Pamela W. (peajay) reviewed on 5/25/2007 + 38 more book reviews

Even better than the first by this author that I read (Night Fires). Excellent medieval atmosphere, h/h, plot. The heroine is Adeline, half Welsh, half Norman, who was a Norman hostage for 5 yrs to ensure her chiefton father's good behavior. When she comes home she has been forced to spy on the nearby Norman called Simon the Priestkiller, who has lost his good name, his lands, his family, most of his wealth, by the killing of the priest and other mysterious things in his past. Wonderful strong heroine with a logical mind and without any trace of silliness, wonderful strong hero who is everything a knight should be. Cook's prose presents a very eerie sense of the medieval world; I've never read another author whose writing felt quite like it. I enjoyed this book tremendously and am keeping my copy.

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