Customer Reviews

Magic (Hennessey)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

I have read all of Tami Hoag's books and I am so glad that this was NOT the first one I read - I would never have picked up another and I would have missed some of the most terrific books out there. I don't know what happened with this one, but I guess everyone is entitled to an off day. If you have never read a Hoag book, try "Still Waters", "Guilty as Sin", "Cry Wolf", "Night Sins", "Lucky's Lady", "Ashes to Ashes", "Thin Dark Line" or "Dark Paradise" - all keepers.

I read the first reviews here before starting it, so was well aware of the possiblility i might be dissappointed.

How wrong could i have been? I am now, after reading it, amazed at the other reviews. I enjoyed this book SO much.

She is without doubt one of my favourite authors, and this book is although maybe not her best, still pretty ... good.

The plot is good, it's a great romance story. the characters i feel are as always, brilliant. it was so refreshing to find out that the Bryan wasnt her ususal "evil on the surafce, complete puppy underneath" type men. as i can see it that is her only failing. her men are always the same.

but not with this one, it might be an earlier work, but it certainly does shine.

It's quite simply a lovely book. the relationships between the characters are great, and the way she deals with addie's worseining illness is a great show of what an exceelent author Hoag is.

this was a very nice light read. it is admittedly a romance, something which i dont usually tend to go for. not because i dont like them, but simply because i prefer mystery/thrillers. and it's a really good romance. it's light hearted and doesnt take itself too seriously.

i really liked the "fearsome foursome" aspect, and i liked the way she did manage to weave a hint of intrigue into the romance-dominated plot.

my only criticism of this lovely book is the ending. not all of it, just one aspect. i feel the part where bryan strikes up a conversation with a ghost is very out of place, and didnt quite fit. it added a nice twist, and made it more original i suppose, but i didnt really like it. i think she might have taken that a bit OTT.

all in all this is not her best book, but it is not, in my opinion, as bad as the other reviews claim.

i advise that if you are a fan of hoag, or simply of light romance novels, you do read it.

and judge for yourself

A disappointment. Not up to the standards of her other books. Very thin plot, no conflict, just two fantastically beautiful people finding fantastic sex (on every other page), and raking their hands thru their wild manes of hair. The mane raking is found in all her books, but those all have interesting plots. She is good with words, but would be more interesting if all the women weren't goddesses, and all the men sexy supermen. Gets a little old.

I am surprised so many people said so many bad things about MAGIC by Hoag. This is one of her early works that I read when it was first published years and years ago. I liked it then and I like it now since I re-read it. No, its not an in-depth mystery, suspense romance. But for what it is, just an easy enjoyable read, it is a very good story. There is mystery with bad guys and a ghost and some romance. This book is well worth reading.

I rather enjoyed 'Night Sins' so when I found this book on sale for £1 at a local discount store I thought 'how bad can it be?' The answer is very very bad. It combines the worst Mills & Boons cliches - beautiful stubbornly independent heroine, ruggedly handsome hero, who, needless to say, fight constantly before falling into each other's arms, with a plot borrowed from the cartoon 'Scooby Doo' - ghosts - hidden gold - mysterious characters wanting to buy property - sound familar from Saturday morning TV? She should definitely stick to writing thrillers. On a more happy note the brief preview of 'Ashes to ashes' at the back of this book looked good. Bet I don't get it for a pound though!

I just finished Ms. Hoag's book Ashes to Ashes and loved it so I thought I would try some of her other books. Despite the reviews I picked up a second hand copy just to see if what the previous reviewers thought was true. Lets face it so many people can't be wrong. This book was hard to finish and hard to understand why it was written. The storyline seemed contrived and there was not an drop of magic to be found. This story had so much more potential and I just wish some more time was taken in the writting process. Don't let this turn you away from Ms. Hoag her later stories are still very good.

Sorry, I swear I am not a negative person but this book really was horrible! I quickly picked this up (I was with my husband, he HATES to shop!) and from the back cover looked pretty interesting. I got to page 115 and could not force myself to read it anymore! I just hate to throw money away and tried to keep an open mind hoping the book would start making some sense! The main characters are horrible! I have read several bad reviews about books that I have really liked in the past that I did not agree with at all, but anyone thinking of reading this book, the reviews are RIGHT ON THE MONEY! It will be an investment you will definitely regret

I've been a fan of Tami Hoag for a while now and I'm steadily working my way through her generally excellent back catalogue. I stumbled across this book in a secondhand store and I hate to say it, but it wasn't worth the money. The storyline is ridiculously cliched and contrived. It reminded me of Mills & Boon: the beautiful but wounded heroine and handsome hero with a tragic past falling in love yet stubbornly resisting. The ghosts are as believable and scary as the ones from an episode of Scooby Doo.
I had to force myself to finish it and it's hard to believe the same author wrote Ashes To Ashes, A Thin Dark Line, Cry Wolf, Still Waters, etc. Your time and money would be far better spent buying those books than this one.

I thought this was a terrific book. I have read it a few times and each time that I do, the storyline gets more and more enjoyable. Like I said before, I love this writer, she's such a talent!

Like a real bad episode of Scooby Doo...