Master of Fire (Berkley Sensation) [Paperback]

Angela Knight (Author)

Book Description

Series: Berkley Sensation | Publication Date: March 2, 2010

A new Mageverse novel-from the New York Times bestselling author of Master of Dragons

A beautiful, brilliant chemist, Giada Shepherd is an immortal witch charged with saving the life of Logan MacRoy, the mortal son of a vampire. Passionately attracted to Giada, Logan has no idea that sex would turn him into a vampire. And no, as a killer sets deadly traps for them, the truth must come out, as must a weapon they never counted on: love...

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About the Author

Angela Knight is the USA Today bestselling author of the Mageverse series and the Warlord series for Berkley Books. She has also written for Red Sage, Changeling Press, Loose Id and Ellora's Cave. Besides her novels, Angela’s publishing career includes a stint as a comic book writer and ten years as a newspaper reporter. Several of her stories won South Carolina Press Association awards under her real name. Angela lives in South Carolina with her husband, Michael, a polygraph examiner and hostage negotiator for the county's Sheriff's Office.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (March 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425233359
• ISBN-13: 978-0425233351
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to the rest of the series, March 29, 2010

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This is kind of an aside from the rest of the Magevese series. It is about Logan (Author's son) and Giada. The characters are well drawn and even the spear carriers are interesting. The menace this time is from an unexpected source and is fairly interesting.

So why 3 stars (a bit better than average for the genre). Some inconsistencies; as I remember Logan is some kind of corporate raider type not a bomb disposal guy. A mortar is a gadget used to fire a round not the thing that explodes (see the [...] article). Then there's the place where its a rifle in one paragraph and a shotgun in the next. Not as many or as obtrusive as some other publishers and authors but still annoying. Then there's the main characters. How does a small county sheriff department afford a bomb disposal and forensic chemist. I live in a small county and the Sheriff's department uses volunteers from the local fire districts (the districts pay for the training and certification out of their budgets) as arson investigators and forensics guys and relies on the state for bomb disposal and chemist support.
While the erotic scenes are nicely done, they don't save a somewhat weak plot.

BTW while this can be read standalone at least some familiarity with the mageverse will help it make sense (particularly the stories about the wolves).

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meh. Not much chemistry between the two characters., March 2, 2010

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Liz4tin "Liz" (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

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Let me start off by saying I live in the same town that Angela Knight does. I've read every book Angela Knight has written, even the ebooks by various erotic publishers. I generally love everything that she's ever written.

That said, I can't help but be disappointed in this this one. Giada and Logan are hot together in the numerous well written sex scenes, but other then that, there isn't much going on between them. There's the typical mental trauma that only their lover can soothe, and they have to save the day once they unite. I'm hoping that this is just an aberration between the two series she is trying to bridge.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's been a long time since our last visit to Knight's Mageverse of vampires and witches, April 22, 2010

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More like 3.5 stars. I liked both of the leads, and Knight did a good job of making me believe that the hero Logan (human son of Gwen and Arthur) fell for the Maja Gaida who was sent undercover to protect him, he admires her intelligence as well as her beauty. But I had a harder time with Gaida's feelings for Logan. Lust? Yes. Love? Not so much. Logan hurts Gaida emotionally several times and she gives him the cold shoulder but Gaida' anger/hurt just faded away when he broached her barriers through seduction.

It was interesting to revisit the Mageverse series, it wasn't too long ago that Knight's was one of the few paranormal romance series out there - unlike today when there are so many series to choose from. Knight's book was more erotic than I'd remembered and I'll admit that the book hit pretty much all of my unfavorite sensual words and almost all of them in two back to back paragraphs, which likely is part of the reason that I didn't enjoy the book as much as other reviewers. Still it was pretty good and I found the supporting character who was a fae god disguised as a cat intriguing so Iam still tempted to check out the next book, Master of Smoke, where he takes centerstage.