{"id":18253,"date":"2019-05-01T01:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T06:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=21162"},"modified":"2019-04-25T14:54:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T19:54:36","slug":"book-review-the-fire-rose-the-elemental-masters-series-by-mercedes-lackey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/05\/01\/book-review-the-fire-rose-the-elemental-masters-series-by-mercedes-lackey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – The Fire Rose: The Elemental Masters Series by Mercedes Lackey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Review<\/strong>
The Fire Rose<\/strong>
The Elemental Masters Series <\/strong><\/em>
by Mercedes Lackey<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the\nclassic story of a young woman, a man and the trials of living with\nmagic. The concept might be a norm with fantasy fiction, but with\nthis addition from Mercedes Lackey, we find magic in the rawest form.\nElemental magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have\npersonally read this book over a 100 times, no joke. It is one of my\nearliest exposures to the actual \u2018possibility\u2019 of magic existing\nin our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I\nstepped into the world of Jason and Rose, two totally different\npersonalities and walks of life, I felt a kinship with Rose. She is a\nlearned scholar and in the time period of the book that is\npractically unheard of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now,\npicture this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nuniversity-taught young woman, raised in Chicago, after losing her\nfather, has found out the full depth of his debt. He made some rather\nshady monetary choices and lost it to a charlatan who had managed to\ndo the same with all of his other backers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After\nwatching all of her worldly possessions being carted off by the bank,\nshe was taken under the wing of a fellow professor of her father\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter\nJason. Besides being a very well known rail baron and millionaire,\nliving on Nob Hill in California-he is also a Fire Master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made a\nvery foolish choice, after thinking that he had enough magical power,\nto attempt a werewolf-loupe Garou (1) spell that would allow him to\nchange between werewolf form and human form at will; while still\nretaining his human mind. This failed in a way he never expected. It\nleft him unable to read, write or practice magic fully due to the\nchanges he created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter Paul\ndu Mond, a selfish and perverse man who is also Jason\u2019s protegee –\nworking to become a Fire Master himself. He is quite prolific in his\nvarious diversions to acquire power. He feels like the elemental\npowers should be his without the regular work and patience involved\nto rise in power to a Master of Fire as well. He is also Jason\u2019s\nsecretary who handles the business that Jason cannot due to his\nhubris (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is\nanother Fire Master, Simon Beltaire, who believes as Paul does that\nmagical power can be derived from sex magic and pain. He lives in San\nFrancisco. After enticing Paul with offers of teaching his way of\nmagic, he turns Paul against Jason, while turning Paul into a spy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After\nRose\u2019s father passed away, a letter was sent to her \u201cknight of\nshining armor\u201d from Jason outlining his need a scholar to help read\nfor him, under the pretext of needing a governess for children he\ndidn\u2019t have. Feeling like all she was able to do was to teach, this\noffer felt too good to be true, she accepted the offer with some\nconcern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off to\nCalifornia, she goes! \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could\nsimply say that I love this book, however it\u2019s more than that. This\nbook fueled my teenage years with joy and happiness. A world that I\ncould travel to and escape my reality. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition\nto this, I was also just beginning to learn about magic and things of\nthe occult. This also happened to be the only way I could \u201clearn\u201d\nabout the Craft in a way that wouldn\u2019t upset my parents.(I\u2019m not\nadvocating hiding anything from parents at all!) \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all,\nthis is a good read and a lovely way to spend an afternoon curled up\nwith a cuppa, and a snack! Read with an open mind and you\u2019ll find\nmagic everywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1)https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/loup-garou<\/a>

(2) https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/hubris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters Book) on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\nthe Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My name is Krys<\/strong>, I\u2019ve been living the Pagan life for 19 years. I am a wife and stay at home mom to one teen. I am an ordained minister\/ Priestess, and head of the Cyber Moon Coven of Changes<\/a>. After many years as a practicing Christian, I found paganism to be a more suitable path, personally. A few years and covens later, I found that being open to the online community was becoming more important to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After struggling to find a coven that was not just \u201crules\u201d and \u201croles\u201d. A few attempts later, I began the Cyber Moon Coven<\/a>. An online and real life coven, with a \u2018no strings attached policy\u2019. You can find my group on Facebook. (Cyber Moon Coven of Changes<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review The Fire Rose The Elemental Masters Series by Mercedes Lackey This is the classic story of a young woman, a man and the trials of living with magic. The concept might be a norm with fantasy fiction, but with this addition from Mercedes Lackey, we find magic in the rawest form. Elemental magic. I have personally read this book over a 100 times, no joke. It is one of my earliest exposures to the actual \u2018possibility\u2019 of magic existing in our world. When I stepped into the world of Jason and Rose, two totally different personalities and walks of life, I felt a kinship with Rose. She is a learned scholar and in the time period of the book that is practically unheard of. Now, picture this: A university-taught young woman, raised in Chicago, after losing her father, has found out the full depth of his debt. He made some rather shady monetary choices and lost it to a charlatan who had managed to do the same with all of his other backers. After watching all of her worldly possessions being carted off by the bank, she was taken under the wing of a fellow professor of her father\u2019s. Enter Jason. Besides being a very well known rail baron and millionaire, living on Nob Hill in California-he is also a Fire Master. He made a very foolish choice, after thinking that he had enough magical power, to attempt a werewolf-loupe Garou (1) spell that would allow him to change between werewolf form and human form at will; while still retaining his human mind. This failed in a way he never expected. It left him unable to read, write or practice magic fully due to the changes he created. Enter Paul du Mond, a selfish and perverse man who is also Jason\u2019s protegee – working to become a Fire Master himself. He is quite prolific in his various diversions to acquire power. He feels like the elemental powers should be his without the regular work and patience involved to rise in power to a Master of Fire as well. He is also Jason\u2019s secretary who handles the business that Jason cannot due to his hubris (2). There is another Fire Master, Simon Beltaire, who believes as Paul does that magical power can be derived from sex magic and pain. He lives in San Francisco. After enticing Paul with offers of teaching his way of magic, he turns Paul against Jason, while turning Paul into a spy. After Rose\u2019s father passed away, a letter was sent to her \u201cknight of shining armor\u201d from Jason outlining his need a scholar to help read for him, under the pretext of needing a governess for children he didn\u2019t have. Feeling like all she was able to do was to teach, this offer felt too good to be true, she accepted the offer with some concern. Off to California, she goes! I could simply say that I love this book, however it\u2019s more than that. This book fueled my teenage years with joy and happiness. A world that I could travel to and escape my reality. In addition to this, I was also just beginning to learn about magic and things of the occult. This also happened to be the only way I could \u201clearn\u201d about the Craft in a way that wouldn\u2019t upset my parents.(I\u2019m not advocating hiding anything from parents at all!) All in all, this is a good read and a lovely way to spend an afternoon curled up with a cuppa, and a snack! Read with an open mind and you\u2019ll find magic everywhere! (1)https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/loup-garou (2) https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/hubris The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters Book) on Amazon *** About the Author: My name is Krys, I\u2019ve been living the Pagan life for 19 years. I am a wife and stay at home mom to one teen. I am an ordained minister\/ Priestess, and head of the Cyber Moon Coven of Changes. After many years as a practicing Christian, I found paganism to be a more suitable path, personally. A few years and covens later, I found that being open to the online community was becoming more important to me. After struggling to find a coven that was not just \u201crules\u201d and \u201croles\u201d. A few attempts later, I began the Cyber Moon Coven. An online and real life coven, with a \u2018no strings attached policy\u2019. You can find my group on Facebook. (Cyber Moon Coven of Changes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}