Rose Thayer and Brandon Goodfellow
grew up together as inseparable best friends and confidants. Neither could ever
imagine life without the other in it. However
their lives changed when they were teens as Rose came into her Fae Magic. Brand never knew that Rose was a faery -- he felt
betrayed and was jealous because he had been born with no magic, while his best friend,
the girl he really loved, had been blessed with it. They parted ways, but neither forgot
one another.
For years Brand has worked hard to become the greatest
illusionist in the world but he still possesses no real magical powers. He is surprised when Rose walks back into his
life, secretly pleased that she is with him again. But
then she tells him that she is writing an exposé on him for the magazine that she works
for. Brand can’t help but feel angry and
betrayed because Rose’s exposé will ruin everything that he has worked so hard for.
Brand comes
up with a deal for Rose that he knows she will in no way be able to keep. He tells her that she can come on his tour, be behind-the-scenes of his work, on the condition that she
uses none of her magical powers for the duration. If she uses her magic, she must
give up writing the exposé on him. Rose
can’t believe that Brand would ever ask such a thing of her and is determined to
prove him wrong.
She agrees
to the deal and is confident that she can uphold her end of the deal. For years Rose has worked hard to become a
journalist without using her magical powers. She
has written stories on many of the illusionists around the world, exposing the truth about
their acts and all their secrets, and while she is upset that she has to do a story on
Brand, she has to consider the promotion she is up for.
But neither
Brand or Rose are able to deny their feelings or deepest desires for each other when they
begin spending day after day on the tour together, nor can either of them stop hoping and
dreaming that they could have a future together. Will
any of it be real or will it all be an illusion?
IMPRACTICAL
MAGIC is an enchanting, magical and refreshing read.
Karen Fox brings us a story with plenty of humor, irresistible characters
and a lot of exciting magic that casts its spell on its reader. I couldn’t put this book down and I was touched on many levels.
I laughed,
even cried a little and found it delightful and better than I could have ever imagined. The relationship that Rose has with her cousin
Sequoia, as well as the friendship between Brand and Sequoia were fantastic and very real. Ms. Fox masterfully writes a splendid, beautifully
flowing tale with amazing characters and a magical romance that will have readers
breathless and anxious for another magical tale about this intriguing and unforgettable
family. Rose and Brand’s intense passion
is sizzling hot, full of obstacles with some
wonderful surprises along the way, but there is no
fighting their destiny. The romance between
Rose and Brand is magical, as is that of the secondary romance between Ewan and Sequoia, but it is the magic of Ms. Fox writing that will have
readers enthralled, spellbound and have them smiling even after the last page. Karen Fox talent is magic at its greatest.
I am also
eager to find out what will happen, if anything between Sequoia and Ewan....but that might
just be another story!!
Reviewed
by Tracey West for The Road to Romance
March
3, 2003 |
