Unexpected Magic by Jude Knigh..
And another historical romance novel has now been read – but this one was most definitely a fantasy romance. Unexpected Magic takes place in the Regency/Victorian era of the UK, but not in our universe or history. No, Ms. Knight created a bit of alternate history and a different universe – one in which people and animals are born with magic. She gives a wonderful explanation of her thought process and how she created her magic system and alternate history at the end of the book – which I was tempted to skip over but was glad I had not. Characters Unexpected Magic has a wonderful cast of characters, although our story focuses on two of them mostly: Jasper Thornton and Cordelia Nettleford. Jasper is a wonderful character – a man with a mage-gift that is powerful but wild and uncontrolled. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. You don’t get […]
