. A Kingdom at war. There is war within the Kingdom and war being threatened by 2 other enemies outside its borders. Its a story of the throne being seized by force. A classic action packed story of good vs. evil.
I have to admit I found the beginning of the book kind of hard to get into because of all the charachters and not understanding some of the systems at work in their culture. Like Readers, Lots, healers, omne's, nuntius; all of those took a bit of time to sort out in the beginning. I kept feeling like I was missing something, in fact quite a lot of things. I began to suspect that this is not the first book of a series. It would have probably been more helpful to have begun with Book #1 but since this is the first book I have read, I will do the best I can to give it a fair shake in this review.
I liked the people in the story; well the "good guys & gals" that is. I felt even the "bad guys" were well defined as well. Just had to hate Antil but he just might have a few good qualities left in him. But Duke Weir's daughter not so much.
Sevra was a pure evil woman who showed no redeeming qualities at all. And she hated Adora and her family with a passion; an evil one.
The strategies and constant battles going on in several plots at the same time were well written but after a while it just got too violent for me and I got tired of so much war and death. One thing that kept me going was the prophecy and how it would work out. Of course the mystery of who was King and if Adora and Errol were a doomed couple or not, kept me pressing forward. The last chapter felt rushed and a bit confusing. But all in all a well written book especially when it came to detailed descriptions.
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