This was good but more romance than history. I was planning to read something about Syria but I didn't want anything too heavy - I've been reading tooThis was good but more romance than history. I was planning to read something about Syria but I didn't want anything too heavy - I've been reading too much of that lately and, though I've enjoyed what I read, I wasn't in the right place mentally to take anything too heavy this month.
The book was enjoyable but there were times that I hardly knew where (geographically) I was in the book. There were mentions of Tyre, Damascus and Constantinople. The date was 1188 and the Crusades were happening.
The book starts with Thea escaping from something (we don't know) with a basket that Selene brings her under cover of night. She has to leave to join a caravan and promises Selene that she will come back for her. During the trip, the caravan is attacked (that part is not detailed) and Thea is left to trudge the desert on her own, trying to get to Damascus, Syria. I looked it up, that distance is 935 miles!! She's nearly dead when Lord Ware comes upon her. He and his soldiers take her to Dundragon which seems to be in Syria. A rocky relationship starts between"only half beast" Ware and very feisty Thea.
I did get tired of hearing how "lusty" Lord Ware was. The characters were good, I mostly liked them. Slowly the story of why Lord Ware is the man he is comes to light. He was a member of Knights Templar but now they are out to destroy him and anyone close to him. Kadar, his close companion, is an excellent character.
Overall a good read if you want an historical romance with an emphasis on romance and not much history. It doesn't have a very strong sense of place in my opinion, and could be anywhere in the middle east but that could be because of the time period without strong border lines....more
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