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Synposis
The Promise: Dear Reader,
I wish to tell you a tale that began with a promise destined to change the lives of many.
When only a child, Lady Adele of Berron lost her family during a dreadful battle and was betrothed to a stranger.
Lord Rafe of Valrek, only a boy himself when the battle of Calis raged, grew to be a feared warrior and trusted advisor to his King. But sadness filled his past and Adele served only to remind him of all he had lost.
However the promise that bound these two together caused great anger to some.
What, Dear Reader, happened in those days of treachery and darkness? Incline your ear that I may whisper the secrets that you so desire to hear......
Lady Quill
I wish to tell you a tale that began with a promise destined to change the lives of many.
When only a child, Lady Adele of Berron lost her family during a dreadful battle and was betrothed to a stranger.
Lord Rafe of Valrek, only a boy himself when the battle of Calis raged, grew to be a feared warrior and trusted advisor to his King. But sadness filled his past and Adele served only to remind him of all he had lost.
However the promise that bound these two together caused great anger to some.
What, Dear Reader, happened in those days of treachery and darkness? Incline your ear that I may whisper the secrets that you so desire to hear......
Lady Quill
The Vow: Dear Reader,
My next story begins with Velrek, where Lord Rafe and Lady Adele's arrival was cause for much celebration and rejoicing.
However Finan of Gournay, Rafe's foster brother and the captain of Valreks army, could not help a lingering feeling of worry.
Were Rafe and Adele truly safe from Lord Kyule's hate?
Adding to Finan's problems was the unsettling presence of Rafe's sister, Lady Esme. Used to keeping his distance from the woman of Valrek, Finan found that he could no longer escape as before.
As danger and treachery enveloped Valrek, Finan and Esme found themselves drawn together to fight the shadowy assailant that threatened the lives of those they loved.
What secrets would they unearth in their search for the enemy that taunted them?
Would they find that their stories were more closely linked than either of them ever knew?
Allow me please to answer these questions...
Lady Quill
My next story begins with Velrek, where Lord Rafe and Lady Adele's arrival was cause for much celebration and rejoicing.
However Finan of Gournay, Rafe's foster brother and the captain of Valreks army, could not help a lingering feeling of worry.
Were Rafe and Adele truly safe from Lord Kyule's hate?
Adding to Finan's problems was the unsettling presence of Rafe's sister, Lady Esme. Used to keeping his distance from the woman of Valrek, Finan found that he could no longer escape as before.
As danger and treachery enveloped Valrek, Finan and Esme found themselves drawn together to fight the shadowy assailant that threatened the lives of those they loved.
What secrets would they unearth in their search for the enemy that taunted them?
Would they find that their stories were more closely linked than either of them ever knew?
Allow me please to answer these questions...
Lady Quill
Ok I'm going to be really quick here because I have another book downloaded onto my kindle, ready for me to devour. But I wanted to write about this series before getting into another. Ever since reading Scarlet, my appetite for all things historical and medieval has been re-whet and as such it felt right to take a much needed reprieve from contemporary and delve into the historical romance genre.
My thoughts.
I liked it. I really like the series. My feelings are a bit mixed though. The first book starts with a huge misunderstanding-type scenario that induced a major eye roll on my part. But that could just be because I'm so book jaded. But the reason I kept reading was because D.D. Chant made the book SO MUCH MORE than a series of misunderstandings and miscommunications that is the sum of so many romance books. The plot twists in this kept coming and Chant managed to keep me on my toes, which is no small feat I tell you. Just when you thought you knew where things were going, everything was turned on it's head, I loved it. And it wasn't in a "let's chuck every idea at this book to fill a page quota" way. It was just really great, thought out story telling. Also to begin with I sometimes felt a bit overwhelmed with all the characters and names but by the end I was completely used to, and rooting for everybody. I should say that I had to take like three five minute breaks while reading the first book because you really have to pay attention when reading this to appreciate, enjoy and understand everything that is going on.
Now onto the second book. By the end of the first, I was intrigued but not like bowled over. So I wasn't sure if I wanted to read the second book. However over the course of the morning after completing The Promise, I found myself wondering what was going to happen to the characters. When the wondering wouldn't leave I bought the second book and devoured it lol. I loved the second book. It was definitely stronger than the first (which was by no means weak) and was just all round awesome. The plot was awesome. The characters were awesome. I just thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and await the third book with bated breath!!
So while I loved the second book, I would not have loved it as much if I had not read the first.
Note: Clean. 3.5 Stars for The Promise and 4 Stars for The Vow
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