Review: fabulous, unusual sensual read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
A Warlord's Lady. Nicola E. SheridanReview from Jeannie Zelos Book ReviewsI wasn't sure about this novel before I requested it – for a while I mulled over whether it was one I'd like. I'm so glad I did take the plunge – its a wonderful book. Very different to what I expected. Sabra is free after having been captured by the warlord Cain Dath. Parts of the story are told in first person POV through her memoirs of the events, and part through a narrative description of events as they happen.It's a fascinating read, very unusual and emotive. It involves conspraicies, plots by magical and non magial beings, and is set in a world where magic is known and regulated. As I suspect would happen if this were to transpire in our life, the world of magic is very tightly regulated and controlled by non magical beings. Sabra is a simple Chameleon, when naked she can change her slin to match her surroundings and hide, and she can't understand why she's under threat from multiple sources. It's not a skill sought out by anyone, its one many people share. Cain wants her back, the Gov wants her and other groups too....she doesn't know where to turn or who to trust.I felt for her, she thought she was in love with Cain Dath then when she saw he didn't feel the same she escaped, (and that part was heartbreaking)  but her notoriety meant a return to work wasn't possible, so faced with needing money she wrote her book. Then came even more danger as word about what she was got out – poor Sabra seems to be the only one in the dark, and along with that she doesn't know where to go. Or with whom. She gets placed in danger again and again, before learning so much about herself, others and her place in the world.It's a wonderful book, full of sensual attraction between her and Cain Dath, love and  heartbreak, danger and death, capture and escapes. It's a whirlwind of joy to read, written so that the events flow neatly and each plot ties up it was a book I loved and will happily re read. Priced at 3.11 for 232 pages its around average value.ARC supplied via Netgalley.Stars: five, cracking mystical magical read.