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Serenya’s Song Mysti Parker
Paranormal Romance Heat Rating: 2
No one ever said love was easy... Serenya Crowe may be a half-elf commoner, but she’s no ordinary woman. With the ability to interpret dreams, and a birth defect that forces her to wear gloves, she’s endured gossip and the cruelty of her husband, Sebastian, The Earl of Summerwind. All she’s ever wanted is to live a quiet life and raise a family. When she meets the new stranger in town, her world and her heart, are turned upside down.
REVIEW: Mysti Parker creates a fantasy world where mortals and woodland elves interbred and mesh their customs together showing traits of a multi-cultural society. When they must face a destructive force that threatens their realm, it upsets their stability. Parker challenges her hero and heroine at every turn from their faith in a benevolent god to their will to abolish the invader that threatens their existence. Written in first person, the story oscillates between the hero’s and heroine’s points of view which can be confusing. There are moments of suspense interlaced with a pleasant love story. The story’s themes resonate with struggles experienced in the real world, though the read is slow as the heroine and hero take a long time to tap into their inner strength and stand independent from using a crutch. The author plausibly shows a world where good and evil co-exist and fight endlessly. | Reviewer: Susan Frances |
July 2013 | 85