Thursday, September 12, 2013

A Warrior's Promise, Donna Fletcher

A Warrior's Promise, Donna Fletcher.  ISBN: 978-0062034663
Read August 26
 
Romance: Medieval Scottish Pseudohistory.
 
Charlie is really Charlotte, and she has to save her unworldly father from the usurper king who is convinced he holds mystical powers or alchemical abilities.  But she's just a young girl - what can she do alone?  Enter a huge brawny stereotypical Scottish berserker, who is totally flummoxed by this chit of an outspoken and educated and warlike girl.
 
The backstory is part of a 4-book series, of which this is the 3rd.  Honestly, it didn't much seem to matter.  Other characters were broadly hinted at having interesting backstories or character arcs, but they didn't interest me.  This was fun, but not enough to hunt down the others.
 
I had hoped that Charlie would spend a bit more time being Charlie, but even as a girl, she was fearsome and a fearless fighter.  Being the type of book that it is, I have to say it wasn't exactly realistic on the points of fighting or the damage sustained by fights, but I do give the author props for not being afraid to bruise up her heroine's face.
 
Amusing and diverting. 

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