Review: No amount of time or curses could keep them apart.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
THE STORY:A WARLOCK'S DANCE is loosely based off of Swan Lake. Giselle is a beautiful opera singers with an equally stunning voice. She has it all: a promising opera career and she's set to marry the man she's madly in love with. But a jealous enchantress has other ideas. She curses Giselle to take on the form of a mute, old woman; taking away her beauty and angelic voice. What's worse is that this all happens on her wedding day to Lucian Ivanu. She is chased out of the church and forced to be the enchantress's servant. Three years pass before Giselle is able to flee and she seeks out the man she was forced to leave at the alter, warlock Lucian Ivanu. Will he recognize her this time, or will he dismiss her like the did on the wedding day three years prior? And what other sinister plans are laying in wait for Giselle and Lucian?A WARLOCK'S DANCE shows us that beauty goes farther than the outward appearance, and that even the most beautiful person can be ugly on the inside. Giselle took her beauty and voice for granted when she had them, but when she was stripped of them and suffered because of it, she really came to appreciate them. We also are shown that we need to appreciate our own special gifts, as Lucian learns in this book. He made on mistake when trying to reverse a curse and the boy died. Instead of working to improve his skills as a warlock so that it doesn't happen again, he throws his gift away. It isn't until he desperately need them again to save Giselle's life, that he realizes just how much his gift can be useful and save people's lives.So basically the message of this story is to appreciate the gifts and blessings that you have, because they can be taken from you when you least expect it.THE CAST:Lucian: A warlock who gave up his powers when the love of his life, Giselle, left him at the alter. He didn't know what happened to her, and became distant emotionally for other people. He gained a vast fortune after saving the life of a Baron, who had no heir.Giselle: An opera singer with a promising career. Her beauty is just as stunning as her voice. She was set to marry Lucian until a jealous enchantress stole her beauty and voice, cursing her to become a mute old woman.Taur: Lucian's valet and friend. He hates graveyards and dungeons. He encourages Lucian to help Giselle when he refuses to use his warlock powers.Ileana: The enchantress to cursed Giselle. She is trying to murder her step-daughter Snow White, jealous of her beauty. She forced Giselle to become her servant to help her in her plan, but Giselle refused and escaped when Ileana went into a rage.Elizabeth: Lucian's current fiancee. She's shy and meek, but is she really? Giselle believes that Elizabeth is hiding something.THE VILLAIN:Ileana Za^pa^da is an enchantress of the Dark Arts. She is jealous of anyone more beautiful than her. She cursed Giselle because she was jealous of her beauty and her operatic voice. And she put her plan in action on the day that Giselle is set to marry her fiance, Lucian Ivanu. She then forced Giselle to become her servant.She wanted Giselle's help in putting her plan to murder her step-daughter, Snow White, into action. But Giselle refused and her plans came to a screeching halt. Giselle escaped, but the curse has a nasty little side effect. The further Giselle gets from Ileana, the faster her aging will progress.THE ROMANCE:Lucian worked at the opera theater where Giselle was singing and fell in love with her. He fore went etiquette and waited for her outside her dressing room. They both were from different social classes and Giselle's parents didn't approve of her relationship with Lucian, much less her plans to marry him, so they disowned her. Lucian and Giselle are both excited to finally be married, but all happiness is taken from them when Giselle is cursed.Three years pass before they are reunited. Giselle made her escape and went to Lucian for help in reversing her curse. What she finds is that Lucian is set to marry another woman named Elizabeth. Even with her heart broken, Lucian is her only chance to regain her life, so she pleads for him to help her. Another blow is taken when he tells her that he's given up his warlock powers.But their love is still strong, even with all the time that has gone by and the events that have taken place. Even with evil forces still trying to keep them apart, they push forward to their goal of returning Giselle to her former state.I really enjoyed Lucian and Giselle's love story. They fight for their lives, they fight for their love, and they fight for each other. No amount of time or curses could keep them apart.