Valerie J. O. Gardner

I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. I had extremely hopeful thoughts when I began reading this book. After all, when you think of a medieval story, whether romance or otherwise, kingdoms are constantly at war with one another. Even the portion where Langward fought to take over as king has been omitted from the book. There was a sweet romance portion but the historical portion is exceedingly lacking. The 400 pages this book has seemed to drone on with repetition and over all, I was quite disappointed. I love historical romance for the mere fact that it has some history in it with a mix of romance; this has romance that’s it. It is a pretty clean read for a tween girl, especially if she’s not interested in the history part. The concept for the story was a great idea, and synopsis gave me the “Must Read” feel. Unfortunately, this book had the potential to have become something really great but didn’t.… (més)

The story begins with a death of a Queen and a birth of a Princess. A hated King is removed and made a peasant, as highly decorated knight becomes King. As the old king raises his daughter the new King and Queen raises a son.

There is a lot of repetitive story in Blood Of Ancient Kings and foreshadows, so much that you know where the story is going. Like the fact the prince has no true name and only his true love can give him a name is set on repeat, along with other parts of story line. Although the repetitiveness was slightly annoying but the story had charm to it that had me hooked. I still fell for the couple who were foreseen to be.

The repetitiveness was really the only issue I had. It just sometimes felt like filler to make the book longer, but once I got to the end it was definitely rewarding.

I did fall for the characters therefore I would love to read the next book in the series. It may not end surprising but it was a fun and comfy read.… (més)