Review: 5 Ohh Laa Laaaa stars!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
*Review first published on Goodreads*I have a feeling KA was watching GoT and was so obsessed with the Daenerys Targaryen-Khal Drogo pairing that she decided to write a fantasy about them. Perhaps it's because I kept seeing Dany and Drogo being cast as Circe and Lahn in reviews, that I couldn't help picturing them in my mind when I read GD. And I'm not gonna lie, they were indeed the perfect 'casts'.Circe Quinn woke up from her sleep into a living nightmare. One moment she was sleeping at home, and the next moment she was huddled up against strange looking women in a pen. She has no clue where she was, no clue how she got there, no inkling of what lies ahead. The next thing she knew, she was on the ground, claimed by a savage beast who is King and who eventually becomes her husband. For the next three days and three nights, her body was violated, and her soul broken.Realising that this is her new reality, she gradually opened up her heart, accepting her new role as Queen. With the help of Diandra, she learns their language and grew accustomed to their primitive ways. And slowly, she grew to become the beloved and revered Queen of the Korwahk Horde, as she courageously faced challenge after challenge.With each day, she grew to accept her responsibilities as Queen, friend, wife, and lover; falling in love with the primitive land, her people, and especially her Dax Lahn.Romance > FantasyUnlike Wildest Dreams, GD emphasised more on the romance. With Wildest Dreams, we had witches, elves, magical trees and relics, dragons, and all this you know right from the beginning. GD on the other hand spent the first 70% of the book building the premises of a primitive nomadic tribe, and building the love story between Circe and Lahn, and her people. And the culture, though strange, were not fantastical. You could imagine it happening back in the early days, or happening still in existing tribes.Now, I'm not one to shy away from a fantastic romance like this =D There were a lot more lovin' in GD which I thought was necessary for Circe and Lahn. That's because they could barely understand each other, and the only way to communicate their desire, and eventually love, is through deeper, more intimate physical relationship that replaces words.The Golden Dynasty > Wildest DreamsYou would have gathered that I preferred GD over WD. But it's not just the rocking lovin', the crude jokes, and the witty dialogues. I felt that the plot for GD is more complete. I did mention in my review of WD that the backstory about the captured Queen, and also about Sjofn were lacking. Perhaps fans of KA had gave her similar feedback because GD ended impeccably. We learned that Circe the Enchantress had decided to move to a different state, and the book ended with Harold Quinn listening to a 'message' from Circe with an old witch as her mouthpiece, and with the knowledge that even if he had lost his baby, at least he knew that he lost her to the greatest love.Conclusion: Kay anhay tee...chah! <3*For better review experience with gifs and the works, do proceed to Goodreads!*