A review by redhairedashreads
Dagger-Star by Elizabeth Vaughan

3.0

 

3 stars - I liked it

I apparently read this series years ago, but I remember none of it. Red Gloves is a mercenary and extremely practical woman. She may be attracted to the goat herder Josiah but also isn’t amused by the belief that she is the prophesied one who will save their corrupted kingdom. 

Red Gloves and Josiah’s story was enjoyable but not as romantic as I was expecting. Red and Josiah have an instant attraction and spend the nights together but the majority of this story is focused on her being the chosen and saving the kingdom. I still enjoyed these two and especially liked that Josiah fights for Red and their future together. Red’s reasoning for wearing gloves was heartbreaking, but also a weird choice for what happened to her, but PTSD works that way sometimes. 

The whole prophecy was interesting and I enjoyed seeing Red save the kingdom. I also enjoyed the fact that while this story does take place over a month or so we have a lot of time skips so it didn’t drag out. I know this is set in the same world as the Chronicles of the Warlands and I wonder if there will be contact with Xy or the Plains in this series. Overall, this was good and I enjoyed it. I look forward to learning more about this world. 

Trigger Warnings: slavery, torture, PTSD, rape; kidnapping; death