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Elemental Magic: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters
Kristin Schwengel, Elizabeth Vaughan, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Michele Lang, Gail Sanders, Elisabeth Waters, Rosemary Edghill, Diana L. Paxson, Samuel Conway, Cedric Johnson, Ron Collins, Fiona Patton, Michael Z. Williamson, Jody Lynn Nye, Dayle A. Dermatis
3.56 AVERAGE
22 reviews for:
Elemental Magic: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters
Kristin Schwengel, Elizabeth Vaughan, Tanya Huff, Mercedes Lackey, Michele Lang, Gail Sanders, Elisabeth Waters, Rosemary Edghill, Diana L. Paxson, Samuel Conway, Cedric Johnson, Ron Collins, Fiona Patton, Michael Z. Williamson, Jody Lynn Nye, Dayle A. Dermatis
3.56 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Mercedes Lackey is one of my favorite authors. I read all of her books. So this anthology consist of stories of people using elemental magic in the real world between 1870 and 1919.
That being said, I did not enjoy the first five stories at all. The next six were quite good. The last written by Mercedes herself was very good.
That being said, I did not enjoy the first five stories at all. The next six were quite good. The last written by Mercedes herself was very good.
This wasn't a full novel of the Elemental Masters, more of a taster or teaser. This book had many short stories, probably too many as they are REALLY short stories. Most of them were interesting, but just too short. Just as you were getting into the fell of things, it ended. One of my favorites was the retelling of Rapunzel, but I really think it could have benefitted from a few more pages. Really, all of the stories could have.
The shorter stories to the front weren't really to my liking - too little info to get into them, or just getting good and then cut short - but the longer stories were quite enjoyable and I wish a few had been full-length novels.
Some of my favorites were:
Makana by Fiona Patton
Air of Mystery by Jody Lynn Nye
Tha Thu Ann by Tanya Huff (a longtime favorite author)
Queen of the Mountain by Kristin Schwengel
Some of my favorites were:
Makana by Fiona Patton
Air of Mystery by Jody Lynn Nye
Tha Thu Ann by Tanya Huff (a longtime favorite author)
Queen of the Mountain by Kristin Schwengel
More of a 3.5, my problem is I am not generally a fan of short stories as I seem to be left wanting more.
Enjoyed Song of the Sea - Sirens against humans with elementals' help.
Found Fire Within Him a bit dark.
Enjoyed Makana - Elemental Masters in the islands pre-contact.
Enjoyed War of the Knife and the three rules of elemental magic
Stones and Feathers was okay
Fire's Children is about the confusion when a child's magic is mistakenly assumed
For the sake of Clarity was fun with its HEA ending,
To Ride the River Horse was fun with its Rapunzel retelling
The Phoenix of Mulberry Street warns of unrestrained greed and its all-consuming flames
Air of Mystery relates a perfumed mystery
A Flower Grows in White Chapel includes Sarah and Nan, but gives a larger role to the Headmistress and introduces a new student.
Tha Thu Ann brings elemental magic to the new world and advocates leaving the hidebound rules behind.
The Collector was a bit dark for me.
Queen of the Mountain is about the danger of controlling a stronger magic than yours.
I have heard the Mermaids Singing a rogue power is dealt with but I enjoyed the positively competent female protagonist.
Enjoyed Song of the Sea - Sirens against humans with elementals' help.
Found Fire Within Him a bit dark.
Enjoyed Makana - Elemental Masters in the islands pre-contact.
Enjoyed War of the Knife and the three rules of elemental magic
Stones and Feathers was okay
Fire's Children is about the confusion when a child's magic is mistakenly assumed
For the sake of Clarity was fun with its HEA ending,
To Ride the River Horse was fun with its Rapunzel retelling
The Phoenix of Mulberry Street warns of unrestrained greed and its all-consuming flames
Air of Mystery relates a perfumed mystery
A Flower Grows in White Chapel includes Sarah and Nan, but gives a larger role to the Headmistress and introduces a new student.
Tha Thu Ann brings elemental magic to the new world and advocates leaving the hidebound rules behind.
The Collector was a bit dark for me.
Queen of the Mountain is about the danger of controlling a stronger magic than yours.
I have heard the Mermaids Singing a rogue power is dealt with but I enjoyed the positively competent female protagonist.
Collection of various settings and times, each story involving elemental magic.
Somehow or another, I managed to read the later one first, Elementary, which is relevant because there are some overlapping authors who stuck with their characters and settings in both short story collections. Regardless, like the other collection, it was fun to see the variety of cultures and time periods selected by the authors. As is generally the case with such anthologies, some were more enjoyable than others, but overall, a solid addition to the world of the Elemental Masters.
I'm not really big on short stories. Some of these were great and I wished they were full novels, and some of them I wished were shorter.
I liked this collection of short stories based of off Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series. Each was relatively short so there wasn't much character development but they were fun glimpses into other times and places with 'elemental magic'.