Review: romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2012
I know this book is listed as fantasy due to the "earth magic" and the "seer" but the story line follows the the path of many romance novels- not that this is a bad thing! I enjoyed the real life presentation of what rape does to the emotional core of both a man and a woman. ie Kast has shut down all his feelings and become the killer, while the lady becomes too scared to enjoy sex.  Overcoming this to find thier love was indeed the book,to me.  The love between the King and the new Queen was not as well thought out.  How does one fall in love that quickly with the person who was responsible for killing your entire family? and never a thought about them again? There could have been more character developement here.  also more detail could have been put into the "bad guy". Why would a man who was faithful to the old king, want overthrow the new one? There is more there then "mistrust" of the new bride-or so one would think.All in all it is a nice read, though sometimes I flipped past pages of descriptions to get to the story.  (editing would have been nice)  I am undecided if I will read the second book.  I really need a bit more fantasy in my fantasy books and a bit more depth in the characters. again, all that said, its still a good book for a lazy afternoon read.