Date published January 2008
ISBN 978-0-515-14394-2
Fantasy
Paperback
Reviewed by Tammy
The latest book in Catherine Coulter’s Sherbrooke family series, WIZARD’S DAUGHTER, is a cross between historical romance and fantasy, as a book that only one young girl can read takes her and her beau to a land filled with ghosts, wizards and dragons.
Rosalind de La Fontaine was found by Ryder Sherbrooke as a child nearly beaten to death in an alley. She becomes part of the Sherbrooke family and in her first season in 1835 London, she meets and falls in love with Nicholas Vail, Earl of Mountjoy. When her “brother” Grayson Sherbrooke comes across an ancient book written by a wizard that no one but Rosalind can read, the three set out to discover the secrets hidden in the book. Strange things start to happen and it becomes apparent that Rosalind’s hidden past, the book and Nicholas Vail have more in common than any of them could have imagined.
The WIZARD’S DAUGHTER is the first book in the Sherbrooke family series that this reader has read so there were no real expectations when it was picked up. This reader really enjoyed the way Ms. Coulter took what would have been a lovely but perhaps staid historical romance and intertwined into it a fantasy world of wizards, ghosts and dragons. The resulting story is probably somewhat of a disappointment for historical romance fans, but fans of fantasy no doubt found it really quite entertaining, as did this reader.
A great amount of mystery surrounds all the main characters in this book. Rosalind can’t remember her past and has paranormal abilities that keep cropping up in her life. Nicholas Vail has a mysterious past, an unusual family, including a wizard for a grandfather and singing ghost in his home. His instant connection to Rosalind and her easy acceptance of the strange things that surround them and the ancient book lead to a rushed marriage filled with magic beyond belief and perhaps a few laughs as well.
Though fantasy and historic romance are an unusual combination to find in a book, somehow Catherine Coulter manages to pull off a story that is both entertaining and keeps readers guessing with her latest Sherbrooke family novel, WIZARD’S DAUGHTER. Readers looking for something really different this summer might just want to check out this fantastical tale. Just don’t expect your usual historical romance. This is definitely not that.
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