Review: Enchanting!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2011
Delicious! I guess I'm just a sucker for fantasy, and this novella was a great quick read. Excellent writing, interesting plot and fascinating universe. The only thing I can complain about is that I wanted MORE.MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW:Tam is a slave, promoted from the kitchen to the house (the Guildhouse, to be specific), he tends to the every need of the Guild's visitors. So when Lucan, a dark mage, shows up in a rainstorm with his lame horse, it's Tam who is assigned to the frightening man. But Tam is incredibly drawn to Lucan, who appears quite taken with the young man. Tam is quickly bound up in Lucan's work, and in spite of the fear Lucan's magic elicits, Tam wants nothing more than to serve the mage. The ending is sort of an HEA, probably as good an HEA as Tam will ever get, although I'd be thrilled if there were a sequel.Mr. Lane's writing is evocative, and his imagination comes through his words. The story is told from Tam's perspective in first-person narrative, but we still get to see a great deal of what goes on inside of Lucan. Tam is charming, beautiful, and utterly subservient. He knows his place, even if he is cunning and likes to push the boundaries as far as Lucan is concerned.All in all, a real treat and quite sexy, too.