I’ve done a lot of reading over the years, books that have taken me on an escape to another world. One thing I am grateful is for is Free E-books. You see I am someone who will download a freebie and then if that author captures my imagination, I will buy other books, my collection is vast and when I find a great author, I buy, buy, buy!
So I thought, since I’ve been reading a shit load, I’d give a review of some of the books that I’ve read over the past few years. So to start with I’d start with a story that to this day, still makes me wonder if any of it could very well be the truth.
So the first of my reviews is Spoil of War: An Arthurthian Saga by Phoenix Sullivan Spoil Of War
This story gripped me from the word go, the setting, the time, the characters, it was all part of the allure. When I started reading I kept in mind that this was a gritty novel, not for those faint of heart. When the two lead characters met, their love was not joyous, it was forced and subdued but the underlying sexual tension was there.
The forced capture but in the end, eventual love and a love that would mean undeniably heartbreaking, led me on a journey I didn’t see coming. It was a story of a time when women were purely momentos, a trinket or spoil of war. But what Leodegrance and Elsbeth found was much more than even they ever anticipated.
The Birth of a legend, the swirls of magic and time help create a story that really does make you think.
Phoenix Sullivan is a writer that puts the reader squarely in the time of the book, it takes you away and then catapults you into a situation where you deeply feel every emotion Elsbeth has. More so than if it were your own, more than you expect when reading a great book.
So I take my hat off, Phoenix, not only have you made me re-think the true story of Arthur and Camelot but you have inspired me to search for history untold. For those of you who love history, this story makes you re-think what has been written before, the setting, the ability to capture that time period makes this one of my favourite reads of all time.
Well done Phoenix Sullivan, I will forever see the story of Camelot in a different but oh so magical light.
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