Told from Lucian’s point of view it is mostly a three-way wrestle between his faith, his conscience and his feelings (urges?) towards Glory. How can he serve both her and the Lord if he gives in to his desire? As intrigue and danger forces them closer, how can he possibly resist?Īs I noted previously the book has a gentle if pleasantly paced introduction where most of the first 40% or so is Lucian the monk and Glory the She-Wolf getting to know each other and each other’s world and background. His holy magic is both vital to their mission and dependent upon his purity. Inexorably drawn to the She-Wolf’s strength, surprising kindness, and heated touches, Lucían fights temptation at every turn. She purchases his contract, hurling him headfirst into an adventure that will test both his skills and his self-control… When she needs a mage to track them down, she chooses Lucían for both his adorable blushes and his magic. By night, he dreams of the world outside the cloister–a world he knows only in books and scrolls…Ī mercenary known as the She-Wolf hunts for a shipment of stolen manuscripts. Tomorrow we will reveal our third placed semi-finalist, and on Friday in a double post we will review our top two books and announce which one is our chosen finalist.īy day, Lucían brews potions and illuminates manuscripts in service to the monastery that took him in as a child, wielding magic based in his faith and his purity. They all impressed us more than at least twenty-four books to get where they are. These were all worthy books and no author should feel they came bottom of anything.
It is worth stressing that the posting order for these three days has been randomised. So this being Wednesday we are posting the Hive review of the last of the three semi-finalists that did not make our overall top three. Adding up those rankings to decide which of semi-finalists we will put forward to the next stage of SPFBO competition, joining nine other finalists exposed to the opinions, judgements and scorings of our fellow SPFBO blogs.All five of us putting the six semi-finalists in our own personal rank order.All five of us reading all of the chosen-semi-finalists.Running six quarter-finals, a couple of which went to extra-time, to choose our six semi-finalists.Identifying twelve worthy quarterfinalists.
Sampling our batch of thirty self-published fantasy books to (at least) the 20% mark.Just to remind you our team of five judges, me (Theo), Belle, Peter, Scarlett and Calvin have spent the last five months: Welcome to the Fantasy-Hive’s SPFBO 7 SEMI-FINALIST WEEK.
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