Enchanted

by Lucinda Edmonds

Madeleine Vincent, 17, is all set to become a brilliant ballerina until a terrible accident ends her dancing career for life. But with the help of her childhood friend, Sebastian, Maddie discovers she has another talent - a talent which could take her to the top in showbusiness.

Genres: Contemporary

Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Lucinda Edmonds was a birth name of the Northern Irish wtiter, under which she published her early books, before starting to use her new married name of Lucinda Riley.

Reviews

[daydreamer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was close to crying from this book. I thought it would be a guilty pleasure chicklit, but there was actually a lot of tragedy. I felt so sorry for Madelaine and felt horrible that things only became worse and worse for her. Yes, the bad people got their karma in the end, but it never felt as if she ever got her happiness back. I was actually almost disturbed from this tragedy, I was not expecting it at all. If you easily empathise with characters, and cry when they cry, avoid Enchanted. Without all the heavy stuff, I would have loved this book. It has left me wide-eyed at the cruelty of this world. Madelaine deserved so much more. My heart is broken, because I was rooting for her so much 💔

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a story! OMG I felt young again - this was just the time I grew up and I know the 80ies, beginning of 90ies so well and Lucinda Edmonds (aka Riley) caught the tension of this time perfectly!

In this book I found very strong characters: Maddie, who is having the main role, is drawn with so much love - I will miss her now because the book is over (and I wonder if she got a boy or a girl?).
Sebastian her childhood friend and now partner is also such a strong character and nice to have by your side as a husband! Maddie's father is a bit pale, I think there you could have get more out of him, but this is okay. I loved the way Yvette changed through the book - in the beginning I didn't like her at all, but in the end I would love to have a cup of tea with her. Nicole and Sasha - the "evil" ones - nicely drawn too. Nicole stays disgusting while at the end Sacha got the right way...even if it was too late for him.

It is for sure a lovely and entertaining summer read for all who were teenagers that time and remember it so well - nice time travel. And for all those who only heard about those time it is a good stroy to find out how life in those years was.

[Waterfall · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not too bad, but not the straight romance I expected from a book in this series. It was fun to read about London, and the story was interesting enough. Shame it turned into a soap opera plot towards the end, that really wasn't neccessary.

[Dandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm currently reading this novel, I'm going to page 70, and I'm enjoying absolutely, every page.
the story is really, really, absorbing. The story of this girl, the protagonist, is fascinating.
I've been reading novels of all kinds for many years, and I'm super happy to have discovered this novel, because I love it. I will not tell anything about the book, because I do not want to reveal anything, so I can only say that I encourage anyone who wants a fabulous story to read this book.
I'm loving it and just to give you an idea howmuch I love this book that I usually dine, watching TV, well, yesterday, as soon as I got home, I went to my room for the book, went to the kitchen and turned off the TV ¡¡¡ and while I was eating, I read the book!¡¡ So for you to see, how much I like it, and how intrigued I am in this girl's story. It is captivating. I love it, of course, I'm going to read more books by this author that I did not know.

[Justin K. Rivers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what to expect, I heard it was a "light comedy." But Giraudoux's style is something completely unique - full of paradox and philosophical wonder, magical realism and inhabiting a space between and around the genre boundaries of the time. Some of the lines are laugh out loud funny. Others are brimming with a magician's sense of possible impossibilities.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

Love is an illusion that distracts us from death, and the rational world is always at odds with the irrational. Not the most original ideas in Western letters, but certainly a unique way of presenting it: an offbeat school teacher falls for the “ghost” of a murderer. The only play I’ve read by Giraudoux so far that failed to hit the mark.

[Peggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely play. A Classic and one of my favorites! I had the 2nd lead (the Doctor) in a production of this magical play when I was a Freshman at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasaw, Oklahoma. Great memories.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous story by Lucinda Edmonds aka Riley.