The blurb gives you a little information about each story so here it is:
Follow five women from Foxwick in this five-story fantasy collection.
A bard will lose her head, if she doesn't find the correct notes. A dragon seer must decide whether to betray her dragons or her fair kingdom. An assassin will journey to the Shadowlands to destroy Death. Twins are selected for the Mage Game, and a princess will journey to Valdale in search of the sorceress who can save Foxwick.
Once I started reading this book, I was hooked and read the whole thing in just a couple of hours.
My favorites in this collection were 1) the dragon seer story, 2) the lady death story, and 3) the twins in the mage game story. But all of them are superb. Those three though are the stuff from which movies are made.
The thing I liked about the dragon seer story was the dragon. The girl in it can communicate with it telepathically, and the dragon had a great personality. Plus you get to see two different kingdoms, get involved in some politics, and see what happens when you throw dragon eggs on the floor.
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| Who doesn't love dragons? They're the backbone of fantasy. |
In the assassin story, I just liked the idea that someone could be so good at killing things that she could kill Death itself and inherit the office of the Grim Reaper. That was just really amazing.
And I liked the game aspect in the twins story because you got to see how two girls could get a dragon scale, a phoenix feather, and a unicorn hair. The solutions were very clever.
You do get recurring characters. What happens in one story can be reflected in the next. This is the common thread that unites this collection into a tour de force of Cherie's fantasy world, giving you a different location and different perspective with each new tale.
You do get recurring characters. What happens in one story can be reflected in the next. This is the common thread that unites this collection into a tour de force of Cherie's fantasy world, giving you a different location and different perspective with each new tale.
Finally, I want to add that this collection of fantasy tales could belong in anyone's collection. Young or old, kid to adult...anyone and everyone can enjoy them together or just by yourself in an airport terminal quietly reading. I give Cherie's fantasy collection five stars out of five. If I still played Dungeons & Dragons, I would want to have a game based in Foxwick. It was that real to me.
If you would like to buy Women of Foxwick for your very own, you can download it for the Kindle HERE for only $2.99. That's peanuts people! And I'm serious, these stories are worth it.
You can keep up with Cherie Reich at her website HERE.
And you can mark Women of Foxwick "To Read" on Goodreads HERE.
Have it on my iPad but haven't read it yet. Cherie will be happy with this review!
ReplyDeleteDidn't Homer Simpson once kill the Grim Reaper and become Death? Not really into the fantasy thing that much but I might have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteOoh, sounds like my kind of stuff. I'll have to get out the Kindle later and download.
ReplyDeleteThis has been on my TBR list. Awesome review!
ReplyDeleteooh, this sounds really really good. I may have to add this to my kindle
ReplyDeleteThat's a great review. Sounds like a great book.
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Puttin' it on my list!
ReplyDeleteAww, thank you so much, Mike, for the excellent review.
ReplyDeleteWomen of Foxwick is also on sale until the end of July at Smashwords for half-off with the coupon code SSW50. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/175399
Now: say "Follow five women from Foxwick in this five-story fantasy collection" five times - fast.
ReplyDeleteSince she put it on sale I bought a copy to read at some point.
ReplyDeleteI don't read fantasy, but you make this sound like a compelling read.
ReplyDeleteExcellent review! It's a fabulous collection. Lady Death is my favorite story in the bunch.
ReplyDeleteOoo... sounds fantastic, Michael... I'm so glad you shared. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat review. If you read the whole thing in just a couple of hours it must be really good.
ReplyDeleteI like fantasy that defies an age group. I bought this after reading Christine Rains review, but haven't read it yet. Sounds exciting, and your review Michael just bumped it up on my reading list.
ReplyDeleteThe cover is so awesome it was impossible to resist.
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Nice review! This book definitely sounds like a winner.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I will have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI already have it on my to read list and plan on downloading it when I get home. Looking forward to a good read. (:
ReplyDeleteWow. Between your review and the cover, I have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of short stories with recurring characters, and these stories really do sound intriguing. I'm adding it to my to read list.
ReplyDeleteThis is not a book I'd normally pick up (or click), but after this summary and review, I'm hooked. I'm going to add it to my Goodreads list now. BTW, the cover is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I like realistic fiction better, but I think it is better for the world if we welcome all kinds of writers. The number of people who are into reading is getting smaller and smaller. It is scary.
ReplyDeleteexcellent review! and hearing more about it makes me want to move it up in my tbr list! thanks!
ReplyDeletesounds super :)
ReplyDeletethere are dragons in it? I'm sold!
ReplyDeleteGreat review for Cherie, Michael. You convinced me. I downloaded it. (I love the Kindle for impulse buying!)
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"The stuff from which movies are made" -- those make some of the best stories AND movies, right? Great review.
ReplyDeleteSounds great! And who doesn't like dragons? (besides the guys always trying to slay them.)
ReplyDeleteWish I was a fast reader like you. Sounds like a nice anthology.
ReplyDeleteOh, one more thing, stop by my blog to pick up your very own Booker Award!
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And I bought Cherie's stories for my Kindle Fire!
ReplyDeleteNeat! I love collections like that, featuring different characters from the same world.
ReplyDeleteAnything with a dragon has to be awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great collection. I'm looking forward to reading it!
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