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“Loved the story a man brought low saved by a woman.”
Rebecca P wrote this review Friday, June 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I consider this book the first book of the Elemental Masters Series because this is the first book I read that dealt with them and it is a wonderful book. I have to warn people that these are not romance novels but there is a little bit of romance in these books :)”
Veronica wrote this review Wednesday, June 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Lackey's spin on beauty and the beast. This was my first peek into the "elemental mages world". Lackey did a great job on keeping things from the time period acurate and an excellent job on the suspense of the romance, proving love is the most powerful magic alive.”
Shelby F wrote this review Wednesday, April 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I thought the first half of the story was really interesting, but the ending was kind of lame.”
Melissa wrote this review Thursday, January 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“a romance and acion like most of mercedes lackey's books, about a fire master-Jason-who made a mastake eairler in life turning him into a half-man half-wolf, he is trying to reverse this but has a few diffacutes like he can't turn the page of a book without tearing it.so he seeks out the help of a young girl named Rose; she starts to read to whom she thinks is simply a cripled rich man not a fire master.soon Jason's assistant,student,and secratary(all the same person)wants to take Roes' life for his secret friend and enemy of Jason.”
Renesme C wrote this review Sunday, December 28 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Mercedes Lackey did a great interpretation of the fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast.
~*~Brandi~*~ wrote this review Saturday, August 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This book has become one of my favorite books ever.”
“Beauty and the Beast with lots of magic thrown in. I loved it! This is the first book I've read by Mercedes Lackey and I plan on reading more.
Cat Lady Lori wrote this review Thursday, January 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
More reviews on my blog: http://lorilaws.blogspot.com/”
“fans of Lackey and/or fans of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale will enjoy this book. This is actually the first of Lackey's elemental masters series since its basically set in the same world with the same ideas but for some reason is never given credit as being the first one.”
Sam wrote this review Friday, August 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“ghost of a rose said: 4 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Friday, December 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Until about the last 30 pages of The Fire Rose, I was going to rate it 3.5 stars. It's a fun and entertaining but rather typical fantasy book, with wizards, magic, mythical creatures, and enemy sorcerers; but a little above average because of a few twists. Some of these are that it is set in San Francisco during the Victorian Era and that it is a retelling of The Beauty and The Beast. It's an unusual and creative setting for the fairy tale, and the historical aspect is well told. Also, the Beast's story differs from the traditional. In this book, he is a master magician who becomes a beast when his spell to temporarily transform him into a werewolf fails, and he becomes permanently a half wolf/half human hybrid instead.
I especially like Beauty in this story, here named Rosalind, or Rose for short. Instead of a fair young maiden, she is a rather plain, bespectacled, slightly older (old enough to be a graduate student working on her doctorate) academic scholar of great intelligence.
These things raised the rating to 3.5 stars (above average) rather than 3.0 (average).
But it gets even better during the last 30 pages, which raised my rating to 4 stars (really good).”
“Until about the last 30 pages of The Fire Rose, I was going to rate it 3.5 stars. It's a fun and entertaining but rather typical fantasy book, with wizards, magic, mythical creatures, and enemy sorcerers; but a little above average because of a few twists. Some of these are that it is set in San Francisco during the Victorian Era and that it is a retelling of The Beauty and The Beast. It's an unusual and creative setting for the fairy tale, and the historical aspect is well told. Also, the Beast's story differs from the traditional. In this book, he is a master magician who becomes a beast when his spell to temporarily transform him into a werewolf fails, and he becomes permanently a half wolf/half human hybrid instead.
ghost of a rose wrote this review Tuesday, July 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I especially like Beauty in this story, here named Rosalind, or Rose for short. Instead of a fair young maiden, she is a rather plain, bespectacled, slightly older (old enough to be a graduate student working on her doctorate) academic scholar of great intelligence.
These things raised the rating to 3.5 stars (above average) rather than 3.0 (average).
But it gets even better during the last 30 pages, which raised my rating to 4 stars (really good).
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The denouement of The Fire Rose, when the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire occurs, is a really original twist on the fairy tale. And the ending is best of all. I finally got my wish for the way I've always wanted this fairy tale to end: with the Beast remaining a beast. Since the moral of the story is that a person should be loved for character rather than appearance, I have always felt that making him turn into a handsome prince at the end diminishes the message. I think that the Beast should remain ugly, and that Beauty should continue to love him and that they should live happily ever after just as they are, with the Beast being ugly but kind. And that's exactly what happens in this book! That alone would have rated the 4 stars. And with the other things I've mentioned, The Fire Rose does merit a solid 4 stars, even though much of the book is fairly average.”
