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Warlords of the Sandsea #I
Warlord's Heir: The Talitha Omnibus Collection
Talitha is a warlord's heir. Ashek is an enemy mercenary.
Her first mistake was saving his life.
Her second mistake was falling for him.
Omnibus including all five novellas in the Talitha Collection:
Ensaadi
Dunedrifter
Battleslave
Ensaak
Ensii
Her first mistake was saving his life.
Her second mistake was falling for him.
Omnibus including all five novellas in the Talitha Collection:
Ensaadi
Dunedrifter
Battleslave
Ensaak
Ensii
- GenresFantasy
441 pages, Paperback
Published October 26, 2024
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Elisabeth Wheatley
34 books4,615 followersElisabeth Wheatley is a fantasy author because warrior princess wasn’t an option. She loves tea and asking questions.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
November 13, 2025
Wheatley has done a great job with this book and I can tell she has put immense thought and heart into the story. It is well worth reading 💛
There are definite Christian/Old Testament themes. As someone who doesn't love Christian novels, I was worried this would end up being a dressed up sermon, but Wheatley does an excellent job of using real themes & beliefs and building a new world on that. While the Old Testament themes are very present, they don't feel out of place, use culture to build on instead of modern day understandings, aren't "preachy," and still really connected to me as a reader. I was also a little concerned that the first LGBTQ character was portrayed as a villain, but that soon changed as he became a friend of the main character. Different sexualities are present throughout the book and they're not villainized, just real.
The action felt clunky at first but by the third "part"/episode action was used well to show how much of a baddass the main character is.
Self-published can always have more typos, clunkiness, or things we're not used to. But I think that's the joy of reading self-published work. These authors are putting more of themselves into their art because they don't have a paid team to dedicate all their time to edit, create cover art, and give feedback. While there's lots of reasons to self-publish, another big reason is that traditional publishers/agents don't know how to "sell" the story, which means they often have unique and strange (positive) themes.
While there are flaws, this is one that is definitely worth keeping with till the end.
There are definite Christian/Old Testament themes. As someone who doesn't love Christian novels, I was worried this would end up being a dressed up sermon, but Wheatley does an excellent job of using real themes & beliefs and building a new world on that. While the Old Testament themes are very present, they don't feel out of place, use culture to build on instead of modern day understandings, aren't "preachy," and still really connected to me as a reader. I was also a little concerned that the first LGBTQ character was portrayed as a villain, but that soon changed as he became a friend of the main character. Different sexualities are present throughout the book and they're not villainized, just real.
The action felt clunky at first but by the third "part"/episode action was used well to show how much of a baddass the main character is.
Self-published can always have more typos, clunkiness, or things we're not used to. But I think that's the joy of reading self-published work. These authors are putting more of themselves into their art because they don't have a paid team to dedicate all their time to edit, create cover art, and give feedback. While there's lots of reasons to self-publish, another big reason is that traditional publishers/agents don't know how to "sell" the story, which means they often have unique and strange (positive) themes.
While there are flaws, this is one that is definitely worth keeping with till the end.
February 16, 2025
I am disappointed that this is a DNF. I like a nice sword and sandals story, but this fell flat for me. And I can't put a finger on one reason. It was a combination of things. I guess the characters didn't really work for me. I don't understand why the heroine fixated on the hero, and held onto that for over a year after only meeting him briefly for combat. The world-building seemed a bit lacking. There was mention of a magic woman and a guy with horns on his head but nothing more. So I kept wondering how much magic is in this world and what part of the population is horned ( goatly? ) or otherwise not the standard human. And there was action but it really seemed like all of it was to get the main characters into position for their enemies-to-lovers thing. There was a monotone that came out. Everything is from the heroine's perspective. And she is trying so hard to be honorable that the voice the tone just got old. It seemed like there was plenty of plot to go around, but the reader only gets this one take on it. The writing itself is competent enough. I can forgive the Chuck Tingle measure of typos. But I didn't find it very compelling, and it bothers me that I can't pin it down to one aspect. I'm sorry.
February 15, 2025
I enjoyed Talitha’s story. The pacing worked well, and I’m glad it was published with all five novellas together so I didn’t have to suffer from cliffhangers!
June 29, 2025
There were quite a few grammar and spelling mistakes (a proof read or two wouldn't hurt) but the story was so fun I didn't even mind that much.
August 16, 2025
What can I say except for wow! I really enjoyed this book from beginning to end. it helped me to get out of a reading slump. I am a big fan of this author and her writing style.
August 1, 2025
This is my second read through of these stories and I liked them even better this time. I love Talitha and Ashek as characters. The world is also very fun. I look forward to reading the second omnibus.
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