Review: BEST historical romance I have EVER read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2014
Heart of War is the first book in what I hope and pray will be the longest series ever, The Lady & Knight Chronicles by C.L. Foster and E.R. Rada. The story is about Adalira Mortimer and Bastian Kyros, two young misfits who are simply too stubborn to obediently follow the rules. Both of them have monstrous responsibilities to attend to, but would much rather use their skills on the battlefield.Now, I had the pleasure of beta-reading this puppy, AND THEN reading it once again in pretty-pretty paperback format, so I know this novel front-to-back at this point...and honestly there is no way you cannot LOVE this book. I don't care if you like historical romance or not, I don't care if you don't like book written in the third person, THIS is the novel of the year. The story is original and beautifully crafted and and and UGH. It's just so amazing!There were moments where I just had no idea if I was going to SURVIVE this book. It was a full on attack of FEELS and I swear, more than one of those damn twists had me chucking things across the room. I went from swooning-in-love to bat-outta-hell-furious to gross-snot-dripping-sobbing throughout, and I may have broken my kindle, BUT IT WAS JUST SO GOOD AND IT ENDED SO NICE EVEN THOUGH I THREW MY iPOD ACROSS THE FLOOR SEVERAL TIMES AND THERE WERE TEARS AND THERE WAS SCREAMING BUT THE END WAS SOOOOOO CUTE AND IT LEFT ME HAPPY-SIGHING and and and... *happy sigh**heavy breath*Needless to say this book was an insane roller coaster of emotions. It had me screaming, crying, laughing and happy-sighing almost every moment and I was NEVER bored. I already adored Foster and her ah-mazing work, but with this and Rada's work in The Best Thing I Never Had, I will officially be creepy-fangirl-stalking him, as well. These two work FABULOUSLY together and I am SO SO SOOO happy this is going to be a series!! I NEED an explanation for that one thing I can't mention here because it gave me whiplash and I would hate myself forever if I were the one to spoil that evil, horrible twist for you all...Heart of War is THE best historical romance you could EVER find and I SWEAR to you, it will become your new favorite novel. It has the perfect amount of action, romance, suspense and tension that once you pick it up, you cannot simply put it down and walk away. The single best book I have read in YEARS.So... Christy, Eric, THANK YOU for sharing this beautiful story with the world. *virtual hugs for you*Now. *flails* PLEASE GOD WRITE THE NEXT BOOK. Before the gross sobbing begins again... *rocks back and forth in the corner waiting...mostly patient...*