Stolen Magic

I really liked this book! The story was fascinating and intriguing. I liked the concept of how the elves move around using the earth. Esri Rose has a vivid imagination and really tells a good story.

I thought the book was a darned good read. Just a good story. Vesuvious Kincaid Robinson

Because I thoroughly enjoyed Esri Rose's first book, "Bound to Love Her" I'd been really looking forward to her second one -- "Stolen Magic." And it did not disappoint. The pacing was great, as was the adventure and romance. I liked this book better than the first one because the heroine was stronger. If you like fantasy romance with an emphasis on adventure and you also like a bit of mystery, this is a great book.

I absolutely loved this book - I had no trouble at all connecting to Adlia and found Mark to be quite a fantastic male lead. Although I haven't really enjoyed romance much in the last few years, I did really love this book. It's a sequel to her first book, but I think it works just fine as a standalone if you can't find a copy of the first. The book is about elves living in Boulder, CO. Specifically Adlia, an elf who doesn't quite fit in with the others. She's short, not willowy. She's clutzy instead of graceful. She has very little artistic talent. She kind of feels like a loser, and I can totally empathize with that. Also? She's kind of sarcastic, and I just love that. I don't know that this could be considered a true romance, since the first half to two thirds of the book has the romance as almost a subplot. There's Trouble in Elftown and the elves need to worry about putting things right. Adlia does her best to keep her photography teacher Mark, who is human, as far away from the trouble and from herself as possible. Every time she's around him she has to lie about who she is, and that makes her feel profoundly guilty. This book doesn't follow a lot of the genre "rules" that you see so often. Because of that, it kind of keeps you off balance - in a good way. If it doesn't follow the "rules" then how can you guess what's happening next and who will or won't get a happy ending? I highly encourage you to read this book!