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Bourn's Edge
Following an attempt to kill her, librarian Cassie Lewis leaves the only life she’s ever known and flees west into the mist-shrouded borderlands that lie between England and Wales. There, the sleepy, hillside village of Bourn’s Edge provides a safe haven for her to regroup and decide what to do next, and reclusive local artist Tarian Brangwen provides an intriguing and welcome distraction.
But Cassie soon makes a startling discovery that turns her world upside down. For deep in the heart of the adjacent Bourn Forest lies an entrance to Faerie, and the enigmatic Tarian is much more than she appears . . .
But Cassie soon makes a startling discovery that turns her world upside down. For deep in the heart of the adjacent Bourn Forest lies an entrance to Faerie, and the enigmatic Tarian is much more than she appears . . .
280 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 20, 2010
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Barbara Davies
9 books8 followersLibrarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Barbara Davies was born in Birmingham, England, twenty minutes after her twin sister. She grew up in the Midlands, managed to scrape a BA from York University, worked in computing in Surrey, then moved to Gloucestershire where she’s now a writer and a book reviewer for Starburst magazine. Barbara published her first short story in 1994. Since then, more than forty of her stories have appeared in various genre magazines.
Barbara Davies was born in Birmingham, England, twenty minutes after her twin sister. She grew up in the Midlands, managed to scrape a BA from York University, worked in computing in Surrey, then moved to Gloucestershire where she’s now a writer and a book reviewer for Starburst magazine. Barbara published her first short story in 1994. Since then, more than forty of her stories have appeared in various genre magazines.
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January 14, 2013
A quiet lesbian romance in the British countryside. When a librarian fleeing a mobster's revenge for testifying runs across a beautiful artist, the last thing she expects is for her to kill the people after her. The surprise of Tarian being Sidhe comes as much less of a shock after that. There are shocks still to come, however, as those who desire Tarian to return to the Sidhe decide to take advantage of this new leverage.
This is not so much a novel as it is three separate stories that immediately follow after one another, and the summary above only really describes the first. I really enjoy series of short stories that fall into an overarching plotline in general, but I found myself wishing the author had fleshed out any of the ones in the story. The first and third felt like they could have easily been turned into a whole novel of their own, and it would have helped with the general shallow feeling of the story.
In a romance, of course, the most important thing is the characters. And Tarian and Cassie never really feel fleshed out to me, unfortunately. Cassie felt a lot like your basic empty character for the reader to project into, honestly, which is really not my thing. She's sort of generically good, tends to get in over her head due to her insistence on saying the right thing, and was desperately lonely before Tarian. Tarian feels a little closer to well-fleshed out character, but she had a tendency to be the plot device. I did like Queen Mab, and would happily read a story about her romances.
That said, I liked it. It almost but not quite hit me in the domestic fiction spot - cozy fiction, maybe? But would I have cared if fantasy lesbian romances were slightly more common? Probably not, alas.
This is not so much a novel as it is three separate stories that immediately follow after one another, and the summary above only really describes the first. I really enjoy series of short stories that fall into an overarching plotline in general, but I found myself wishing the author had fleshed out any of the ones in the story. The first and third felt like they could have easily been turned into a whole novel of their own, and it would have helped with the general shallow feeling of the story.
In a romance, of course, the most important thing is the characters. And Tarian and Cassie never really feel fleshed out to me, unfortunately. Cassie felt a lot like your basic empty character for the reader to project into, honestly, which is really not my thing. She's sort of generically good, tends to get in over her head due to her insistence on saying the right thing, and was desperately lonely before Tarian. Tarian feels a little closer to well-fleshed out character, but she had a tendency to be the plot device. I did like Queen Mab, and would happily read a story about her romances.
That said, I liked it. It almost but not quite hit me in the domestic fiction spot - cozy fiction, maybe? But would I have cared if fantasy lesbian romances were slightly more common? Probably not, alas.
August 14, 2016
Cassie is on the run from those that wish her harm when she meets the reclusive Tarian. They feel an instant attraction and start a relationship despite the many difficulties in their path.
I liked the main characters and the book is really more of a 2 1/2 stars. But i feel like it should have been a three part series with each part more worked out. Like this the pace of the book makes for an awkward read at times.
I liked the main characters and the book is really more of a 2 1/2 stars. But i feel like it should have been a three part series with each part more worked out. Like this the pace of the book makes for an awkward read at times.
October 25, 2015
2011 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
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