Review: Exciting Adventure of Medieval Love and Battle!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
This is a exciting story of knights, lady's, battles, and strife.You have to love a knight...that when the woman he is falling in love with him tells him his heart is hurt...he reacts by asking her if she will heal it for him. That kind of sincerity and vulnerability in a battle hardened knight touched my heart.  I don't even think Brandt the hero in this story knew he was starved for love until the heroine Ellowyn gifted him with hers. Brandt according to his reputation is the 'Black Angel of Death'.  He kills unmercifully, with cold indifference and is brilliantly cunning.  Most of this is true, but he is also a man of great emotion and when given the chance to love...he loves very deeply.  He is also somewhat socially awkward with a dry witty sense of humor.  These are the things that I think make him very enduring to a reader.  Ellowyn starts off as kind of a shrew.  This quickly changes once you get to her know her better. She is sometimes abrasive and stubborn.  But she is also kind, considerate, witty and EXTREMELY loyal. I think she may be one of the best heroines KLV has brought to life.  I like 'em feisty! ; )I really enjoyed getting to know all the minor characters and getting to revisit some old stories of KLV's. Such as 'The Falls of Erith' and 'Dark One, Dark Knight'. If you havent read these two stories you must! They are some best by this author. Dark Knight is actually about Brandts great-great-great grandson and Falls of Erith is about Ellowyns grandfather.I did feel like the ending was a little abrupt but the great epilogue more than makes up for it.  There also a few editing problems but for me it didn't deter form the story at all. I was waaaay to engrossed in the characters to care about that.I also really enjoyed the dream sequence in the beginning of some chapters...it added a great extra dimension to the story.If you enjoy a story that is heavy with battle and action this is the story for you! It's medieval romance at its best and is a page turner from start to finish.Check it out!