

I’ll be adding Simone to my list of authors to follow.

If you’re a romance reader who has a soft spot for Arthurian legend, this trilogy should be a must-read. And that was important and comforting to read these days. Sierra changes it so that everyone gets a happy ending, from our three heroes to the country as a whole. However, Simone knows that heroes can be boring, so she exploits Ash’s “flaws” in a way that manipulates the perfect ending to this saga.īecause legends do need to be fulfilled, but they can also change. I already felt the character to be humanized, but this book also elevated his status as a hero.

We finally get his perspective to so many important events in the past. Greer and Embry continue to play their roles in this book, but the overall story belongs to Ash. She even introduces a bit of magic to this straight-forward world of drama and politics, and it completely works. I was prepared for Maxen to go on his death march, which he did. In the conclusion to her New Camelot trilogy, Simone elevates her version of the Arthurian legend story to a mythical quality of its own. At about the 90% mark, I texted a friend to rage about what I assumed the ending would involve.īut she reminded me that legends could change. I tore through it in a single afternoon, enjoying the spring air on my front porch, and had to go inside for fresh tissues twice. I honestly did not expect this book to affect me as much as it did.
