Firebird
A young nobleman, who has glimpsed the legendary, enchanted Firebird, is banished from his homeland. He journeys through a fantastical version of Old Russia, solving magical mazes and befriending a talking fox, before falling in love with the Firebird herself who is actually an enchanted maiden...
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A young nobleman, who has glimpsed the legendary, enchanted Firebird, is banished from his homeland. He journeys through a fantastical version of Old Russia, solving magical mazes and befriending a talking fox, before falling in love with the Firebird herself who is actually an enchanted maiden who has been waiting for true love to break the spell that holds her captive.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312858124 (0312858124)
Publish date: December 27th 1996
Publisher: Tor
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Cultural,
Romance,
Adult,
Fairy Tales,
Russia,
Retellings,
Fairy Tale Retellings
Series: Fairy Tales (#1)
My first Mercedes Lackey book! Unfortunately, I didn’t like it. I liked BITS of it, including the fairy tale-ness of it, but it wasn’t as magically wonderful as I was hoping it’d be. I did like the twist at the end (although it was totally obvious) and I liked the writing style, so I’ll definitely r...
Mostly descriptive, as is often Lackey's tendancy. Very little action for the length. The Firebird appears for the first time around page 75 and is barely glimpsed, then does not reappear or speak till more than 200 pages in. I found Ilya uninteresting as a protagonist and have no idea what the bird...
Interesting. The synopsis is not exactly accurate, no. The H's father and brothers never knew about the firebird, so how could they possibly try to trap her?The story is technically a romance I guess, and told entirely from the H's POV - an interesting change there. His encounters with the firebi...
Well, Livejournal decided to be nasty today and deleted my whole review that I had originally written for this. I have no why idea why it did this, but now I'm annoyed and going to keep this review very short because I don't feel like re-typing everything I just worked on (in vain.)It's all right th...
Once again, Mercedes Lackey takes us to the ballet while touching on the fairytale basis for the story (the book is dedicated to Natalia Marakova [sic], the Russian prima ballerina whose surname is actually spelled Makarova).The Firebird is an enchanted princess in Russian lore; she steals cherries ...
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