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The Forest Lord (2002)

The Forest Lord (2002)

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0425186865 (ISBN13: 9780425186862)
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berkley

About book The Forest Lord (2002)

In northern England during the early 1800's a woodland spirit named Lord Hern is the guardian of an ancient forest and its animals. The landowner's family was promised prosperity (by the immortal Hern) countless generations ago if the heirs prevented hunting in the forest and kept it pristine. But one landowner chased an animal into the woods and broke the covenant. As punishment for his misdeed he must give his daughter to Lord Hern so that a half-blood child could be gotten from her. This child is the price Hern must pay to return to his home realm as these fane (fairies) do not breed well and the child can be used to increase their numbers. Similar to a fairy tale, it shows the end of the "old ways" and the rise of humans. The confrontation between the fairy realm and Lord Hern is a bit difficult at the book's end but other than that it's a good read for a chilly winter's evening!

I really loved Krinard's werewolf books but this book not so much. It seemed over-long (get ON with it!) and a tad too "fluffy". I'd liked to have learned more about the Fane (faerie) world than we got and I hated the way the heroine's opinion of the hero constantly changed (I love you, I hate you, I love you...) as she let others/ circumstantial evidence change her opinion of him at every turn. Plenty of scope was left for further developments in another Fane novel but I'm not so sure I'll follow.

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Das Buch war wesentlich besser als ich erwartet hatte, denn eigentlich wollte ich nur mal wieder etwas mit Feen lesen :DEs läuft zwar alles etwas langsam an, aber das Ende geht dann wirklich Schlag auf schlag und ist sehr spannend.Die Autorin hät sich auch - sofern ich das beurteilen kann - sehr stark an die britische und irische Folklore und deren Feenmärchen, was mir sehr gut gefallen hat.Die Charaktere sind sehr sympathisch, sogar Hartley, der mir eigentlich als Liebesfernes Feenwesen nicht hätte gefallen müssen.Schade ist nur, dass das Buch nur noch schwer zu bekommen ist, aber es gibt eine Kindle-Edition.Ich werde auch die anderen Fane-Bücher lesen, vor allem, weil ich hoffe, dann etwas mehr über die Haushälterin zu erfahren...
—Martina

I was really surprised by this book. It is, in many ways, a romance novel. That is its official genre..not a genre I have fondness for. HOWEVER, the man in the novel is a faery...not a little winged thing, but the type of faery of the faery traditions. That part was really well researched and gave the novel a good plot and made it really interesting and compelling for me. Also, it helped me understand some issues in the faery tradition that are more powerfully portrayed in this medium than in more scholarly texts. I don't think the bits about Tir-na-nog are right...but I think some of the other is quite inspired.
—Gwyndyllyn

This was a great regency romance with strong fantasy elements. Krinard has a gift for lush description and a talent for romantic suspense. The story didn't always go where I thought it was going to, (for example, there is a 6-year jump in time early on), but I always enjoyed where it did take me. I loved Ms. Krinard's writing style. It is a descriptive style that moves at a refreshingly leisurely pace for a relaxing, enjoyable read.I will check out the other books she has written in this series
—Jessi

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