by Sasha L. Miller
Нудная середина и нудный конец. Я ожидала больше, чем "она его за муки полюбила, а он ее за состраданье к ним". The "comfort" bit of hurt/comfort was overdone, trying to compensate for falling in love, I guess. Once Callisto's new charm was in place to stabilize his condition, everything slowed do...
3.5*
This was a refreshingly cute story about Callisto who comes to Mervyn seeking help when a wizard steals his heart and replaces it with a charm that drains Callisto's energy. Mervyn is willing to help him but to do that he needs expertise from another fairy, who just happens to be Callisto's estrange...
It was an interesting read. What was there of the world building was interesting, the concept of a wizard doctor and mechanical hearts was intriguing. Mervyn and Callisto were wonderful characters but I hated Denzil and I can't say I'm looking forward to reading his story.
This is a very sweet and endearing book. A greatly appreciated reprieve while I was reading a difficult book. But it sounds horrible when I call it a reprieve, because it's not just a 'filler'. It has quite the interesting story line to it, no great mystery, but the whole idea of stealing hearts, ha...
The mecha element to this was very interesting. The balance between the mecha and the fantasy was quite nice, actually. The writing itself was rather reminiscent of the works of Megan Derr (to me, at least).
3.5*This was a pretty interesting story, a fairie has had his heart stolen and replaced with a mechanical device so a wizard can steal his magic.He finds another wizard willing to help him, because without help, he will die in a matter of days.There is magic and trust and mistrust and an endearingly...
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