Reviews for A Certain Magic

The average rating for A Certain Magic based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-12-14 00:00:00 Tara Hilferty I really loved this one about a sorcerer condemned to life on a deserted isle with only dragons for company because of a tragic secret and the lady warrior who needs him to break his fifteen year isolation and help her rescue her partner from the hands of his evil twin brother. From the moment Alena lands on Cadvallan Island she realizes there is more going on there than she was led to believe. She also finds herself unwillingly "bonded" to a clumsy baby dragon she names Paddy whom follows her everywhere. Since Galen's self-imposed exile he has refused to use his "evil" magical powers, fearing they will consume him. He is content living his life feeding and caring for the sickly dragons. Galen's life changes dramatically when Alena crashes through the magical barriers and enters Cadvallan Island and does everything within her power to convince him to help her. This book has a great heroine who does the seducing and a sweet, tortured hero who I really loved. The clash of the hero and heroine's opposite personalities (she's a warrior, he's a pacifist) adds a ton of heat to the story. Paddy, the dragon, is a scene stealer and made me smile whenever he appeared. He kind of reminded of my lovable, eager to please but very clumsy puppy (the author says Paddy is based on her son's English Cocker Spaniel). I only wish he had more scenes!

Review # 2 was written on 2014-06-18 00:00:00 Brent Dunlevy It wasn't the type of romance novels I'm used to reading but it was still decent. When I found out that the "yankee visitor" was the step-son I just knew the book would be intense...well it kinda failed me on that aspect. There was some predictable parts as well. Taylor's husband for one, you knew something would have to happen to him for her & Brent to be together. Of course, I was imagining something more along the lines of him giving her & Brent permission to be together so that she could have a child, or something like that to put a shocking twist on things. I couldn't believe she married Jeffrey however, it was so predictable that he would die during the war because you knew in the end she would be with Brent. And when she was taken by Yankees and they asked if the colonel had returned, you knew right then who the colonel would be before he even showed up. I was most disappointed in the end of the book. It ended so bad with him leaving and going back to the war, and there wasn't even an epilogue to tell if he survived (which you knew he would) or how long he remained gone/how long the war lasted, what happened after. It was just a bad way to end that story.