Review: Another great KA book, plus a reunion of the other Fantasyland characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
This was one of my most anticipated books for 2013, not only because I knew it would be another great Kristen Ashley novel, but because I hoped to see favorite characters. I loved seeing my favorite Alpha, Dax Lahn, plus hear a little about what has happened in their lives.The story is lengthy, probably one of KA's longest, but it had to be in order to include a lot of information: Apollo and Ilsa falling in love, dealing with both of their heartrending pasts and how Ilsa can fit into the new World, fighting the evil witches and subplots, and meeting with the main characters of the other books so the women are protected. KA not only put a lovely romance and great suspense in this book, but she had a Fantasyland series family reunion with the main characters from the previous 3 books. Though you can read this without the previous books because there are summarized tidbits within Broken Dove of the other stories, I feel you will not be fully integrated into the lives of the characters without knowing the complete back stories. But, it is stretched out so you are not being thrown a bunch of information and characters at once. Which I suppose is my main complaint . . . I felt the story was too drawn out, there were scenes that could have been condensed or completely left out.