Review: La Blanche Nef!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
The real-life historical tragedy of The White Ship comes alive in this offering from Markland.  Sadly the tragic shipwreck takes the lives of a couple of beloved characters from this series and this tale shows how their surviving children deal with the tragedy.  I liked the book and yet I could hope for a little more character development, especially for the heroine.  Her motives make sense in modern times (avoidance of marrying someone she doesn't love) yet in the 1100's this was done routinely and how she deals with it didn't ring true even though I was cheering her on most of the way.  The Hero, Aidan, is much more fleshed out as a guilt ridden survivor who in his grief makes a very bad decision.  At the end of this book is a recipe for mead (a honey based alcohol), if you've never tried it you should buy a bottle and sip it while reading this series, just to get you in the mood.