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A review by alexiachantel
The Golden Gryphon and the Bear Prince by Jeffe Kennedy
5.0
Kennedy brought us back to the land of the Tala, and it's fantastically fantastic!!
If you're familiar with the Twelve Kingdoms series and its spinoffs you'll recognize these seven friends embarking on a quest—they're the kids of our favorite heroes and heroines that have come before! And Zeph is the daughter of one of my favorite, light-hearted characters, Zyr!
Zeph definitely takes after her father's Tala side and can shapeshift into a number of forms, but her favorite, and first form, is a gríobhth. One of my favorites too. And her gríobhth animal is possessive, and she decides Prince Astar, heir to the High Throne, is hers.
Ah, but honorable Astar carries the mantle of heir well and never strays out of line. He heads the quest and keeps everyone in line...well, until he can't. On the way they stumble across a creature that stinks of Deyrr, it's capable of shapeshifting into whatever form it sees and in its wake are left pieces of people and animals mashed together. Together they shut down the beast, but Zeph is injured. Astar's desperate attempts to wake her end up with him promising the one thing he knows she can't resist, one night with him to do whatever she wants. Did I mention that Astar takes after his father, Prince Hugh—the golden Prince Charming? Zeph stays conscious long enough to shift back to human.
The set of friends continue on and end up in the castle by the mystical lake they're supposed to investigate. This is where things get really fun. The best scene is when Zeph tells Astar that she's claimed him and that's that. But it's also great when they head out to the lake and Zeph ends up traveling through a portal, what she finds is fantastic!! Spoilery though, so you're going to have to read it.
I loved how Zeph and Astar grew and changed their views a bit. Kennedy's fantasy romance always delivers excellent characters and potent romance. And this beginning to a series has another puzzling danger to roll out!
Reviewed for Reading Between the Wines Book Club
If you're familiar with the Twelve Kingdoms series and its spinoffs you'll recognize these seven friends embarking on a quest—they're the kids of our favorite heroes and heroines that have come before! And Zeph is the daughter of one of my favorite, light-hearted characters, Zyr!
Zeph definitely takes after her father's Tala side and can shapeshift into a number of forms, but her favorite, and first form, is a gríobhth. One of my favorites too. And her gríobhth animal is possessive, and she decides Prince Astar, heir to the High Throne, is hers.
Ah, but honorable Astar carries the mantle of heir well and never strays out of line. He heads the quest and keeps everyone in line...well, until he can't. On the way they stumble across a creature that stinks of Deyrr, it's capable of shapeshifting into whatever form it sees and in its wake are left pieces of people and animals mashed together. Together they shut down the beast, but Zeph is injured. Astar's desperate attempts to wake her end up with him promising the one thing he knows she can't resist, one night with him to do whatever she wants. Did I mention that Astar takes after his father, Prince Hugh—the golden Prince Charming? Zeph stays conscious long enough to shift back to human.
The set of friends continue on and end up in the castle by the mystical lake they're supposed to investigate. This is where things get really fun. The best scene is when Zeph tells Astar that she's claimed him and that's that. But it's also great when they head out to the lake and Zeph ends up traveling through a portal, what she finds is fantastic!! Spoilery though, so you're going to have to read it.
I loved how Zeph and Astar grew and changed their views a bit. Kennedy's fantasy romance always delivers excellent characters and potent romance. And this beginning to a series has another puzzling danger to roll out!
Reviewed for Reading Between the Wines Book Club