![]() It has more in common with Northanger Abbey and Jane Eyre than it does with Stephanie Meyer and it's like a breath of fresh air. The sorcerers are bent on war with the fairies and they will stop at nothing to achieve their aims.ĪIt's set in a fantasy country and it has a very Victorian feel, but it's highly romantic. Namira soon falls in love and determines to rescue Erris - but dark forces are against her. It's not haunted, but it is enchanted and it traps the soul of Erris, a fairy prince. Rumour has it that the automaton is haunted, and Namira soon finds that it truly isn't all that it seems. Parry has an automaton, a curiosity that plays the piano, and he wants Namira's unique voice to accompany it. And then suddenly, she's freed from the seedy music hall by Hollin Parry, a wealthy man and a member of Lorinar's Sorcerer Council. In Lorianar, she lives in poverty, performing for drunken fools who don't understand her art. Performers like her mother were feted and respected and Namira grew up in a palace. In Lorinar, she's regarded as a faintly risque curiosity but at home in Tiansher it wasn't like this. ![]() ![]() ![]() Namira is a trouser girl - a music hall performer. ![]() Dolamore creates a vivid world in a highly romantic narrative that has some Gothic elements and a very traditional feel. Summary: Highly enjoyable magical fantasy about an exotic trouser girl who falls in love with a fairy prince trapped inside an automaton. ![]()
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