Wizard's Daughter

A totally new dimension to the Catherine Coulter books I've read in the past. Rosalind's dreams and songs, all prophetic in nature, lead her to her destiny and true love Nicholas. As the story unfolds the mystery becomes deeper and more engaging. We see that the bond between Rosalind and Nicholas is truly transcendent as it is only the couple's combined sorcery that has the power to save Nicholas' ancestors. Loved the way the story goes back and forth between two dimensions: Their world and a world of wizards, gods and dragons. A real page turner!

Coulter ties another thread on the Bride series, matching Ryder Sherbrooke's ward with a mysterious Earl newly returned from the Orient. Rosalind, the young woman, possesses a beautiful voice, but no memory of her past before she was found brutally beaten in an alley near the docks. Nicholas Vail is a man with a debt, although he's not exactly sure what the debt entails.

Complete with mysterious coded books, dragons, and wizards, this somewhat muddled and muddily plotted tale strays into some rather odd territory. Interesting premise, but not Coulter's best work.

Nicholas Vail is searching for a girl with a lovely voice. She comes to him in his dreams singing a sad riddle. He knows he must find her and solve the riddle in order to repay a debt. A debt that has haunted his family for many years.
When he finds Rosalind De La Fontaine, he is positive that she is the one in his dreams. Rosalind suffers from amnesia and has no clue who she is until she comes across an ancient book and she is the only one who can decipher it. While studying the book she and Nicholas discover a gate to another world called Pale....In Pale, Rosalind and Nicholas learn that they are both decendants of wizards and Rosalind herself is a powerful witch. Rosalind and Nicholas must then battle the wicked witch Epona and save show more Pale to pay his debt.

I am a huge fan of CC's FBI thrillers so i thought i would try something else of hers and i was a little disappointed. To me it was a little far fetched and hard to keep up with at times. It was like she was experimenting with this book. You could tell that CC was out of her league. She needs to leave the Sci-fi's alone and stick with her FBI's ...but that being said, it wasnt really BAD. I have read much worse by other well known authors. It was different and i did enjoy the ghosts. show less

Something of a departure for Ms. Coulter. Although it fits into her historical stories about the Sherbrooke family she threw in a bit of the mystical and somehow it didn't quite work for me. Not a bad book but I'd rather have read another of her contemporary FBI suspense stories.

I made it about halfway through this but finally it just got too silly for me. The butler wears old clothes because he likes them shiny, and he can see his face in them? Impossible, I don't care how old and shiny they are. And to add to that I just wasn't interested in the whole magic element so there didn't seem to be any point in continuing to read.

Ok, beyond the way too campy dialog, I don't like the paranormal aspect. I used to really like the Catherine Coulter historicals because they were just a little campy; but this just about jumps the shark. Meh. No more historicals for me from CC...and I don't like her contemporaries much anymore either. So, maybe no more Catherine Coulter, period. That's sad.

This book is about a man, Nicholas Vail, who was ostracized by his Father and new wife. Loved by his paternal Grandfather he heard many stories about an alternate universe from a book written by a 16th century wizard. When Nicholas's Grandfather dies he inherits the title of Seventh Earl of Mountjoy. In London he meets Rosalind de La Fontaine, a made up name of a young woman who was taken in by a man (Ryder Sherbrook) and his family. Ryder Sherbrooke found Rosalind nearly beaten to death in an alleyway as a child. For a long time Rosalind only speaks a mysterious phrase but, over time she starts to speak but has amnesia and cannot remember who she is or where she came from. As the years go by she shows signs of paranormal ability. When show more her brother, Grayson, Nicholas and she go to a fair Grayson buys an ancient book from a mysterious man. The books turn out to be almost the same book that Nicholas's Grandfather used to read him stories from. As the three delve into the mysteries of the book they enter another world. Rosalind turns out to be a princess in a direct line of very powerful wizards and witches. She must battle the forces of evil in the alternate world to save it from ruin.

The book is an average read and at some points very hard to follow. It gets lost in paranormal activity, alternate worlds and family dynamics. It was not a totally bad read, but I probably wouldn't read it again and would have to think long and hard about who I would pass this book on to. show less