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Dai has some issues. If you were used by a Roman General to control your brother and spent hundreds of years being tortured by the same man in the Shadowlands, you'd probably have some issues too. Add on top of that the death of your sister on your hands and you'd have to wonder how the man is sane at all. Now in the Fixed Realm, he only hopes to gain his books back from the Birch Trust and keep the nightmares away. But at his heart, Dai is a man who needs to believe that he's worth loving and to let go of what happened in the past.
Amanda, widowed when six months pregnant, has lived with one goal...to try and keep her young daughter Brigit alive, even when it seems her body has a different idea. When she catches the eye of Dai at her sister-in-law's wedding, he reawakens feelings in her that died with her husband. There is something about Dai that calls to her, but she's not sure she's ready to jump into anything, with any man, after being by herself for so long. Amanda needs to come to terms with the fact that she is allowed to have a social life outside of what she does with her daughter.
The romance between Dai and Amanda is only a small part of this story. At the core, it's about Dai coming to terms with no longer being Goblin, but also discovering that he can weld magic he only thought possible in the Shadowlands. Of course, using that magic causes the Birch Trust to start watching and threatening him, but it also allows for him to discover that his cousin also had his curse broken and that he alone has the power to save him.
An interesting and entertaining story, but one that definitely should be read AFTER The Goblin King. That was my mistake, but one I will be rectifying soon.
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- 12 May, 2012: Finished reading
- 12 May, 2012: Reviewed