Customer Reviews

Spellbound

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(13)
1 star:		(24)

 

 

If you, like me, are a fan of Ms. Roberts, and I imagine you are, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this, then you can rest assured she delivers with this gem of a tale.

I may be a man, and not just a man, but a manly man, but even I like to snuggle with a Nora Roberts novel in my flannel PJs in front of a cozy fire wrapped up in my afghan sipping chamomile tea. Many a time I recall having finished a Nora Roberts novel, closing the book and then my eyes, lost in the dreamy reverie of the novel's romantic spell, savoring that sweet moment and sighing with both satisfaction and unfulfillable longing. Then I go outside and chop wood.

Calin Farrell, the protagonist of "Spellbound", is also a manly man, as well as being Irish. He returns to his enchanted emerald homeland, weary of the demands of the world, and finds the ravishing Bryna Torrence. What looks to be a straightforward magical romance becomes truly magical when we discover ancient secrets and curses which tempt both destiny and fate and leave us wondering in the power of dreams and an undying love. I could go on, but I would not deny the reader the rapture of discovering for him-/herself the harrowing and thrilling twists that will leave you, dare I say it, spellbound.

I didn't realize when I bought this book that it had been included in a book I had read in 1998. It was a short story in the book "Once Upon a Castle" by Nora Roberts. If the description had mentioned this I wouldn't have purchased the book again. It is a wonderful story though and good reading.

Paranormal fantasies aren't my usual genre, but knowing in advance that it was this type of book, I was able to approach it with a deliberately open mind and with the expectations of a story that could translate into a charming "Disney-like" animated fairytale. The concept of a soul-mate kind of love that transcends time and place is powerfully bewitching, and one that strongly appeals to my romantic heart! Nora Roberts is a master at crafting enchanting settings, and as seen though the artful eye of a photographer main character, the Irish countryside vividly comes alive off the pages. At a scant 81 pages, this was an easy-to-read, delightfully romantic fantasy about the wonder and magic of true love that transcends time and place.

This is a sweet, short love story, a thousand years old. A true Nora Roberts tale of Ireland, witches, and history. I enjoyed the tale, but found it to be very "thin". The story could well have been one great novel instead of 94 pages.

I buy my books from Amazon almost exclusively but they stung me on this one. I paid $4.95 plus and when the book arrived it carried a Great Value label of @2.99. Shame on you Amazon.

First of all this is not a new story by Nora. I first bought it three years ago in a compilation of three short stories Spellbound, In Dreams and Ever After. It is my understanding that she wrote it quite a few years ago. I have no idea why someone released it in a paperback and called it a book. I immediately recognized the name and checked my Nora Roberts Companion and it was there. Don't bash Nora if you don't have all the facts and if you are a TRUE Nora fan you would have known the facts about this story.

omg what a ripoff. I buy all my books thru amazon new and used section and i adore Nora Roberts... imagine my surprise when my last 12 book order came, and contained 3 of these Micro mini books.. (Spellbound, Midnight in Death and Interlude in death) and not only were they marked 299 on the cover but i had paid 349 postage alone, per book LOL... well buyer beware i suppose... they are good short stories as all Nora Roberts books are. But i am so sad to sit here and feel like i was ripped off by nothing being written in the add that stated was a short story. At least then it could have been my choice to pay extra for a book i hadn't read ((

I don't think this story was strong enoughto stand alone. It's typical Roberts fare - witchy woman, unbelieving man, Destiny, and totally bad dude.

It was done Much better in the three sisters trilogy. And those lasted longer than a sneeze.

(*)>

This is a very small book, less than 90 pages, and it took about half an hour to read. I have to say I was confused when I got it and thought I might have ordered it in error but it really is less than 1/4" thick and doesn't really seem to be a "book". I was disappointed when I was looking forward to curling up for a long evening with a good story and I read it during the evening news.

This book was an incredible disappointment because instead of a few hours of reading pleasure, what I got was a paperbound SHORT story. I love Nora Roberts but I should have paid more attention to the description and questioned the $2.99 price. Instead, I made assumptions based on what I perceived to be Amazon's integrity. I've purchased so much from Amazon and this is the only time I felt I'd been had.