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A review by stuffandwhatnot
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
3.0
Amusing re-telling of the "[b:Beauty and the Beast|41424|Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast|Robin McKinley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169613617s/41424.jpg|2321285]" fairy tale, set in the Bay Area just before the Great San Francisco
Earthquake.
The world is interesting--territorial 'elemental' wizards quarrel with each other while working to control their elements. The 'beast' is a fire wizard disfigured by a spell gone wrong. He's unable to read due to changes in his eyes, so he hires Rose, an impoverished scholar, to read his magical texts to him as he searches for a spell reversal.
All in all, a decent bit of fun.
Earthquake.
The world is interesting--territorial 'elemental' wizards quarrel with each other while working to control their elements. The 'beast' is a fire wizard disfigured by a spell gone wrong. He's unable to read due to changes in his eyes, so he hires Rose, an impoverished scholar, to read his magical texts to him as he searches for a spell reversal.
All in all, a decent bit of fun.