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Spellbound in Seattle
Petra Field didn't have a magical bone in her body, but it didn't take a crystal ball to see disaster loomed. With enchanted blood on her carpet, a house full of Merlin-wannabes unable to clean it up, a petulant cat, and house guests scheduled to arrive momentarily, she needed a miracle. She got a wizard, a whole lot of unwanted sparks, and a man-sized hole in the middle of her living room --- a hole into which her feline promptly disappeared.
Vorador hadn't felt so incompetent since his days as an untried sorcerer. The girl who leapt after her cat and into his arms caused his simplest spells to backfire --- quite literally setting his hair ablaze. But it was another part of his anatomy altogether that burned for the saucy blonde. And though she claimed to be no conjurer, he knew that he'd never felt as bewitched as he did now, for Petra had a mesmerizing energy of her own: love.
Vorador hadn't felt so incompetent since his days as an untried sorcerer. The girl who leapt after her cat and into his arms caused his simplest spells to backfire --- quite literally setting his hair ablaze. But it was another part of his anatomy altogether that burned for the saucy blonde. And though she claimed to be no conjurer, he knew that he'd never felt as bewitched as he did now, for Petra had a mesmerizing energy of her own: love.
320 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2003
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July 23, 2017
Fun and different story. Petra (one of the very few people with 0 magical ability) moves to Seattle (the most magic forward city) and is about to host her first party for her new co-workers when a magical blood stain appears on her new-to-her rug. She calls for help and wizard, Vorador, answers.
There is a nice little mystery here as well as the attraction between the main characters. Some good secondary characters in Petra's new cat, Vorador's business partner and competition as well as a fascination with pigs. Not a lot of world building, but it is a romance, not UF.
I enjoyed it enough that I was disappointed that I couldn't find any other books by this author.
Re-read and still agree with review. Just need to add obsession with "Hotel California" and well as this is on the light side.
There is a nice little mystery here as well as the attraction between the main characters. Some good secondary characters in Petra's new cat, Vorador's business partner and competition as well as a fascination with pigs. Not a lot of world building, but it is a romance, not UF.
I enjoyed it enough that I was disappointed that I couldn't find any other books by this author.
Re-read and still agree with review. Just need to add obsession with "Hotel California" and well as this is on the light side.
December 26, 2021
This was not good but...not too bad either? For me the main character, Petra was just shallow and boring. Her love interest was so and so.
May 5, 2022
DNF @ 25%
Not sure how I ended up buying this book. I’ve kept it on my Kindle for this long because, like I mentioned in a previous review that had similar soporific properties, it was guaranteed to make me fall asleep after a few pages. That unfortunate quality wasn’t enough to keep me reading.
The premise of this book was fun (a non-magical woman in a 99% magical city requires the services of magicians to solve an issue with her new apartment) and the novel could have been funny and engaging if only it had gone through the hands of an editor. Maybe it did; I’ll never know, having stopped before the acknowledgments page. The writing was impossible to follow with digressions every other paragraph. The wizards all looked the same to me and I couldn’t tell the love interest from the others. I was completely lost as to what was happening/where it was happening/why it was happening at all times. Would not recommend, unless you’re looking for an effective, non-medicated sleep solution.
August 20, 2020
Fun, enjoyable read
The blurb does not covey the humor and intelligence in this novel. Petra W. Field relocated to Seattle in fear of retaliation from her former fiancé, and her flea-market rug inexplicably develops a blood stain that will not come out. Laugh out loud hilarity ensues as the top-ranked wizard in Seattle is stymied in the challenge of the blood-removal process. More grim is the issue of resolving whose blood it is, is that person still alive, and who is responsible for that person's injury or death. Anderson leaves you guessing in this surprisingly complex tale.
I found it worth a second and third read, and I wish there were more books available by this author
The blurb does not covey the humor and intelligence in this novel. Petra W. Field relocated to Seattle in fear of retaliation from her former fiancé, and her flea-market rug inexplicably develops a blood stain that will not come out. Laugh out loud hilarity ensues as the top-ranked wizard in Seattle is stymied in the challenge of the blood-removal process. More grim is the issue of resolving whose blood it is, is that person still alive, and who is responsible for that person's injury or death. Anderson leaves you guessing in this surprisingly complex tale.
I found it worth a second and third read, and I wish there were more books available by this author
August 24, 2020
3.5 stars
Fun & light, kooky, not overly memorable
Fun & light, kooky, not overly memorable
January 31, 2017
Petra Field has just moved to Seattle, a designated Magical-friendly city. Her parents are Wizards but she is completely non-magical. When she is preparing for her housewarming party and a large blood stain appears on the rug she bought for the living room, she knows only a magical cleaning company can help her out. The first wizard can’t remove it and calls their boss who recognizes the rug and the problem. Using a temporary invisibility spell he gets her through the party and then returns to try to solve the problem. The Grand Wizard, Vorador, however, has problems with his magic whenever Petra is around. As they work on trying to discover the crime’s perpetrator some of the backfiring and misguided magic creates some hilarious scenes. I enjoyed this paranormal romantic mystery.
April 25, 2012
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