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A review by shadowmaster13
A Distant Magic by Mary Jo Putney
3.0
As a book I really liked this. As a romance and a part of the Guardians series, not so much.
The first half of the book is really good and then it goes off into a abolitionist history lesson. And I'm all for that, but I'm against ruining a great beginning which this book had, with such tension between Nikolai and Jean. I thought the subplot with Adia was great also, especially since she had a happy ending.
There was a great set up with Jean having magic she couldn't reach and Nikolai not knowing how to use his magic. And Nikolai's anger with Jean's father and Jean's anger with Nikolai for kidnapping her. But everyone got over it all real quick in order to have the time-travel.
The first half of the book is really good and then it goes off into a abolitionist history lesson. And I'm all for that, but I'm against ruining a great beginning which this book had, with such tension between Nikolai and Jean. I thought the subplot with Adia was great also, especially since she had a happy ending.
There was a great set up with Jean having magic she couldn't reach and Nikolai not knowing how to use his magic. And Nikolai's anger with Jean's father and Jean's anger with Nikolai for kidnapping her. But everyone got over it all real quick in order to have the time-travel.