Ugh, unfortunately this book incorporates some of my biggest pet peeves. Lets start with the first problem. If you read the description of the book it says that it's a Arthurian Legend: knights, helpless maidens & magical destinies. Ok, sounds good. I start to read it and oh, well looks like it's really part fantasy romance and part urban fantasy. There's a whole slew of these characters that can travel by popping in and out of existence, can heal any wound and they can go forward and backwards in time too. (with this in mind apparently they have access to all the music ever written decides that INXS is the end all be all. WTF? really?!?). Throw in a whole bunch of modern phrases and items that don't fit with the storyline or characters and all and you've got one hot mess. I don’t mind mixing genres up, but to hide it from the book description? It’s almost as if the publisher had no idea how to begin and just gave up.I thought for fun, I’d give it a try…So, there’s an evil queen who likes her woowoo unwilling while listening to INXS 24/7. She has a Dark and Broody immortal knight who used to be a nobody child thief who she abducted and corrupted into her big baddie enforcer dude. Then there’s the heroine, a peasant weaver girl whose innocence peaks the interest of Mr. D & B. Luckily it just happens that she’s the magical key to the kingdom’s future. He decides to play hide the salami. Smoochie smoochie. Oh no! Evil queen is gonna get us….and you can figure the rest.ok, not the easiest thing to do….but still not impossible. I guess my point is that I felt misled in my expectations. I expect a book description to be accurate. It’s the only way I have to know what the book is about without actually reading it. It’s a simple thing.Problem #2. I've never had difficulty reading books with similar themes. I couldn't even begin to count how many books I've read that were the same basic concepts. What gets my goat is when it seems that one author just grabs a big chunk of another author's work and plops it in their own. That just tells me that the author is too lazy to come up with their own ideas. Sex crazed evil queens who have a stable of man slaves, omnipotent power/feared by all and an unbridled rage against all who disobey her. Sound familiar? Yeah, that's Queen Andise from Laurell Hamilton's Merry Gentry series. This is a popular series folks, so lets try a little bit harder to make your characters a little more original next time, eh?So in the end, I did not finish the book. I couldn’t like the story nor the characters that much. I have way too many other books to read that I’m pretty sure are quite a bit better. I’ll just move on to those and do my best to forget this one.
I liked a review for this book that pretty much covered the entire plot. I read these books mostly because Kenyon is pulling them into the DH/Hellchaser universe. Son of No One tossed in a whole bunch of new mythology and rules, and I was hoping for some crossover. Not so much.Seren is a peasant weaver who wants to be part of the guild. She is rejected and immediately meets Gawain and Agravain - former knights of the round table who want her to come with them. Seren thinks they are crazy and runs from them. Right into the arms of Kerrigan who carries her off on his horse. Right to Camelot which is now ruled by Kerrigan and Morgen le Fey. Their plan is to trade her for the round table. Although we later find out that is not really Morgen's plan. Draig (son of Arthur and Gwenivere) and Mordred (son of Morgen) are both in stasis waiting for some future battle. Kerrigan has the magic sword Caliburn and as long as he wields it, he cannot be defeated. Magda comes to warn Seren that the only way out is to seduce Kerrigan and get his sword and his amulet. Blaise is the closest thing Kerrigan has to a friend. He is an albino mandrake who can be human or dragon. Eventually they flee to Lancelot's home - Joyous Gard. Kerrigan tells Seren that he came to Camelot 300 years after Arthur's fall and he has been there for 600 years. Seren gets pregnant - with a magical child which Morgen can track. Apparently both Kerrigan and Seren are "Merlins" part of a magical line that are the guard special magical items that Morgan needs to rule the world. Kerrigan has the sword and Seren has a loom.Garafyn is a gargoyle who used to be a knight. He makes a deal to help Kerrigan and Seren escape to the future. Kerrigan knows he can't really outrun Morgan so he calls Brea to take the sword and Seren to Avalon and the current penmerlin Aquila. Kerrigan turns himself over to Morgan who eventually plans to kill him. Faran is a mysterious figure who shows up to tell Seren that she needs to save Kerrigan.The very end of the book has Cornwall, 1114 with another young Merlin and another of the magic items falling into Morgan's hands. Arador is a thief and apparently the replacement king of Camelot.
un libro con una trama romántica fantástica erótica dónde la historia esta ambientada en Camelot y la historia amorosa se asemeja mucho a la historia de la Bella y la Bestia. El ritmo aunque se hace un poco pesado en algunos capítulos del medio por lo general es muy ligero. La pluma de la autora me ha gustado mucho. Tiene un par de aspectos que pueden ser predecibles y el final deja con muchas ganas de leer la segunda parte. Los personajes han estado bien creados. Reseña completa: http://un-gran-mundo-imperfecto.blogs...
—Yahira Potterica
My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book. This one's got 2 parts.[note: You have to forgive my really long review but this book was worth it! I had to talk about it all and LOVED Kerrigan.]Alright, I'll try my best to keep the information in this book straight, which are a bit convulated for me wee brain! Otherwise, it's a marvelous book. I'm loving the story and the h/h, Kerrigan and Seren. There are things and terms sometimes seem a bit confusing but a
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