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Rowan of the Wood
By Christine Rose
An ancient wizard possesses a young boy after a millennium of imprisonment in a magic wand.
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Description
Cullen meanders through the redwood forest each day on his way to school with a book in his hands, losing himself in fantastic worlds of elves, fairies and wizards. He loves escaping to these magical lands, because, unpopular and young, he suffers an existence of ridicule along with his two misfit friends Maddy and April. His life changes when he stumbles upon an ancient magic wand inhabited by Rowan, a powerful wizard. He inadvertently releases this wizard and finds himself possessed with a great power and an obsessive need to find a lost love. Rowan and Fiana were separated on their wedding day, fourteen centuries ago. Rowan survives, trapped in time until a young boy releases him. Fiana uses dark magic to stay alive, continuously searching for her husband. Over the centuries, she descends deeper into the darkness, eventually giving up her search… until a young boy brings him back to her.
Wizards and wanderings and romance
Yes, I said romance. Perhaps you are surprised to hear that mentioned in a phantasy novel, but this book includes a totally timeless love story that many modern day couples could well imitate!
A lonely misunderstood foster child wanders in the woods reading his favorite books when one day, lo and behold, he discovers a wand amongst his beloved
trees and frees a wizard who ruled his other-dimensional world many centuries ago. The wizard literally embodies the boy (which leads to some gruesome skin-stretching scenes) and protects him against his tormentors.
The ultimate get-even for the ostracized kids , this book will appeal to so many, as it shows the ultimate power within us all. Some of my favorite scenes included the ancient dogs (you have to read to find out the great plot twist) and the man with many cats . All scenes are colorfully-described and the many sub-plots come together in succinct and timely fashion. My fave pages: 11, 82,
200, 269. Oh, just read it for yourself to get the full effect! Strongly
recommended.