Amy Rae Durreson
Author of The Lodestar of Ys
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Works by Amy Rae Durreson
Rebellion (Reawakening, #4) 2 copies
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Random Acts of Kindness: a Dreamspinner Press Anthology (14-in-1) (2015) — Contributor, some editions — 3 copies
Stocking Stuffers, Dreamspinner Press: 2017 Advent Calendar (31-in-1) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Beautiful and touching and romantic, but takes a while to get there through all the years of bickering and fighting and dislike :)
I honestly deeply loved this one. It was perfect in my eyes. I believed their shared hate/annoyance, then I believed their mutual physical attraction, then I felt their love and hope. The progression of their relationship was so very real. As King Snorri said, "Of all the people to make a love match..."
I burst out laughing many times at the things Celyn would say, show more was swept up in the progressively sweeter moments, and highlighted many sections.
Wonderful world building, too. I felt the inevitable invasion pressing closer and closer, the sadness of friends lost, and Sjurd's tunnel vision with the war and expectance of death. And then I felt as if I was floating in the dream-like lands of Ys with them, buoyed up with the islands and ships. And, then, it couldn't haven't gone anywhere better than it did in the end.
Added to my all time favorites list. So very highly recommended. show less
I honestly deeply loved this one. It was perfect in my eyes. I believed their shared hate/annoyance, then I believed their mutual physical attraction, then I felt their love and hope. The progression of their relationship was so very real. As King Snorri said, "Of all the people to make a love match..."
I burst out laughing many times at the things Celyn would say, show more was swept up in the progressively sweeter moments, and highlighted many sections.
Wonderful world building, too. I felt the inevitable invasion pressing closer and closer, the sadness of friends lost, and Sjurd's tunnel vision with the war and expectance of death. And then I felt as if I was floating in the dream-like lands of Ys with them, buoyed up with the islands and ships. And, then, it couldn't haven't gone anywhere better than it did in the end.
Added to my all time favorites list. So very highly recommended. show less
Well written and great world building, I just wanted to spend more time with the story and characters. I wouldn't quite call this enemies-to-lovers, more like two people who spent most of their lives being annoyed by each other realizing that in the right situation, "oaf" and "brat" can actually be terms of endearment. The "grumpy sunshine" pairing is one of my favorite tropes, (as long as grumpy doesn't mean cruel and sunshine doesn't mean airhead), and this one is delightfully developed. I show more loved watching Celyn grow from callow teenaged boy to a young man who is admired for his diplomatic skills, courage and talent in steering the giant flying ships of his people. Sjurd starts out as a serious warrior and ends up - well, as a serious warrior but one who has softened just enough to realize that Celyn is the perfect man for him. It says a lot about Durreson's writing ability that by the time this exchange happened, I found it to be completely and totally romantic:
The two very short post-epilogue stories included in this volume are cute, but only left me wanting more. This is my first book by Amy Rae Durreson but it won't be my last. show less
Thoughts and feelings were skittering through (Sjurd's) brain like fallen leaves in a wind, fast and elusive, and he couldn't make sense of it all - what he feared and what he felt. At last, out of the muddle of it all, he said, "The first time I saw you, I wanted to kick you off the side of the ship."
Celyn chuckled against his forehead. "The feeling was entirely mutual."
"Things change," Sjurd managed, knowing he was getting this all wrong.
Celyn was quiet for a moment. Then, with a hint of amusement in his voice, he said, "Yes, they do." And he kissed Sjurd again, just as gently and tenderly as before.
The two very short post-epilogue stories included in this volume are cute, but only left me wanting more. This is my first book by Amy Rae Durreson but it won't be my last. show less
This is written as the story of what happened during a key period, years before in the writer's past. I found the way it was done compelling and, at the end, reassuring, because there are some creepy parts that had me reading faster. It's definitely a ghost story as well as a romance, and the author's note at the end explains what is fact and what she fictionalized, which is nice for anyone who knows the local history. Great characters, compelling backstories, Really Creepy haunting, and show more some themes I always enjoy; duty, pride, guilt, attraction, trauma, loss, recovery, acceptance, determination. show less
This is so PRETTY.
This is my favorite kind of world-building, where a quirky character is doing their thing and in bits and pieces you learn that islands float in this world... It's possibly the sweetest romance I've ever read. That's saying something because they're my favorite kind, so I read every one I can find. Emyr and Heilyn's meet-cute, friendship, upsets and so on are as endearing as a basket of kittens, and then this setting elevates it to art in words.
I'm not sure why on my copy show more of the ebook this is #0, but in GR it claims to be #2... show less
This is my favorite kind of world-building, where a quirky character is doing their thing and in bits and pieces you learn that islands float in this world... It's possibly the sweetest romance I've ever read. That's saying something because they're my favorite kind, so I read every one I can find. Emyr and Heilyn's meet-cute, friendship, upsets and so on are as endearing as a basket of kittens, and then this setting elevates it to art in words.
I'm not sure why on my copy show more of the ebook this is #0, but in GR it claims to be #2... show less
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