Review ‘The Rules of Enchantment’ by Wendy Tardieu

Author: Wendy Tardieu

Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

Page Count: 176

ISBN: B088QN9HJ3

Goodreads Rating: 3.75

An Erotic Fantasy Adventure Novel When a Sorcerer and a Scribe Team Up to Fulfill an Ancient Prophecy, The Fate of The World Lies in Their Hands In the mythical kingdom of Salyndria, an exiled sorcerer named Leith plots to overthrow the restrictions placed on the use of magic by the Academy. Suspecting the worst, the Academy sends a beautiful young scribe, Kyler, to be his apprentice and act as an unwitting spy. Leith tries to drive her away by proving his reputation as a vicious and unforgiving master, but he soon discovers his new pupil is far more useful than she appears. As her charms and magical abilities become all too tempting for him to resist, the two join forces to fulfill a hidden prophecy that will grant them incredible power. Together, the sorcerer and the scribe will change Salyndria's history forever. Their story is equally sinister and sensual, a romantic dark fantasy adventure full of suspense and surprises. Fans of Defended by Darkness by Terry Bolryder, A Torn Paige by L. Rose, Innocence by Dean Koontz, and The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith will love this fantasy romance.

In ‘The Rules of Enchantment’ we meet the exiled sorcerer Leith. Leith spends his days in his castle plotting ways to get the restrictions that the Academy, sort of their government, has put on the use of magic. When the Academy starts to expect Leith being up to something, they send him a beautiful young scribe, someone that isn’t good with magic, named Kyler to spy on him without her knowing. But soon after Leith and Kylar meet things change between them. Leith isn’t as harsh and unkind as being said. And Kylar is more gifted than anyone could have guessed.

This book started of interesting. We get a little peak in Leith’s life, and the mysterious woods he is exiled too. Soon after we meet Kylar, and I definitely enjoyed her character. She was interesting, and didn’t let her being a scribe, dictate her life. She was really fun to get to know. And I was excited to learn more about her.

We also learn a little bit about the setting, the kingdom of Salyndria, but to my opinion not nearly as much as was needed to make me really get this book. There was a lot of mystery about this kingdom and it’s world, and I kept wondering a lot of the time.

And then the major problem I had with this book. The romance. I was disappointed to read that there wasn’t much romance in this book at all. There were a view sex scenes, but they were rather sudden to me and really not that fun to read. The chemistry between Leith and Kylar was something I really didn’t feel. And their moments together felt simple off to me.

In the end I struggled to finish this read. The promised romance just wasn’t there, I didn’t get the setting of Salyndria as much as I would have liked and it just didn’t work for me. If you ask me, this book should be called a Fantasy novel, instead of a Paranormal Romance one, maybe if I’d thought of this as a Fantasy novel it would have worked more for me.

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Wendy Tardieu is a native Floridian, writer, and writing instructor. She studied Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Central Florida, and her writing has always been influenced by Victorian, Gothic, and Dystopian fiction. Her work reflects many genres at once, from humor to erotica, from literary to apocalyptic. She works as an educator and learning support specialist helping students improve their writing. She is also the author of published articles for Smerconish.com and The Artifice. She writes about culture, teaching, literature, and films. She lives in Central Florida with her husband and three children. Tardieu is also a life-long superfan of The Legend of Zelda video game series.

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I received this book in exchange for my honest review. Opinions are my own.

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