The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent, #1)

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Raised in a genteel but impoverished household, Ivy Lockwell, eldest of three daughters, is desperate to save her father, a former magician, from the madness that has overwhelmed him and finds the key to saving both him and the entire land from darkness lies in the secrets she uncovers while serving as governess to the wards of the enigmatic Mr Quent A first novel 30,000 first printing. New Read [ The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent, #1) ] Author [ Galen Beckett ] – kino-fada.fr I almost gave up on this book The first fifty or so pages are a pedestrian, awkward attempt at a Regency society novel, with mentions of mysterious magicians shoehorned in The main character, Ivy, and her family are clearly the Bennets from Pride and Prejudice, right down to their grasping cousin Mr Collins, er, Wyble The Mr Darcy stand in, Mr Rafferdy, disappointed But then Rafferdy and Ivy s friendship blossomed, and against my will I found myself drawn into the story I tore through t I almost gave up on this book The first fifty or so pages are a pedestrian, awkward attempt at a Regency society novel, with mentions of mysterious magicians shoehorned in The main character, Ivy, and her family are clearly the Bennets from Pride and Prejudice, right down to their grasping cousin Mr Collins, er, Wyble The Mr Darcy stand in, Mr Rafferdy, disappointed But then Rafferdy and Ivy s friendship blossomed, and ag...In excavating a bookshelf, I discovered several volumes that had slipped behind others This one managed to go unnoticed for at least half a dozen years.While this regency with magic novel is not as early as Sorcery and Cecelia it was published ahead of the spate of current ones, and is exponentially better written, with some clever characters the one I liked best was the Mr Collins clone , and a thorough understanding of the bleak underside of regency era economics and attitudes such as publi In excavating a bookshelf, I discovered several volumes that had slipped behind others This one managed to go unnoticed for at least half a dozen years.While this regency with...I hate to criticize this book, because I feel like it has a lot of merits It attempts to mix Jane Austen with epic fantasy in a way that theoretically I would love tolove .I think the book has some wonderful aspects and some may enjoy itthan others It gets very bogged down with world building, to the detriment of letting the characters breathe and the pages flow The book inexplicably changes POV in the middl...Rating 2 of fiveIcky, sappy, treacly romantic claptrap.Alternative history Not really Romance novel with fantasy trappings Not really What, then, is this little marvy This is what would ve happened if Fanny Trollope...I fully admit that this The Magicians and Mrs Quent doesn t really deserve 4 stars It s flawed, it s badly flawed However, it really sucked me in and kept me turning pages to find out what happened next It gave me a brief escape from my mundane existence Whatcould one ask What I really liked about The Magicians and Mrs Quent was that it wasn t a typical epic quest fantasy in a pseudo medieval setting If you ever wonder what the pseudo medieval world of the stereotypical fantasy I fully admit that this The Magicians and Mrs Quent doesn t really deserve 4 stars It s flawed, it s badly flawed However, it really sucked me in and kept me turning pages to find out what happened next It gave me a brief escape from my mundane existence Whatcould one ask What I really liked about The Magicians and Mrs Quent was that it wasn t a typical epic quest fantasy in a pseudo medieval setting If you ever wonder what the pseudo medieval world of the stereotypical fantasy novel would be like in a thousand years, this book answers that Instead of drawing ...Absolutely adored this one Already ordered the sequel Very elegant light fantasy Gothic romance Highly recommended.The Magicians and Mrs Quent is a Frankenstein s monster of a mash up not the monster mash where Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolf man rocked out to kickin tunes of Austen, Henry James and the sisters Bronte maybe a sprinkling or two of some others, just to cash in on the fanbases Like a boy band personality generator covering all types Austen is the cute one , Bronte the dark one , James the ugly one If Ga...In case you haven t seen other reviews, or started the book yourself, one of Galen Beckett s strong influences for The Magicians and Mrs Quent is Jane Austen Right from the first sentence the echoes of Miss Austen are blatant The three sisters at the heart of the story are reminiscent in a way of the Bennet sisters although sweet, mild Rose also resonates of Beth March Then there is introduced Mr Wyble, who was in another incarnation Mr Collins.In case it wasn t obvious, from the back fl In case you haven t seen other reviews, or started the book yourself, one of Galen Beckett s strong influences for The Magicians and Mrs Quent is Jane Austen Right from the first sentence the echoes of Miss Austen are blatant The three sisters at the heart of the story are reminiscent in a way of the Bennet sisters although sweet, mild Rose also resonates of Beth March Then there is introduced Mr Wyble, who was in another incarnation Mr Collins.In case...ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.From the back flap What if there were a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bront Galen Beckett, began The Magicians and Mrs Quent to answer that question I was excited to receive a copy of The Magicians and Mrs Quent, Galen Beckett s debut novel There s something exciting about a new author they re fresh, and when you hold one of their boo ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.From the back flap What if there were a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bront Galen Beckett, began The Magicians and Mrs Quent to answer that question I was excited to receive a copy of The Magicians and Mrs Quent, Galen Beckett s debut novel There s something exciting about a new author they re fresh, and when you hold one of their books in your h...The Magicians and Mrs Quent isn t a terrible story It comes pretty close, but it does have some maybe two redeeming factors The praise on the back cover is, in my opinion, highly undeserved and frankly misleading This is hardly a fantasy, and the only bits of gothic romance I found were in the inexplicable second part of the story the book is divided into three parts The characters were highly ineffectual and I frankly couldn t bring myself to care about them This is probably due to Ga The Magicians and Mrs Quent isn t a terrible story It comes pretty close, but it does have some maybe two redeeming factors The praise on the back cover is, in my opinion, highly undeserved and frankly misleading This is hardly a fantasy, and the only bits of gothic romance I found were in the inexplicable second part of the story the book is divided into three parts The characters were highly ineffectual and I frankly couldn t bring myself to care about them This is probably due to Galen Beckett s desire to emulate Jane A...

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent, #1)
  • English
  • 05 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 498 pages
  • 0553589822
  • Galen Beckett
  • The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent, #1)