Review: WOW! WOW! and just WOW!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2012
"The Golden Dynasty" What can I say about this book? To sum it up, it is brutal but beautiful.I knew before reading this book that I was going to love it. You ever get those feelings about certain books? And then you realize that you weren't wrong? Well that's what happened for me with this one. I could not put this book down..TGD is the 2nd book in Ms Ashley's Fantasyland series. It's also the first book I've read in this series.You are taken to a parallel world where kings rule, and the politics of the land in state and home are primitive, but not without cunning & common sense. Passion, the very essence of what makes a man a man. A woman, a woman and what it takes to sustain this. This book blew me away. I've cried so many times reading this I've lost count. I've cheered and screamed and cried some more.Scary, heartwrenching, bloody, passionate, compassion, erotic, etc.. All the things that let us know we are truly alive when we experience these emotions, are present within this story.This story sucks you in a keeps you there. It doesn't matter that this story is fantasy. It feels real. You will not want it to end.Dax Lahn... WOW! I am truly convinced that if he were real, he would break the mold that which is defined as a man.Circe, you will love. She is strong. She is giving. Her ability to roll with the punches and adapt to this world she is literally thrown in, with no clue how she got there, how she will survive, and most importantly how to get out of there. To adjust to this world where she is seperated not only by language but culture, and to find herself the Queen to these people and mate to their King. To have all of this thrown at her with the fear & uncertainty she is feeling to watch her handle this with dignity, heart, & compassion is nothing short of amazing to me.I loved going on this journey with Circe, and Lahn. I loved the culture. As fearful as it could be at times the beauty of this world and these people trump the darkness within it. And even though for me, this one had a bittersweet ending, it still didn't keep from doing my "Happy Happy Joy Dance" for love of this book.I can't say yet if I would recommend this series, but I most certainly will recommend this read. If you read but one book in this series I HIGHLY recommend you read this one.