At Her Fingertips (The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy #3)
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She’s willing to do anything to follow her plan. Debutante Alice Knight is ready for her first...
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The Brokenhearted (The Brokenhearted #1)
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A teenage girl is transformed into a reluctant superhero and must balance her old life with the dark...
Abomination
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He is England's greatest knight, the man who saved the life of Alfred the Great and an entire...
How Sweet It is
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Single mom Lizzie Bea Carpenter learned long ago that no white knight was coming to save her. A...
The Difficulty of Breathing
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Has the man in the moon ever whispered to you? Did you ever wondered what happened to your white...
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Task force Z #1
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In life, they’ve terrorized the people of Gotham. Now, they are Gotham’s last hope. Task...
I loved the characters: Kissen, a Godkiller who loves her job; a girl with a couple of rather large secrets, one of which is Skediceth, a small god who is tied to her. Which is something of a conundrum for Kissen. If she kills the little god of white lies, will she kill the child as well? And then there’s Elogast, a Knight turned baker, who has to ask one last favour from a god for his best friend. Why the god would do anything for him is a mystery - after all, Elogast killed many gods and destroyed their shrines during the God Wars.
The world building in this is epic, the pacing is perfect, and it’s just an overall exciting, thrilling ride of a story.
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A Flight of Arrows (The Hundred Years War #1)
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Two kings. Two nations. One crown. 1328. After years of civil unrest between England and France,...
David McK (3562 KP) rated A Flight of Arrows (The Hundred Years War #1) in Books
Sep 17, 2023
Especially when it was on Amazon as #1 in archery.
Unfortunately, I found it rather sluggish in parts, with it never really gripping my attention the same way as a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell or Simon Scarrow or Angus Donald does.
This is set during the early stages of the 100 Years War (which lasted for 116 years), and is really a detective/spy story (rather than concentrating on the lives of the archers) as the herald Simon Merrivale investigates the assassination of an English knight , leading up to and including the Battle of Crecy.
Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the history, and learning a bit more about the times and the background to the war; I just wish it had gripped me more somewhat.
Maybe the sequels will follow through on that ... ?