catscapps's review against another edition
5.0
Minor spoilers:
My favorite of the Tales of the Latter Kingdoms. I have the box set on Kindle. Of the three books in this set, I think this one is the most interesting. I prefer books with magic to those with other fantasy elements in them. The main character's use of magic and exploring/learning to use her abilities to aid in her situation
This story is about a girl who is stolen from her home and brought to be the wife of a leader, called The Mark, of another country. This girl has the power of magic. She must decide if she wants to stay with The Mark and eventually learn to like or even love her new home, or if she would prefer to escape and return to her family despite knowing there is an evil mage in the court of her new home.
My favorite of the Tales of the Latter Kingdoms. I have the box set on Kindle. Of the three books in this set, I think this one is the most interesting. I prefer books with magic to those with other fantasy elements in them. The main character's use of magic and exploring/learning to use her abilities to aid in her situation
This story is about a girl who is stolen from her home and brought to be the wife of a leader, called The Mark, of another country. This girl has the power of magic. She must decide if she wants to stay with The Mark and eventually learn to like or even love her new home, or if she would prefer to escape and return to her family despite knowing there is an evil mage in the court of her new home.
emlickliter's review against another edition
3.0
I have really enjoyed this series so far, but this one had some issues for me. If you are familiar with the Scottish practice of reaving (aka stealing), then the kidnapping a teenage girl out of her bed and then forcing her into a marriage with a virtual stranger is unappealing but not totally unexpected. So king Kadar who kidnapped his bride does get a little credit for waiting until he had a willing partner to consummate the relationship, but his reckless ambition really is his tragic flaw in this story. So I liked that story well enough until I got to the very last page and realized that it was the last page.
Spoiler Alert:
I have to tell you that the biggest problem I have with this one as opposed to the rest of the series so far is the fact that there were some very important unanswered questions when you get to the end. This one desperately needs an epilogue to tell us what happened to Lark's mentor, who the random chick in the cell at the end was and how she got there, how they are going to explain all this to their court, and I feel that after sticking through all that feeling suppression and avoiding telling your spouse how you really feel we should have a chance to see Kadar and Lark as a happy couple. If I was Christina Pope, I would add one of those extra bonus scenes on her website somewhere so that readers can have a more satisfactory ending!
Spoiler Alert:
I have to tell you that the biggest problem I have with this one as opposed to the rest of the series so far is the fact that there were some very important unanswered questions when you get to the end. This one desperately needs an epilogue to tell us what happened to Lark's mentor, who the random chick in the cell at the end was and how she got there, how they are going to explain all this to their court, and I feel that after sticking through all that feeling suppression and avoiding telling your spouse how you really feel we should have a chance to see Kadar and Lark as a happy couple. If I was Christina Pope, I would add one of those extra bonus scenes on her website somewhere so that readers can have a more satisfactory ending!
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