Published: Feb. 06, 2013
Words: 28,439 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301473267

Short description

Isabella Fox, mediocre witch for hire, and Emily Deer, the once outcast shapeshifter, have fallen deeply in love. But a haunted abbey, a lovelorn ghost and a Rose Goddess aren't what they expected on an Imbolc holiday...

Extended description

Isabella Fox, mediocre witch for hire, and Emily Deer, the once outcast shapeshifter, have fallen deeply in love. But in the sleepy little town of Benevolence, Emily still feels like an outsider, and, as winter rages on, her wanderlust sharpens.

When the winter festival of Imbolc draws near, Isabella makes preparations for her yearly pilgrimage to Lunarose Abbey, where she and her friends, since their Academy days, have always participated in the annual Imbolc play and kept candlit vigil to the Rose Goddess. This year, Isabella asks Emily to come with her but warns her about the abbey's odd quirks--like the fact that it's haunted by a lovelorn ghost.

Every Imbolc night, the ghost roams the ancient halls of Lunarose Abbey, and now Isabella and Emily find the threads of a centuries-old mystery that they long to unravel. But time is running out for a love affair several hundred years in the making...

The novella "One Imbolc Gloaming" is a magical lesbian love story, and the second .. (Read more) Isabella Fox, mediocre witch for hire, and Emily Deer, the once outcast shapeshifter, have fallen deeply in love. But in the sleepy little town of Benevolence, Emily still feels like an outsider, and, as winter rages on, her wanderlust sharpens.

When the winter festival of Imbolc draws near, Isabella makes preparations for her yearly pilgrimage to Lunarose Abbey, where she and her friends, since their Academy days, have always participated in the annual Imbolc play and kept candlit vigil to the Rose Goddess. This year, Isabella asks Emily to come with her but warns her about the abbey's odd quirks--like the fact that it's haunted by a lovelorn ghost.

Every Imbolc night, the ghost roams the ancient halls of Lunarose Abbey, and now Isabella and Emily find the threads of a centuries-old mystery that they long to unravel. But time is running out for a love affair several hundred years in the making...

The novella "One Imbolc Gloaming" is a magical lesbian love story, and the second in THE BENEVOLENCE TALES series. (Read Isabella and Emily's beginning journey in "One Solstice Night"!)
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Tags

lgbt, queer, lesbian, lgbtq, queer fantasy, lbgtq, queer spec fic

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Reviews

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Review by: Lynn E. O'Connacht on March 06, 2013 :
Take pretty much everything that I didn't quite love about 'One Solstice Night' and toss it into a bin. Now take all the fluff, sweetness and awesome that I loved, add a few spoonfuls of squee and cute and adoration and mix it up until you've got a nice strong mixture. Roll it out like dough, get out your heart-and-or-rose-shaped cookie cutters, sprinkle some sugar over them, put them in the oven and wait. When they're done, you'll have 'One Imbolc Gloaming' cookies. Sort of.

I adored this novella and the next instalment in the Benevolence Tales. Fascinatingly, we get to see Isabella interact with her friends and we get an ever stronger sense of Emily's discomfort around crowds/people and being the centre of attention. (Which is really well-done and I just want to applaud Elora Bishop for capturing that feeling so well, especially since the story's narrative leans towards being close-third for Isabella rather than Emily. As an added bonus, that just makes the bond between the two far stronger because it highlights how well Isabella knows Emily.)

There's a lot of warmth and friendship in this. Isabella's friends are diverse and, though it's only a short novella and we don't see nearly enough of them, they've all got their own distinct personalities. I wanted more. I had fun seeing Isabella interact with her friends (and her aunt) and I loved seeing the dynamic of the group shift to accommodate Emily and the conflict between Emily and Pye. (Oh, Pye.)
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: girafferiffic on Feb. 07, 2013 :
I'm so happy that this series is continuing! I absolutely loved the first Benevolence Tale, One Solstice Night - it's one of my all-time favorites! It was so wonderful to see Isabella, Emily and Alice again, and their trip to the haunted Lunarose Abbey was great fun. I really loved the mystery in this story; I couldn't stop reading, I just had to know the secrets! The resolution was amazing. I also enjoyed exploring the world these characters live in, learning the mythology and about all the magical creatures that inhabit the land. All in all, I loved One Imbolc Gloaming, but my favorite part was the "to be continued" note at the end! I simply can't wait for One Ostara Sunrise!
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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