Overall I enjoyed the characters, setting, and worldl building. Clearly a lot of effort and time were put into the creation of the story. For this Ms. Sessions should be commended, and the reader is rewarded with being plopped in a romanticized medieval novel.
My only difficulty was the pacing. It moved a little slow for me once I'd identified the principal players, the conflict, and how the issues would need to be resolved. That is purely personal preference and shouldn't slow you down from adding this book to your device for a good read.
There's a serious loose thread I'd like to see wrapped up in the next book, but I think that was purposeful on the author's part. I won't explain so as not to spoil the story.
A princess in disguise. A dangerous warrior. A hundred-year war.
They never know that their greatest love and greatest threat are one and the same.
Amid the ruins of endless war, Princess Marguerite of Asterias, Meg to those who love her, is determined to find a way to help her people. Unknown to her weary father and domineering brother, she secretly steals away from the castle to feed and clothe the hungry in her kingdom. She hopes desperately to find someone, some way to save her country.
And then she meets a stranger.
Dark, dangerously handsome, a soldier in her father’s army, or at least that’s what he says. When she sees his extraordinary fighting skills, Meg can’t help but wonder. He’s far more than a mere foot soldier. Despite the mystery that enshrouds him and the ever-increasing danger of her kingdom falling into chaos as the enemy army prepares to attack, Meg cannot resist him.
Will undeniable attraction, secret rendezvous, and forbidden love stand in the way of their happily-ever-after?
If you like sweet historical novels with spunky heroines, dreamy warriors, and sweeping, majestic scenery, then you will adore Shantal’s evocative enemies-to-lovers romance.
They never know that their greatest love and greatest threat are one and the same.
Amid the ruins of endless war, Princess Marguerite of Asterias, Meg to those who love her, is determined to find a way to help her people. Unknown to her weary father and domineering brother, she secretly steals away from the castle to feed and clothe the hungry in her kingdom. She hopes desperately to find someone, some way to save her country.
And then she meets a stranger.
Dark, dangerously handsome, a soldier in her father’s army, or at least that’s what he says. When she sees his extraordinary fighting skills, Meg can’t help but wonder. He’s far more than a mere foot soldier. Despite the mystery that enshrouds him and the ever-increasing danger of her kingdom falling into chaos as the enemy army prepares to attack, Meg cannot resist him.
Will undeniable attraction, secret rendezvous, and forbidden love stand in the way of their happily-ever-after?
If you like sweet historical novels with spunky heroines, dreamy warriors, and sweeping, majestic scenery, then you will adore Shantal’s evocative enemies-to-lovers romance.
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