Breath of Magic (1996) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 2 stars

“Auntie Nanuuq said: ★ ★ 1/2

I did not Not Like this book, but I did not Like it either.....

Rather than become the mistress of the evil Reverend Linnet, Arian is about to be drown as a witch.... She finds herself under water with her magical emerald amulet drifting downward beside her. Grabbing the amulet, she mumbles a quick spell, shoots out of the water on her broom and lands smack dab in the middle of modern day New York.

Tristan Lennox is in the midst of debunking fake magicians, all wanting to claim the $1,000,000 prize he has offered to the first person who can prove that Magick really does exist.... There crashing his competition is Arian, broom afire, tumbling out of the sky.

What ensues next is an on-going conundrum of Sizzling Hot-Icy Cold emotions and temper flares.... Tristan trying to prove Arian is a fake, brings up his past.....murder of his best friend & business partner, whose body vanished into thin air.....

2.5 stars because...... there were just too many long-drawn-out over-emotional temper scenes for me to consider giving this book a 3 star rating.”

• Rated 2 stars

“I did not Not Like this book, but I did not Like it either.....

Rather than become the mistress of the evil Reverend Linnet, Arian is about to be drown as a witch.... She finds herself under water with her magical emerald amulet drifting downward beside her. Grabbing the amulet, she mumbles a quick spell, shoots out of the water on her broom and lands smack dab in the middle of modern day New York.

Tristan Lennox is in the midst of debunking fake magicians, all wanting to claim the $1,000,000 prize he has offered to the first person who can prove that Magick really does exist.... There crashing his competition is Arian, broom afire, tumbling out of the sky.

What ensues next is an on-going conundrum of Sizzling Hot-Icy Cold emotions and temper flares.... Tristan trying to prove Arian is a fake, brings up his past.....murder of his best friend & business partner, whose body vanished into thin air.....

2.5 stars because...... there were just too many long-drawn-out over-emotional temper scenes for me to consider giving this book a 3 star rating.

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• Rated 4 stars

“I liked the 'magic' concept a lot. What I didn't like was that the hero distrusted the heroine again and again. After the third time I had no idea what she saw in him.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Reclusive millionaire Tristan Lennox says he'll pay one million dollars to anyone who proves that magic exists. Tristan doesn't believe in magic. He wants to smoke out his former business partner who once tried to kill him. But Tristan doesn't expect a woman flying on a broom to disrupt his contest. Arian Whitewood is escaping from a mob who wanted to drown her as a witch. She doesn't expect to be thrust 300 years into the future when she falls out of air and at the feet of Tristan. Right away he believes she may have been planted by his former partner. But soon Arian's innocence is charming Tristan into believing that magic just may exist.

I've always enjoyed a good time travel story, but this one was just too light for me. Arian has very little problem functioning in the future and seems to take everything in stride. I was confused by Tristan having this contest about magic when he clearly doesn't believe in it. We did not find out the reason for his contest until the middle of the book. I thought that should have been clarified much earlier in the book. There were some funny parts of the book, especially Tristan's inept bodyguard, Sven.

Looking at the reviews, most people liked this book more than I did. I think I will give the second book in the series a try to see if I like it better. My rating: 3 Stars.”

• Rated 4 stars

“A humorously romantic read. I would highly recommend this book!”

• Rated 4 stars

“***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***
This book is absolutely hilarious. Beyond just being a love story, this is the kind of love story that draws you in.

I'll admit I wasn't expecting much when I picked up this book, I purchased in just a bag of books and it as a romance by an author whose name I didn't recognize, but the cover image caught my eye and I thought well I already bought it, might as well read it before I send it off to someone else.

I was pleasantly to find this book was much more than I expected. Arian who believes she's a witch in the 1600s own an emerald amulet which was given to her by her mother when she was a child. The amulet she believes enhances her own magical abilities. We're introduced to her when she's in the woods trying to take flight on a broom. After a few failed attempts she succeeds only to crash land face first in the dirt.

When she is caught practicing magic and being tried as a witch with a test by water she attempts to perform a spell to save herself from drowning. She doesn't drown but instead find herself transported through time to the year 1996 and just happens to show up in the exact spot of a competition to prove magic is real being held by the "boy billionaire" Tristan. The story follows their journey to overcoming distrust and falling in love.

Beyond that you share in the experiences of a curious girl from the 1600s experiencing the wonders of the mid 90s. She shut the water off to his fountain by running the show, the faucets and repeatedly flushing the toilet when she discovers indoor plumbing. She almost electrocutes herself when she sticks a spoon in a broken light bulb that's still attached to a plugged in lamp. She plays French lullabies on the key pad of the touch tone phone, attempts to find the people living inside the television and learns to play the piano from gang members in Harlem who she visits because she's hungry and she can smell their food. Her innocence and curiosity will keep you laughing from beginning to end.

If the humor and love weren't enough to keep you turning the pages the book includes a subplot filled with time travel, betrayals and intrigue. This is a definite must read.

I give this four stars only because some of the scenes are a bit farfetched and unrealistic, also it was a bit disappointing when you learn the real source of Arian's magic. Also I didn't like when she went into a distant third person or narrators voice in some scenes like in the end scenes where she writes, had they opened the door they would have seen... I found this a bit distracting. Overall however the book was still a page turner.
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• Rated 5 stars

“Wonderfully sweet.”

• Rated 5 stars

“I was going to give this four stars but it was such a cute story. Our heroine, Arian Whitewood, is a witch from the 18th Cent, who while being tried for witchcraft tries her powers on a broom and is sent through time to New York City 300yrs in the future. She manages to fall out of the sky into a big event put on by skeptic Tristan Lennox. He is holding a contest worth $1M to anyone who can prove they have real magical talents. This turns in a great romp through the usual time-travel problems for our delightful witch, Tristan's problems with magic, and a wonderful romance. Loved it.”

• Rated 3 stars

“I've noticed with Thresa Medeiros her books are a bit of a crap shoot... in that they usually have a great/creative premise but the execution leaves a bit to be desired. I feel that if she punched up the dialogue and got a good editor to clean up some of the drag in her books that make them a bit monotonous at the ends she'd be golden.”

• Rated 5 stars

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