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Wizards and Warriors #2
At Your Command
Serd is known as an honorable and conscientious man. He was, however, not suited to the family trade, and with his father’s blessing, leave his childhood home to join the Legion. Mastering combat skills, he enlisted in the elite Imperial Guard. After a cruel twist of fate, his life changes dramatically.
Prince Calelaine is the bastard son of the heir to the throne. He leads a quiet and studious life, uninterested in either men or women, in his grandfather, the Emperor’s, palace. When a miscarriage of justice is brought to his attention, he intervenes and saves the life of a man he’s still to meet. Shortly after, the Emperor unexpectedly dies, and Calelaine’s life is threatened when three possible successors to the throne engage in a bloodthirsty battle.
Serd rescues Calelaine from a massacre at the palace, and they are forced to flee the city. During a harrowing experience, Calelaine uncovers his inherent wizardry talents. In their attempts to escape their pursuers and reach safety, will Calelaine and Serd learn to combine their skills, wizardry and warfare, to survive? Will Serd’s care for Calelaine awaken feelings he’s never had before and let them act on mutual feelings of attraction and find love?
Prince Calelaine is the bastard son of the heir to the throne. He leads a quiet and studious life, uninterested in either men or women, in his grandfather, the Emperor’s, palace. When a miscarriage of justice is brought to his attention, he intervenes and saves the life of a man he’s still to meet. Shortly after, the Emperor unexpectedly dies, and Calelaine’s life is threatened when three possible successors to the throne engage in a bloodthirsty battle.
Serd rescues Calelaine from a massacre at the palace, and they are forced to flee the city. During a harrowing experience, Calelaine uncovers his inherent wizardry talents. In their attempts to escape their pursuers and reach safety, will Calelaine and Serd learn to combine their skills, wizardry and warfare, to survive? Will Serd’s care for Calelaine awaken feelings he’s never had before and let them act on mutual feelings of attraction and find love?
- GenresFantasy
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 11, 2024
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June 11, 2024
A Joyfully Jay review.
3.25 stars
Personally, I would categorize this book as a dark romance. For one, there is the graphic, on-page violence. We see the multiple-paragraph killing of Cal’s pet dog as Serd slits its throat, with lingering moments to contemplate the blood and body left behind. Sard and Cal cheerfully cause someone to be sold into slavery. Cal viscerally and graphically kills someone on page. So many people die. Second, Cal, the ostensible main character, is not a good person. He’s selfish and cruel and, through his actions, causes so many deaths, none of which appear to cause him any issue or discomfort.
The writing is stiff and clumsy, and the pacing is … well, it’s bad. Chapter three is almost entirely Serd lecturing some new guards about how the Imperial Guard works, how the palace works, how the imperial family works, how court works (and oh so much more). It’s awkward and heavy handed exposition that almost had me dropping the book. It felt out of place and, worst of all, it was boring. This is followed, in chapter four, by a lecture about coronations, and in chapter five an explanation about the legion.
Read Elizabeth’s review in its entirety here.
3.25 stars
Personally, I would categorize this book as a dark romance. For one, there is the graphic, on-page violence. We see the multiple-paragraph killing of Cal’s pet dog as Serd slits its throat, with lingering moments to contemplate the blood and body left behind. Sard and Cal cheerfully cause someone to be sold into slavery. Cal viscerally and graphically kills someone on page. So many people die. Second, Cal, the ostensible main character, is not a good person. He’s selfish and cruel and, through his actions, causes so many deaths, none of which appear to cause him any issue or discomfort.
The writing is stiff and clumsy, and the pacing is … well, it’s bad. Chapter three is almost entirely Serd lecturing some new guards about how the Imperial Guard works, how the palace works, how the imperial family works, how court works (and oh so much more). It’s awkward and heavy handed exposition that almost had me dropping the book. It felt out of place and, worst of all, it was boring. This is followed, in chapter four, by a lecture about coronations, and in chapter five an explanation about the legion.
Read Elizabeth’s review in its entirety here.
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