Kara, Shieldmaiden Of Eire (Forerunner Series) by Jay Veloso Batista – Review by Roxsanne Lesieur.
Kara Shieldmaiden of Eire by Jay Veloso Batista
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The saga of the Agneson family continues in this next chapter as each of the separated members continue their own adventures and mishaps.
Cub escapes from the slavers who held him captive at the tin mines in Cornwall and heads overseas to Britany where he joins the horde of Rollo in an attempt to bolster his name and become an integral part of the community, it helps that he speaks a little of their language.
Sorven is with his cousin Dundle in the Welsh mountains after leaving the battlefield behind and going rogue with some less than wholesome characters, but he ends up in more trouble than when he began.
Thorfinn is with his Uncle Karl on his snekke the Verdandi Smiles where they share an easy camaraderie until the winter months end and he is left in a small fishing village with a caretaker, while the rest go to support Harald Tanglehair in his crusade against the rebelling kingdoms of the Northern Way. What they don’t know is that an eight armed giant is stalking Midgard and it has a target in his mind and albeit his Uncle Karl believes that Thorfinn is left behind with his safety assured, is it truly safer for him to be there in that village than on a battlefield?
Meanwhile Kara has run away from Eddisbury where the rest of the family has taken refuge after a marriage is arranged for her with a suitor who is not in the slightest someone Kara would ever marry. When she leaves in the dead of night with her companion, she streaks away across the sea to Eire where her training in noticed and she is employed as a guard for the King of Dublinn. The life and duties however, are not what she expected in the slightest and her growing feelings for her companion are strange and confusing her as well.
Will Cub be able to make a name for himself in Britany? Will Sorven be able to stay out of trouble in Wales? When the giant captures Thorfinn and kidnaps him, can his worried friends and very angry dragon find and rescue him? Will Kara be able to survive the work as a Kings guard, or will her feelings get in the way? This is an epic fantasy adventure where danger lies around every corner and life is lived like everyday is their last, in this emotional rollercoaster of a saga which will hook you in from the very beginning and keep you there until the end.
Reviewed by @roxsannel
