With characters from the Sherbrooke novels and a paranormal twist, Catherine Coulter delivers a sensational novel of a woman at the center of a centuries-old mystery and the man who will help her unravel the secrets of her heart.
Wizard's Daughter (BRIDE SERIES)
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Catherine Coulter is the author of the New York Times-bestselling FBI thrillers The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh Hour, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take, TailSpin, KnockOut, and Whiplash. She lives in northern California.
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Catherine Coulter is the author of the New York Times-bestselling FBI thrillers The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh House, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take and TailSpin. She lives in northern California.
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50 of 54 people found the following review helpful
By K. Bingham
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have previously been a fan of Catherine Coulter so I hope this is an aberration but I was SHOCKED at how badly written this was. We're not just talking about a poorly thought out plot or some quirky dialogue. This is a book that just doesn't come together on all levels. The characters are shallow and barely written at all. Other than the main heroine and hero, who you can distinguish, almost all the other characters sort of blend into mush. And the two main characters are barely fleshed out, with weirdly haphazard behavior. You don't have any idea of why they do what they do. Even the characters we know, the Sherbrookes, are almost not present. Technically they're there as their names appear, but you wouldn't know they're there by behavior or dialogue or any reference to previous books.
What's worse, the dialogue and the story are almost unintelligible. Not being mean here...it really just is sort of difficult to figure out not only why people do what they do but what they're doing in the first place.
The impression I got was that Ms. Coulter put so much time into envisioning the mystery of the two main characters, where they came from and of other world of "The Pale" that she sort of forgot about the actual story. There is VERY LITTLE ROMANCE!!! It's not that there isn't any chemistry between the two characters...any sort of opportunity for chemistry is just passed over and written off casually. It just doesn't exist! There's no anticipation, no enjoyment of the relationship, nothing. As if the romance is not just secondary, but unnecessary.
The book feels distant and disjointed and utterly unready for publication. If I didn't know better, I'd think that this was someone's juvenile freshman effort, not the work of a seasoned, well loved writer.
You'll be disappointed. Don't buy this book. If you do, you've been warned.
What's worse, the dialogue and the story are almost unintelligible. Not being mean here...it really just is sort of difficult to figure out not only why people do what they do but what they're doing in the first place.
The impression I got was that Ms. Coulter put so much time into envisioning the mystery of the two main characters, where they came from and of other world of "The Pale" that she sort of forgot about the actual story. There is VERY LITTLE ROMANCE!!! It's not that there isn't any chemistry between the two characters...any sort of opportunity for chemistry is just passed over and written off casually. It just doesn't exist! There's no anticipation, no enjoyment of the relationship, nothing. As if the romance is not just secondary, but unnecessary.
The book feels distant and disjointed and utterly unready for publication. If I didn't know better, I'd think that this was someone's juvenile freshman effort, not the work of a seasoned, well loved writer.
You'll be disappointed. Don't buy this book. If you do, you've been warned.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By C. Cox
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is my first Catherine Coulter book so I came into it with no expectations at all. And to just sum it all up at the outset I have to say she's a really good writer who loses her way.
It starts off great. I totally enjoyed Rosalind and Nicholas meeting and their interactions with each other and the others. The banter was witty and it was shaping up to be a really good historical romance with shades of the paranormal. Just enough to make it interesting. I thought it flowed well and the love scenes were just different enough to make them interesting so I didn't skim right through it. So all in all a good read.
Until I reached chapter 49 and realized that the book was almost done and there was lots and lots of stuff not yet resolved. And I knew in my heart that there wasn't enough time for her to explain all the mysteries and bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. And, unfortunately, I was right. Either the book needed to be longer or she should have cut out some of the otherworldly "land of the Pale" elements in the book. It was too convoluted a world to try and explain in the short chapters at the end of the book. If she was going to do that kind of fantasy she should have started much earlier in the story. And there were definitely too many things left hanging. Like who shot at Nicholas?
And yet... in spite of all that I liked the first two thirds of the book enough that I can't say it's a bad book. I just wish the ending had been better thought out and not so rushed.
It starts off great. I totally enjoyed Rosalind and Nicholas meeting and their interactions with each other and the others. The banter was witty and it was shaping up to be a really good historical romance with shades of the paranormal. Just enough to make it interesting. I thought it flowed well and the love scenes were just different enough to make them interesting so I didn't skim right through it. So all in all a good read.
Until I reached chapter 49 and realized that the book was almost done and there was lots and lots of stuff not yet resolved. And I knew in my heart that there wasn't enough time for her to explain all the mysteries and bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. And, unfortunately, I was right. Either the book needed to be longer or she should have cut out some of the otherworldly "land of the Pale" elements in the book. It was too convoluted a world to try and explain in the short chapters at the end of the book. If she was going to do that kind of fantasy she should have started much earlier in the story. And there were definitely too many things left hanging. Like who shot at Nicholas?
And yet... in spite of all that I liked the first two thirds of the book enough that I can't say it's a bad book. I just wish the ending had been better thought out and not so rushed.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Maggie
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I usually love Catherine Coulter's historical novels and cannot put them down. Was thrilled to hear that the Sherbrook family would be re-visited, & could hardly wait to get to the store to purchase it. Where I normally cannot put her books down, I was having a hard time plodding thru this one. She had some excellent would be potential villains the half brothers, but far too much space was taken up with mythological Wizards & Witches pages which were to say the least just down right boring, & jumbled up garbage. For anyone who is new to her novels, I would recommend they spend there money on her earlier historicals.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is the second to last book in the Bride Series.
This book is a little strange for Catherine Coulter but still enjoyable. I like reading about Grayson, Ryder and Sofia's son from the second Bride book, The Hellion Bride. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Katherine
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unbelievable, terrible
I read this book because it continued a series. It was terrible and a huge waste of time. I can't believe it actually is a continuation of the Sherbrooke family books. Read more
Published 2 months ago by KayDee
2.0 out of 5 stars
Undecided
This book was given to me as a gift and I'm about 1/4th of the way through it and am not sure if I will finish it or not after reading these reviews. Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. Goss
4.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful and Different
Needless to say, I was not familiar with this genre of books from Coulter. Overall, I really enjoyed the magic of this book and look forward to reading the others in the series. Read more
Published 7 months ago by N. Scott
2.0 out of 5 stars
definitely a miss
Competently written but the author was straining to create a world. She was upfront about it, informing the reader numerous times that the Pale was inscrutable and mysterious. Read more
Published 12 months ago by opinionated bee
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of the better Catherine Coulter books
I've read several (almost all of her books) and this is one left alot to be desired. I love the bride series and this one left me disappointed. Read more
Published 12 months ago by tami21
1.0 out of 5 stars
I like the kitties....
And that's about the best thing I can say about this book. It was not good. I bought this too because it's Catherine Coulter, and I grew up reading her Sherbrooke Bride series, and... Read more
Published 13 months ago by MaMaBunkiss
4.0 out of 5 stars
Filled With Two-Dimensional Intrigue!
I was absolutely glued to this story. A totally new dimension to the Catherine Coulter books I've read in the past. Read more
Published 17 months ago by ElizabethShoe
1.0 out of 5 stars
bad book
I have read most of CC's books and this one was not entertaining. Besides the mostly unexplained "pale" storyline, the characters were not fleshed out. Read more
Published 17 months ago by ketuska
2.0 out of 5 stars
A little too out there and lost it's way in the Pale
I have read many of CC's books and thoroughly enjoyed them all, so I was vastly disappointed by this book when it fell flat. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Military wife
