The story itself takes place over only a matter of days but this didn’t really occur to me until after I’d finished reading the book – despite the short time frame, I did buy the feelings Keir and Lara had for each other and their HFN (I say HFN, because I knew there were other books featuring this couple and logic therefore tells me that there would be some future conflict to be resolved). However, his treatment of Lara is always honourable and I was very happy there was no “forced seduction” in this book. If Lara’s understanding of the situation had been correct, it would have been very difficult for me to like Keir. Lara’s understanding of the term “warprize” is incorrect – because the story is told from Lara’s 1st person perspective, this “big misunderstanding” didn’t bother me – in fact I was grateful for it. Unknown to Lara, Keir has a dream of uniting the two cultures for mutual benefit. The Xy are city-dwellers – similar to medieval England but a bit more advanced. The People of the Plains (called “Firelanders” by the Xy) are horse people and live a nomadic existence – (I imagined a Genghis/Attila type arrangement here, with a bit of Native American thrown in also). Lara, despite being a princess, is also a sworn Healer and it is in her nature therefore to seek peace – not without some trepidation, she nevertheless goes to Keir, prepared to sacrifice herself for her people.Īt heart, it is the story about the clash of two cultures and how they, through Lara and Keir find some common ground and a way forward together. Xymund tells Lara she must be Keir’s slave in order to ensure peace between the two peoples.

Lara is given as “warprize” to Keir as part of a peace deal between he and Xymund, King of Xy (Lara’s half-brother). Warprize – A- This is a fantasy romance about Lara of Xy, a royal daughter and Keir, Warlord of the Plains.

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