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by Mercedes Lackey
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fruitcakes
fruitcakes rated it 9 years ago
I liked Mari, I liked her romance, I liked her relationship with her dad. I find Sarah and Nan just as twee as ever, and the split stories DID NOT HELP.
fruitcakes
fruitcakes rated it 9 years ago
I liked Mari, I liked her romance, I liked her relationship with her dad. I find Sarah and Nan just as twee as ever, and the split stories DID NOT HELP.
crownoflaurel
crownoflaurel rated it 11 years ago
This was only...ok. The absolute most enjoyable moment of the book was the homage to Amelia Peabody (by [a:Elizabeth Peters|16549|Elizabeth Peters|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1232144920p2/16549.jpg] ). I really wanted to like to like Nan & Sarah, but I found their passages so boring...
notyourmonkey
notyourmonkey rated it 11 years ago
Yep, still reading these terrible, terrible books. Still enjoying them enough to keep on, though. What is remarkable about this one is how it seizes on the trend from several of the previous, in which nothing really happens. Or, well, stuff happens, even on a regular basis, but the rise and fall of ...
Telynor's Library, and then some
Telynor's Library, and then some rated it 11 years ago
An entertaining entry in this long-running fantasy series, set in an alternate-history Wales and London. This time, the heroine is actually enjoyable and interesting, more than able to save herself from the fate awaiting her. There are plenty of faerie folk, suitors, return of characters from other ...
Jennavier
Jennavier rated it 12 years ago
Home From the Sea didn't have the urgency I've gotten used to in modern fantasy. I enjoyed it all the same. The characters were interesting and I liked the perspective on events occurring around the time period the book was written in. I'm glad I got to read it.
Dispatches from Terabithia
Dispatches from Terabithia rated it 12 years ago
I am so disappointed.The story of Mari, destined to be wife to a selch and a water master in her own right, had potential. And honestly, I have loved the Elemental Masters series, especially since I find that they're based on faerie tales utterly charming.However, this book has been infuriating.Lack...
Olga Godim
Olga Godim rated it 12 years ago
This is an OK book. Not superb but interesting, solid, and utterly professional.It revolves around a fisherman’s daughter, Mari Prothero, who lives with her father in a small village in Wales sometime during the reign of Queen Victoria. On her 18th birthday, Mari learns that she must marry one of th...
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