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Alma and the Fairy: A Rook and Shadow Short Story (Salarian Chronicles) Kindle Edition

by A. G. Marshall (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
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The Fairy Divinia blessed Princess Salara with beauty on the day of her birth, but why did she really come to the castle? Only Lady Alma knows, and only she understands that Divinia's spell may have unforeseen consequences. This short story tells the prologue of Rook and Shadow from Lady Alma's point of view.
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  1. Print length
    33 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    June 12, 2015
  5. File size
    4722 KB
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    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZM1SIYM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avanell Publishing (June 12, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 12, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4722 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 33 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 63 ratings

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A. G. Marshall

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A.G. Marshall loves fairy tales and has been writing stories since she could hold a pencil. She is a professional pianist and perfected her storytelling by writing college papers about music (which is more similar to magic than you might think).

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She fills each book she writes with magic, adventure, clean romance, humor and other random things she loves. Her stories are designed to sweep you away to magical places and make you laugh on the journey.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
63 global ratings

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Emily Martha Sorensen
5.0 out of 5 stars Charming
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2017
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I enjoyed this introduction to the author's series! It was charming!

The writing is smooth, the fairy tale retelling-ness is fun, and it was very easy to read and enjoy.

I really give it 4.5 stars because I was disappointed that the series it ties into is about a different main character. I loved *this* main character and wanted a whole series about her, not someone I hadn't really gotten to know in the short story.

But that's a minor quibble, and this short story stands on its own well. I'm very happy I read it.
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Cheryl K.
4.0 out of 5 stars A princess, a fairy, & a blessing
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023
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Salara was born to a king & queen. On her christening day, a fairy showed up & blessed her. Divinia (the fairy) should have shown up for each of the princess' birthday's; but didn't. To find out what happens, read the book!
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Jolyn
3.0 out of 5 stars Fairytale to read after you read other stories in the series
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017
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This short story did not work as a stand-alone piece for me. I have not read other stories in this world so I found the references to the magical system confusing and I had a hard time figuring out who the characters were.

Outside the context of a bigger story, the appearance of this unknown person Divinia to Alma had no relevance to this reader. Why did Divinia want to curse the baby princess? Were the odd words really a curse? What was the relationship between Alma and Divinia? What was the object that Divinia came to get? I finished the story with way more questions than the story answered. When I read the couple chapters of the first book in the series that were included after the short story, I was a little less confused about the magic but still have lots of questions.

There were some definite positives in the story. The concept of sewing with magic and using gems to craft garments was interesting. I also liked reading about Alma's self-confidence issues and how she had worked to overcome them. I also think that if I had read other books in the series first so I was already familiar with the world and characters then the parts that confused me in this story wouldn't have been a distraction from the story line.

So ... I recommend that you read this story AFTER you are familiar with the world the author is creating in her "Rook and Shadow" series not as a way to try out the series as I attempted to do.
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skuech
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice addition to series, not stand alone
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020
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I really enjoyed reading this to flesh out a different vantage of the opening of book 1 in this series (Rook and Shadow) after having read the first 2 books. It fed my itch for more from Alma, though now I'm REALLY ready for a 3rd book to come out! Cute, clean, well written, and unique. It's just a short bit rather than a full novel, and it likely won't make sense to those unfamiliar with the series, but I recommend it to anyone who's read Rook and Shadow and Lady Alma (which I also strongly endorse to lovers of fairy tale fantasy).
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Meg
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Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2021
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Whitney Edwards
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2016
I loved getting to read more about the characters from Rook and Shadow!
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mmmurdoog
3.0 out of 5 stars Vaguely interesting.
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2020
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Perhaps it is a wonderful backstory. But it only introduces a few characters and concepts.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Informative. Twisted. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
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happyreader10
4.0 out of 5 stars I would like to know more about Alma but I understand that ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017
Cute short story. I would like to know more about Alma but I understand that information is in other books. I guess I will have to read them to learn the answers to questions.
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Meera
4.0 out of 5 stars Fairy blessing or curse?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2021
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A very interesting start and take on fairy magic as well as the curses that the blessings could bring upon a child. A very short story but at the same time really contrasting the before and after. There are so many teasers that make you want to get further into the series.
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Clare O'Beara
3.0 out of 5 stars Alma and the fairy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2019
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This short story occupies 40% of the Kindle item.
As a prequel the problem is that I have no knowledge of the world or stories around which it is set. So I just take it as a short story. A baby is going to be named and a fairy may or may not be her fairy godmother. Some ill spells as well as good ones are considered.
I didn't find the tale that memorable but the writing is nice and descriptive. Others who haven't read as much fantasy as I have may enjoy the story more, or anyone who has read the series may be interested in the characters.
This is an unbiased review.
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