Review: Fast Read, But Highly Entertaining
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
Loved it.  Two things before I get into why I enjoyed this book:1--this is the first story of this series I read.  Although I am sure some of the characters were reoccurring, and may have been beneficial to know before hand, not reading the previous book did not hamper my enjoyment of this one.2-- I am not a history buff.  So any issues with actual historical accuracy is not an issue with me. (Actually, they author could have out Genghis Kahn in their and it wouldn't have bothered me!--ok, maybe a little)Ok, this was a novella--which I tend to shy away from since I feel they are usually hard to get into due to their length.  But I felt this short story really packed a punch.  It really focused on the struggle of two very strong main characters, who loved each other since they were young, coming to terms of their future.  The hero, filled with a sense of duty, inadvertently hurts his love, and has to come to terms of his actions.  Not to give anything away, but she does not make it easy on him.  She has her own sense of worth, which was nice to see, and although she loves him dearly, knows she deserves better than what he is offering.  I just thought it all came together nicely--great writing style, good flow, easy to follow timeline, entertaining secondary characters.  I will definitely be checking out the previous books in this series.