Review: Interesting Premise
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
This is a 21 page novella. While it was a nice, short read, it could have been spectacular. Ms. Lond has created a rather fascinating world with elves, humans, deception, and intrigue. While it moved at a fast pace, I felt that I really wanted to see clarification of some points and the end was quite rushed.Adelia's husband, an elf, has not changed outwardly since she married him more than fifty years ago. She has aged, since she's human, and is now in her 70's. Ametar is a warrior and at the beginning of their story, he's still in love with his first wife, also a human. In fact, all of his wives were human. He keeps searching to find the kind of love that he and the first one shared.There's mention of wars and backstory as to who all the players are in this book. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of that as it all sounded quite fascinating.We've all heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this story carries that theme out. Adelia needed to come to that realization.Ametar, and his search for love, was the best part of the story. I liked him.While I enjoyed it, I did wish for more within the story. One thing this short did for me was to ensure that I'll be searching out more works by the author.*Thank you, NetGalley and Laura Lond, for the opportunity to read The Sixth WifeThis review, and others, can be seen at my blog:First Page to the Last