Review: Great blend of modern life, glorious scenery, and ancient tradition
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
Catholic girl loves Druid guy, but vows and cruel history tear them apart. Now Park Ranger Moira's stopping off at the clinic for a quick unwanted visit, and chance, or the goddess, might bring them together again. But gods and goddesses have always been fickle haven't they? Can fate be trusted?Moira's Grannie knew the score. And Moira's ex-husband knew the magic, surely every bit as well as the long-lost, once-loved Tim. But love's magic has rules all its own, carefully interwoven between the laws of great goddesses and of women. Meanwhile Tim's fantasies and dreams have arisen, metaphorically and physically, to images of Moira for far too long.Author Ann Gimpel brings mysticism, scenery and weather to life as Moira marches the mountains toward her team, "lenticular clouds floating high above her head," and "[f]resh snow... in the holes between the good-sized talus blocks." The reader's interest rises with the trail. The weather grows cold. And a flock of ravens flies ominously overhead. Fear, doom and horror settle over this tale as romance merges with the practicality of Gore-Tex parka and gloves.Ann Gimpel's Destiny's Shadow blends modern life with Native American tradition, Celtic powers, raw sexuality and genuine love into an enthralling blend in this novella, putting the sort of fine edge on fiction that makes for a thoroughly enjoyable horror story and short romantic read--a truly enticing and nicely-plotted blend!Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy. Lucky me!