Review: Great addition to the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
I absolutely love Kristen Ashley books! The Fantasyland series was a wonderful surprise. It is a delightful mix of a fairy tale world and our modern one. Broken Dove is the fourth book and is the story of Ilsa, who takes the name Madeleine or Maddie when she goes to the parallel universe, and Apollo Ulfr. Apollo is definitely an Alpha male, with swords, wolves at his beck and call and such, but after losing his beloved wife, Ilsa, to an illness four years ago, he finds out there is a parallel universe where Ilsa's twin lives with his twin, who goes by the name, Pol. Apollo decides to bring her to his world, as Pol is a mean man who abuses Ilsa. His world is full of talking bunnies, Hewcrows, elves and more. Their adventures to find true love are captivating and fun! I really liked that their love was not the insta-love type, but grew slowly as they got to know each other. I also like that Apollo's two children are a big part of the book and he is a great dad. There are plenty of steamy scenes, too, but not so many that they overpower the story. It is a long book, almost 400 pages, which is cool, but seemed to drag in a few parts, most likely due to the long descriptions of the scenery and such. The characters from the first three Fantasyland books are all present and you get to hear a lot about their lives after their books ended. Dax Lahn and Circe from the Golden Dynasty are still my favorite, and I liked hearing about their marriage and the cool Dad Lahn became. For example, he tells his one year old son to not pull on a woman's skirt until he can do something with her naked body! I highly recommend all four of these books and that you read them in order.