Four Horsemen Series

Flower Shields
by C.A. King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Flower Shields (A Four Horsemen Novel Book 1) by C.A. King was a unique fast pace read, that had me hooked form start to finish.

For being a short read this book has everything you would get in a full lent novel. That being said I do feel somethings were rushed, especially at the end. The climax was excellently executed, but, I do feel the fight choreography was a little, unpolished in some places. But again I feel that's because of the length of the book.

As for our MC's, I liked Tara. Though she had to be save on a few occasions, it wasn't a damsel situation. She kept her head on straight and did her best to think things through. She's quirky and savage. Though we meet her when she's on the outs, her unique personality shins through. The girl trust her instances , and believe me, it saved her life. A special trait that some UF characters seems to lack. .. that alleyway looks like a trap.. my gut is yelling danger/death awaits.. lets go check it out! Tara thank you for listing.

I will say that twist, I didn't see that coming. There was some small foreshadowing to indicate it, but at the same time, it was over shadowed with kindness. I will say that, with said twist, I didn't like the way it was resolved. Kind of a throw away, and I think it should have been handled with a little more finesse.

Our love interest, he was your typical alpha male. I don't think I need to say more. I did however like his character but; I just felt like he was like every other alpha male in urban fantasy, or any other genre. The only different, it took a bit for that insta-lust/love to kick in.. I'm going to blame that on the dress. (You'll get it once you read this marvel).

Our main antagonist, he was a surprise. I like him, he had more character development in the short fews pages he was in, then any other character. Now it wasn't epic, but it was more so from him telling his story to the point he was currently at. There's more to him, and I think he is going to be the key in the final battle.

With that being said, I very much enjoyed this book. I can't wait to get my hands on the next instalment. I'm guessing that it's going to follow each horseman on their own journey until the final battle. Judging by the two lovers in this book, I have a good guest on who the other couples are going to be in the books to follow, and I have a feeling it's all going to be connected, or have some major meaning in that finally battle. That I'm going to say now, it's going to be epic. I just got this feeling that this book is just the tip of the iceberg.

If you haven't guessed, I highly recommend this book, and all books to come.

Happy Reading.

-E.A. Walsh

Drawing Strength From Words
by C.A. King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Drawing Strength From Words (A Four Horsemen Novel Book 2) by C.A. King was a fast pace, action packed fantasy that was just as good, no, better then the first.

Oh boy, I am in love with this series and where I think it's going. I was right about how each book is going to play out, but it is a continuation series, so though they do follow a different MC, I highly suggest reading the first book. Because the main plot is what's continuing. This is a short read coming in a 162 pages, the first book is about that as well, so it won't take you long to catch up.

Being this a short book, more of a novella, then not having time to fully develop it's characters is a given. But with that being said, this book gave a us more into the antagonist side of things. Since the first book had that shock vault, and it's twist, this book had to do something more to make it just as good and gripping.

This time it's darker, and shows us how giving the right tools and the right incentive you can get people to do just about anything. Even betray those that are closes to you. I have a feeling as this story moves towards to its epic conclusion, things are going to get much darker and bloodier.

I just have this feeling that, something isn't what it's seams and the Horsemen are going to get blindsided something fierce.

And that is where I'm going to end it. As I said this is a short read, and I don't want to give anything away. Just know that this series has my stamp of approval and my super high recommendation. It's hooks a planted deep in my reading soul and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book.

Happy Reading

-E.A. Walsh