Which Heroine in which novel has this special ability?

MelissaRedCapMarie · Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 1

Ok experts, need your wisdom here....there is a Heroine who has the special ability to see things in slow motion. She uses this ability especially during a fight sequence where the Hero swordfights with several villains. He would either share this ability or be familiar with supernatural powers.

What is the title of this novel? ack!

willaful · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1468

It's not a supernatural story, but the heroine of Lord of Midnight by Jo Beverley discovers that she shares this ability with the hero.
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Nana · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 889

Also not this novel, but if you're interested in a supernatural story about a heroine with fighting powers, Kristin Cashore's Graceling is terrific.

willaful · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1468

Actually, I was remembering wrong -- it's not Lord of Midnight, it's Dark Champion.

"You saw it? Was it slow for you too?"

His eyes came alert. "It was slow for you?"

"Yes. Strangely slow. I couldn't understand it. It made every move so obvious, and people looked so stupid."

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"Let's pray our sons inherit it."

"It's a gift?"

"The most precious one a fighting man can have. The more urgent the fighting, the more it slows, so every move can be considered, every hazard avoided."

"Not everyone has this?"

"Not one in a thousand. Not one in a hundred thousand."

"It hardly seems fair," she said severely.
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janet w · Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 363

Willaful, I went to the JoBev website to read more about Dark Champion: I have all those books but it has been a while. While there I read that JoBev is writing a medieval, set in a slightly later time period ... and that she thinks she may make it into a trilogy.

I just wrote about Aimery's mother in Lord of My Heart for Mother's Day at Heroes and Hearts *a great book by the way*. I'd look forward to more medievals but I would REALLY like some new Rogue books!