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Publisher:
Berkley Trade
Release Date:
December 4, 2007
Genres:
Paranormal Romance
Historical Romance
ISBN:
Print
9780425217481
Kindle
No
ISBN
Bookmark Rating:
Reviewed by
Jennifer Ray
Review Posted:
May 2008
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~DESTINY~
It is
believed that Nidaba is one of the oldest Immortal High Witches still living.
As such, the Dark Ones crave the power taking her heart would bring them.
Nidaba hasn’t survived so long being weak, however. To stand against her is to
endanger one’s own life.
Nathan King lives a quiet life, spending his immortality safely hidden away from
the spotlight. His long life has seen more loss than one man should bear. But
when he finds the woman he loved long ago in a mental hospital in a cathartic
and unresponsive state, he rescues her. Saving the woman he loves is not quite
that easy, however. Now he must save both her mind and the love they once
shared.
We first met Nidaba during the story INFINITY, in Maggie Shayne’s
ETERNAL LOVE collection. I was intrigued by her then, and so was
very happy to find that she is the heroine of DESTINY.
Ms. Shayne builds a rich and involved history for Nidaba, and I was fascinated
by the way the story of Nathan and Nidaba’s shared past unfolded, moving between
their youth together centuries ago and the present day, where they find
themselves estranged yet still undeniably drawn to each other. As it turns out,
their past has much to do with their present, and they must explore to find a
way back to each other as friends and lovers.
Although this story can be read by itself, I do recommend it be read in series
order, after reading ETERNAL LOVE. The stories build upon each
other, with each tale inciting curiosity in the reader about one of the main
characters for the next story.
~IMMORTALITY~
Puabi
hasn’t lived a good life. Not in her mortal life, and certainly not during the
course of her long existence as an immortal. Having stolen the lives of other
witches in order to prolong her own, she has lived without remorse as a Dark
One.
Everything changes when Matthew Fairchild rescues her from the depths of the sea
and takes her to his private island to care for her until she is well. Slowly,
Puabi finds the need to repent, to be somehow better than she was. And with
Matthew, she finds a part of herself that has been missing for far too long.
I have to say, IMMORTALITY was a very different story for me. How
do you take the previous story’s villain, who is utterly unrepentant concerning
their numerous misdeeds, and turn her into a heroine? By not sugar-coating it,
that’s how, just like Maggie Shayne did in this story.
Ms. Shayne never makes excuses for Puabi, never excuses her actions. What she
does do is show us the history that, coupled with bad choices on Puabi’s part,
made her the woman she is now.
Then she begins to redeem this character, slowly but surely. With a man who can
lover her despite her flaws, as Matthew does, and one completely selfless act,
Puabi begins the path to redemption and finds true love in the process. As her
story ends, you are left with the feeling that this is just the beginning for
Puabi as she embarks on the rest of her life with a new outlook.
Note: This review was originally
written by Jennifer Ray for another review site. It is being reposted at
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