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Bloody Wonderful, August 6, 2009
This is Georgia Evans' (aka Rosemary Laurey) conclusion of a trilogy which has not flagged at any stage.
Choosing to set the books in a small Sussex village during WWII has been inspired. She has managed a real sense of place, & the small touches:- eg; the rationing ....be it clothing, food or fuel give this book as sense of truth, that's sadly lacking in a lot of paranormal romances.
This book concerns mainly Gryffyth Pendragon( were Dragon). He's returned from the unsuccessful Norwegian expedition minus a leg only to find his village being targeted by some very agressively nasty Nazi Vampires.
The use of the mixed community of Others... were Dragon's(with recognisable Welsh speech patterns), Pixies, were Fox, Water Sprite, & humans in the know...Not to mention a black markteering Elf ! - all working together to defeat the threat to their community & country works marvellously well.
There is a definate cross over from the two previous novels, but this books can read as a stand alone...But why would you want to !
I'm really hoping her publishers pick this up as a long term series. There is a story line which is screaming to be completed...Devon pixie & German fae escaping across Nazi occupied Europe...C'MON ! -it's The Great Escape with magic !
For long term fans of Rosemary Laurey there is also the pleasure of seeing what her British based vampires did during WWII....... Don't miss this trilogy. For me they've been my books of the summer.
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"Bloody Right", August 4, 2009
I have never been a fan of history and my book buying has changed from historical to contemporary to paranormal. So, imagine my surprise when reading a series of books based during WW II in England and enjoying them. Georgia Evans gives us glimpses into the lives of an English village during WW II. It was interesting to read about rationing, black outs, and the foods. One thing did startle me. I've always thought of the movie Gone with the Wind as being done in my lifetime, so imagine my surprise when they talk about seeing this movie and the women mooning over Clark Gable!
We've all heard and read about how romances fast forward during wars and this was played out in this series. In her books we read about families being torn apart and reforming and love lives developing. Delightfully, for me, these included the paranormal groups--dragons, pixies, water sprites, vampires (good and bad), were animals, and humans.
In this book, a dragon who had lost part of a leg while in the service returns home to find that his battles are not over yet. Imagine his surprise to discover vampires are in his village and a group of Others (him and his father aren't the only ones) are battling to defeat the bad vampire spies.
We were kind of left hanging at the end of this book with a fairy and a pixie trying to evade the Germans to safety. I sincerely hope this will lead us to more books in this series. Bloody Right
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Great conclusion to a fun series, August 4, 2009
This is the third and final book in Evans' Brytewood supernatural series. This story takes place in the 1940's at the height of the war where Nazis are using vampires to change the course of the war. The plan is for two vampires to come to Brytewood where Winston Churchill is to be visiting and kill him. The plan is thought to be simple until the vampires encounter the strange collection of Others (shifters and those with magic) that reside in Brytewood and the Others' plan to stop them. Enter our hero Gryffyth, who has returned home from the war with an amputated leg. At first he thinks he has no purpose, but it soon becomes apparent that he must use whatever strengths he has left to not only protect the woman he loves, but also protect a world leader.
Although it's not absolutely necessary to have read the other books in the series, it would make things easier to understand and would fill in a few gaps. This book has good action and the romance between Gryff and Mary is sweet and emotional. All-in-all an enjoyable read.
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