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You won't enjoy this book if you're looking for a sequel to `The Changeling Prince'. Weiland and Shile are only supporting character in this book. Their pasts aren't mentioned nor are any other characters from `The Changeling Prince' mentioned.
The heroine is not a princess, nor are her powers described very much. She only does one type of spell, and we never learn if she can do more. She is not a very well-developed character. At one point she's turned into an old woman and we don't really hear much from her about it. Plus she's always thinking she isn't pretty - the cover illustration is of course beautiful. Her motivations for what she does aren't explained enough. Shile and Weiland aren't well-developed in this book, either. (And Weiland was great in the `Changeling Prince')
The book starts out being pretty exciting and good, but it gets frustrating. The romance at the end doesn't make sense, because it's developed after the death of a friend of the couple, and while they are running for their lives.
It would be a much better book if it were longer, spent more time on the characters, and had a sequel


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The Conjurer Princess Vivian Vande Velde 9780061057045 Books Reviews

Beryl is abducted on her wedding day by a rival noble, the groom killed, and the church turns a blind eye to the whole episode. Frustrated and seething for revenge, Lylene, Beryl's younger sister, sets out to save her sister and bring justice upon her abductor. Consulting first an immoral wizard and then taking up with an amoral but kind pair of mercenaries, Lylene's quest gains her magical powers, maturity, enemies, loss, and friends.

Vivian Vande Velde is a master at creating entertaining stories with fast-paced plots, wry humor, and snappy dialogue that keep the reader thoroughly engaged. Perhaps even more important, however, is her ability to create multi-dimensional characters who are both flawed and endearing. The Conjurer Princess contains three of my absolute favorite literary companions and gets a well-deserved spot on the "Special Shelf" of books that are near to my heart and have been read and reread countless times.
When awkward 16-year-old Lylene's sister is kidnapped at her own wedding Lylene will do anything to get her back. Even if it means dragging herself to the local wizard, offering her services in cooking and cleaning in order to learn magic. The wizard she works for isn't kind or good, he's shrewed and selfish but does manage to give her magic... with interesting results. Suddenly Lylene is on her own with new powers that she doesn't understand and can't always control but she still needs to finish her mission. Meeting two new unlikely companions, Weiland and Shile, the three set off to rescue Lylene's rescue, but it may prove to be too dangerous for them.
I thought this book was entertaining and amusing. Lylene's adventure is exciting. You'll want to read this book in one sitting. The only complaint I have with it are the serious lack of good descriptions. It makes the book seemed rushed at times. but if you like fast paced books you probably won't mind. Having only read one book before by Vivian Vande Velde before this I'm new interested in reading another. It's sequel, the Challengeing Prince, looks just as good. I reccomend this to you if you love young adult fantasy novels that takes place in midevil times. Enjoy!
An fantasy/adventure that had great potential!

I picked up this book as I was looking for something to read at the local library and despite the 'Harlequin Romance' like cover I decided to try it.

Some likes and dislikes...

The Pros

1.)The core of this book was developed around a very intriguing and interesting fantasy twist, i.e. the unique talent(s) this heroine had been given.

2.)The character developments were fairly well done; reasonably genuine and believable people with traits the reader will identify with, and either like or dislike as the case may be.

3.)The story itself was very good; it had the potential for being developed into a major stand alone work or maybe even an ongoing series.

The Cons

1.)Although there were some great moments in this book, I found a few areas in which some of the writing was rather weak; especially with dialogues between characters in some situations.

2.)The book was quite short; just over 200 pages, so some of the miraculous escapes (especially at towards the end) were done with out much explanation and generally seemed to lack detail. I had the feeling the author just wanted to get this work finished and said the heck with a realism or attempting to put more plausibility into the latter part of the story.

3.)And finally, one personal concern. When I mentioned above that the cover had a 'Harlequin Romance' appearance to it...well so did an ongoing and undercurrent theme of this story. Unfortunately, the 'romance' aspect seemed to become more dominant towards the latter part of the book, and this may have been the reason that the description of the 'escape' near the end seemed to 'suffer' in relative importance, receiving less attention than it deserved.
To me I guess it comes down to this; if you like your high fantasy 'burdened with swooning hearts' well fine and good; but not for me, thank you very much. It's just that I like fantasy that tends (by and large) to separate the its action from the romance.

Conclusion
A fantasy/adventure that was so close to being great. The 'gift?' the heroine had, was extremely interesting; so much more could have been done with some better writing (in spots), providing some added descriptions and substance. One had the feeling that a good editor could have really helped polish this story and subsequently raised the standard to a greater height. 3 1/2 Stars.

Ray Nicholson
I love Vivian Vande Velde! Her writing is fabulous, the story is awesome, what more could you want?
You won't enjoy this book if you're looking for a sequel to `The Changeling Prince'. Weiland and Shile are only supporting character in this book. Their pasts aren't mentioned nor are any other characters from `The Changeling Prince' mentioned.
The heroine is not a princess, nor are her powers described very much. She only does one type of spell, and we never learn if she can do more. She is not a very well-developed character. At one point she's turned into an old woman and we don't really hear much from her about it. Plus she's always thinking she isn't pretty - the cover illustration is of course beautiful. Her motivations for what she does aren't explained enough. Shile and Weiland aren't well-developed in this book, either. (And Weiland was great in the `Changeling Prince')
The book starts out being pretty exciting and good, but it gets frustrating. The romance at the end doesn't make sense, because it's developed after the death of a friend of the couple, and while they are running for their lives.
It would be a much better book if it were longer, spent more time on the characters, and had a sequel