaging as a romance, a facile genre, which doesn't prepare the reader to approach the story with the level of awareness that McKillip's award-winning writing requires. Although the uncredited cover art by McKillip's best cover artist, Kinuko Y. Craft, gives a hint of the multi-textured novella within, only those aware of McKillip's stature in her mature novels as one of the finest and most complex writers of the twentieth century will greet this tale with the depth of thought it requires.
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Bought it for the Kurland story, but enjoyed the other stories included, too!
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I don't think Sharon Shinn EVER writes a story that's not completely magical and that doesn't engulf a reader from the first sentence. Her story definitely is a 5.

Delacroix's story was very close to Shinn's in quality. I don't require a happy ending if the ending is the right one for the story and this one definitely was. The ending was haunting but true. Another 5.

Kurland's story was OK, if obvious all the way through, probably a 3-4, and I didn't finish the McKillip story. Nothing new here - in an anthology, the quality of the stories will vary. If you're a fan of Shinn (like me) or of Delacroix (I'd never read anything by her before), you should definitely enjoy their stories.
I only bought this book because I love Sharon Shinn,s Archangel Series and discovered there was a story about that world here. I ended up enjoying all the stories as well