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Melissa Marr

Author of Wicked Lovely

77+ Works 21,308 Members 984 Reviews 114 Favorited

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Works by Melissa Marr

Wicked Lovely (2007) 5,844 copies
Ink Exchange (2008) 3,396 copies
Fragile Eternity (2009) 2,470 copies
Radiant Shadows (2010) 1,521 copies
Graveminder (2011) 1,190 copies
Darkest Mercy (2011) 1,130 copies
Carnival of Souls (2012) 516 copies
Love Is Hell (2008) — Contributor — 463 copies
Rags & Bones (2013) — Editor — 381 copies
Faery Tales & Nightmares (2012) 376 copies
Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (2011) — Editor; Contributor — 340 copies
Made For You (2014) 296 copies
Seven Black Diamonds (2016) 256 copies
Odin's Ravens (2014) 252 copies
Shards and Ashes (1600) — Editor; Contributor — 249 copies
The Arrivals (2013) 241 copies
Thor's Serpents (2015) 184 copies
Wicked Lovely, 1-5 (2011) 181 copies
Sanctuary (2009) 172 copies
Bunny Roo, I Love You (2015) 150 copies
Desert Tales (2013) 139 copies
Stopping Time (2010) 121 copies
One Blood Ruby (2017) 102 copies
Unfiltered & Unlawful (2014) 74 copies
Challenge (2010) 66 copies
Old Habits (2011) 63 copies
Stopping Time, Part 2 (2010) 53 copies
Love Struck (2011) 50 copies
Undaunted (2015) 48 copies
Resolve (2011) 42 copies
The Wicked and the Dead (2012) 40 copies
Stopping Time / Old Habits (2011) 39 copies
The Maiden Thief (2016) 39 copies
Untamed City (2012) 36 copies
Wild Horses (2022) 35 copies
Cold Iron Heart (2020) 33 copies
The Hidden Knife (2021) 33 copies
Under a Winter Sky (2020) — Author — 32 copies
Stopping Time, Part 1 (2010) 27 copies
Guns for the Dead (2014) 24 copies
Tales of Folk & Fey (2019) 24 copies
The Kiss and the Killer (2021) 22 copies
Unruly (2016) 22 copies
Carnival of Lies (2014) 20 copies
Bunny Roo and Duckling Too (2021) 19 copies
Two Lines: A Novella (2011) 19 copies
The Hidden Dragon (2023) 12 copies
Dark Futures (2014) — Author — 12 copies
Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon! (2019) 11 copies
Cursed by Death (2020) 9 copies
Once Upon A Ghost: 20 Eerie Faerie Tales (2020) — Contributor; Contributor — 9 copies
Pretty Broken Things (2020) 9 copies
Of Roses and Kings (2020) 8 copies
Corpse Eater (2013) 6 copies
Dark Sun (2022) 6 copies
Wicked Mercy (2022) 6 copies
Dark Court Faery Tales (2019) 3 copies
Summer Bound (2020) 3 copies
Family is Family (2024) 2 copies
This Fond Madness (2017) 2 copies
Transition 1 copy

Associated Works

Naked City (2011) — Contributor — 635 copies
Home Improvement: Undead Edition (2011) — Contributor — 567 copies
Unbound (2009) — Contributor; Frost photo, some editions — 564 copies
Teeth: Vampire Tales (2011) — Contributor — 300 copies
Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Contributor — 277 copies
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition (2017) — Contributor — 134 copies
Hex on the Beach (2021) — Contributor — 44 copies
Tor.com Short Fiction: March - April 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 7 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 114 (November 2019) (2019) — Contributor — 6 copies
Richard Meier: Architect — Contributor — 1 copy

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FYI Review - this anthology contains the following re-imagined tales:
-That the Machine May Progress Eternally by Carrie Ryan (E. M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops')
-Losing Her Divinity by Garth Nix (Rudyard Kipling's 'The Man Who Would Be King')
-The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman ('Sleeping Beauty')
-The Cold Corner by Tim Pratt (Henry James's 'The Jolly Corner')
-Millcara by Holly Black (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 'Carmilla')
-When First We Were Gods by Rick Yancey (Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Birth-Mark')
-Sirocco by Margaret Stohl (Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto')
-Awakened by Melissa Marr (Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening')
-New Chicago by Kelley Armstrong (W. W. Jacobs's 'The Monkey's Paw')
-The Soul Collector by Kami Garcia (The Brothers Grimm's 'Rumpelstiltskin')
-Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy by Saladin Ahmed (Sir Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene')
-Uncaged by Gene Wolfe (William Seabrook's 'The Caged White Werewolf of the Saraban')
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Lemeritus | 9 other reviews | Mar 9, 2024 |
Quick read. Three stars for the story and another one for the fact that the author managed to wrap it all up in one book instead of dragging it out into a three or four book series like you see so often now. This was my first read by Melissa Marr and I enjoyed her writing. I'll be reading more by her.
 
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thatnerd | 102 other reviews | Mar 2, 2024 |
This whole series has my heart. I love the interconnected-ness and independency of the books.
 
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dcsthebest | 70 other reviews | Feb 21, 2024 |
Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr
A Course in Magic series #1. Mandatory adult magic school. LGBTQ+ Fantasy romance. Cliffhanger. Multiple POV. Multiple relationships.
Prospero is a powerful witch from the magical land of Crenshaw. She believes in a prophecy that has an uninitiated witch as a the key in saving their homeland. Prospero takes steps to ensure that powers are awakened. Three new witches arrive in Crenshaw and must learn the rules of their new situations.

🎧 I listened to an audiobook copy of this narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker and Max Meyers. The performances were well done, and each had a specific voice for the characters. But as they are both males, I missed a few times that the current POV was a female. The timing and emotions of the characters are clear.
I listened to this at 1.5 which I found as the most comfortable.

I had a difficult time with audiobook, mostly because there are at least six POV’s and while there were two narrators, there is no introduction of which character POV is being told. Without seeing the text or hearing a chapter heading, it was hard to follow a switch although the narrators did have different voices for the main characters.
I also didn’t care for the witches being activated by cutting them out of their current lives regardless of their situations. Specially leaving a young son believing his mother is dead and he must live with his abusive and neglectful father.
There are three quick relationships (F-F, M-F, M-M) in the story that actually seem manipulative in more than one way.
More disturbing, the school administration is recording and watching everything for the benefit of their own community. Inside private rooms. Creepy. They justify it as their world is dying and they need to find a solution.
I will look for an ebook copy to see if I can clarify a couple of confusing points. I may continue the series to make sure the mother is able to save her son, and to find out how the magical community fixes the poisoned water.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley and publisher Macmillan Audio.
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Margaret Stohl Contributor
Kami Garcia Contributor
Rachel Caine Contributor
Vivienne To Cover artist
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Saladin Ahmed Contributor
Garth Nix Contributor
Neil Gaiman Contributor
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Rick Yancey Contributor
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Jackson Pearce Contributor
Mary E. Pearson Contributor
Jeri Smith-Ready Contributor
Rachel Vincent Contributor
Claudia Gray Contributor
Jessica Verday Contributor
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Sarah Rees Brennan Contributor
Ally Condie Contributor
Teagan White Illustrator
Veronica Roth Contributor
Nancy Holder Contributor
Beth Revis Contributor
Anthea Sharp Contributor
Shawntelle Madison Contributor
Nikki Jefford Contributor
Yasmine Galenorn Contributor
Colleen Gleason Contributor
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Debra Dunbar Contributor
Annie Bellet Contributor
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Devon Monk Contributor
Christine Pope Contributor
Julia Crane Contributor
Kate Danley Contributor
Sarra Cannon Contributor
Kasey Mackenzie Contributor
Kay McSpadden Contributor
Phaedra Weldon Contributor
Alethea Kontis Contributor
Nick Landrum Narrator
Mark Tucker Cover photo
Alison Klapthor Cover designer
Lucia Olivieri Translator
Mia Barron Narrator
Donalty Alison Cover designer
Annemieke Leverenz Cover letterer
Colin Anderson Cover artist
Sasha Illingworth Cover designer
Eamon O'Donoghue Cover artist
Ken Liu Translator
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77
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Members
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Popularity
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Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
984
ISBNs
433
Languages
14
Favorited
114

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