Review: review of the legend
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2012
What a fantastic story by Ms. Kathryn Le Veque!  Even though I at first couldn’t stand the hero Alec Summerlin I eventually grew to like him as the story progressed.  It would be hard to be faced with so many difficult hindrances that I guess I don’t really blame him.  Then to give up being a knight must have been the hardest thing he ever had to do.  The heroine Peyton was a marvelous character that I instantly liked her right away.  There were also several other side stories not to distract from the main story and the minor characters were all very compelling, diverse and well-thought out.The story starts off with the hero Alec Summerlin accidently killing his brother Peter.  It mentally destroys him and he goes back home to his family’s castle deciding to give up being this transcendent knight known as “the legend.”  At first Alec is quite content hiding himself away from who he really is and goes about his daily life.  Then his father decides to wed him to our heroine Peyton de Fluornoy.  Both of them fight against being wed to each other.  Alec even accidently hurts Peyton a few times but in the end he ends up falling in love with her and her with him.  Alec’s father then decides that they are both wrong for each other and dissolves the marriage but Alec decides he wants Peyton for himself.  He ends up eloping with her against his father’s wishes.  After Alec and Peyton decide to do this it creates strain with his family and they go back to Peyton’s keep living happily for a short time but all is not pleasant in the Summerlin household.  Alec must go back home and claim his rightful inheritance.  When he arrives his family is nice and civil to him and Peyton.  Colin Warrington a guest that is staying with Alec’s family is supposed to be married to either Peyton or Peyton’s sister.  Colin father Nigel knows lots of secrets about Alec’s family which cause lots of disturbance between everyone which Nigel uses against Alec’s father.  Colin eventually takes Peyton and tries to kill her.  Alec after discovering this makes the painful decision to get Peyton back by being a knight again and becoming the “legend” yet again.  Alec must fight for Peyton and win her back.  The story ends happily with Alec coming back home and seeing his son who looks a lot like his dead brother and who is also named after him too.In my mind’s eye I first thought of Alec as having dark hair and resembling Marcus Burton a little bit from Ms. Le Veque’s modern romance Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton series.  I think it had something to do with seeing on the book cover a man with dark hair.  As I got more into the story my view of Alec changed.  I saw him with blond hair instead of brown and warmed up to his character even more.  Peyton really could put him in his place and wouldn’t back down from a fight.  She really changed him not only in the book but also in my view of him too.I rated the book 4 stars even though it was more my issue of the hero changing in appearance than Ms. Le Veque’s and I’m sure that is not what she intended for him to look like anyway.  I do however recommend this book and will get more books of Ms. Le Veque’s!