However, once Brown was able to settle the characters into the right situation, she was able to get the book moving and everything was much better. Some of the dialogue didn’t feel very smooth for me and I found a few of the situations the main character was put in to be too improbable even for a fantasy story. I have to be mention that I found the beginning of the book to be a little clunky. While you might roll your eyes a bit, if you don’t take it too seriously you are going to have a very fun time.

I would compare this to the book version of watching an action movie. There is a ton going on and the book ended up flying by. This isn’t hard core fantasy by any means, but this is high action fantasy. This book did have its share of bumps, but it was a very entertaining read. It might not always work, but in this case I think it did. I really like when authors step out of their lane and try something new. Brown mostly writes romance and action romance so she took a chance to write fantasy, as an indie author, and I applaud her for that. I had no idea when I got my KU copy, but I was really excited to hear that. It was not until I was offered a review copy of this book through lezreviewbooks that I was told that this is actually a Maggie Brown book. This was one of the first books I picked up as I’m always in search for fantasy and paranormal KU gems. While I haven’t had much time to use it, I got one of those cheap deals on a three month Kindle Unlimited membership. I have read most of her books she has released with Bella with In the Company of Crocodiles and Playing the Spy, being my two favorites.

I have been a fan of Maggie Brown for a while now. This was a fun and entertaining fantasy book. What is coming that the lost medallion must resurface after so many years? Why has she been chosen? As she battles demonic creatures and dark sorcery, she fights to take her place as the rightful bearer in the long line of warrior women.īut the question remains. It’s a puzzle Savannah must solve before it’s too late. Never before has someone from the ‘other world’ been chosen to bear the medallion, someone not a warrior. There she must forge a new life and embrace her role as the wielder of ancient magic. Compelled to wear the medallion, she's swept through the portal into Rand.

She soon learns unknown forces are at play, powerful secret forces beyond her control. Savannah Cole is on an archeology dig in Algeria, she takes shelter from a violent sandstorm and discovers the mysterious artifact under a Berber ruin. Three hundred years ago, its most powerful talisman, a medallion called the Circle of Sheda, was taken through the portal and lost. An epic story of magic, heroism, love, and treachery, Rand is a magical world ruled by an imperial line of Queens.

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