Review: Don't even think of resisting!!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2012
I am always torn about books that are a series because you can get so caught up in wanting to know what happens next.  Thank heavens I am too weak to resist because beginning with The Big Bad Wolf Romance Compilation, and from there The Vampire King, I would have missed such a great reading experience and never had the opportunity to read The Phantom King.  I am inside a world of action, fear, courage, incredible beings and always romance in the true sense of the word, lust and love.Heather Killough-Walden is a wonderful writer with an ability to manipulate words into streams we must follow.  There is a stark reality underneath the fantasy faade for after all, each kingdom could be any country in our human realm where greed and power struggles exist daily and where each of us hopes that our leader is really a good person.  Our emerging hero is strong, prepared to be dark if he has to but ultimately he is good.  We want him to find a suitable partner so he doesn't have to struggle alone and Siobhan is the `one'.  His actions aren't always wise particularly in his handling of her and her rights but Thane learns to value all of her because the rewards are great.I love the plot, love the kings, love the way the previous characters weave in and out because that is how life works, the happy ending is not the ending.  My only negative is waiting for the next King.