Book Review: The Warrior

The Warrior by Kinley MacGregor

The Warrior by Kinley MacGregor (the pen name for Sherrilyn Kenyon) is a historical romance novel set in Scotland during the Christian Crusades.  This book is part of her Brotherhood of the Sword series and also her MacAllister series.  This book follows Taming the Scotsman in this series.

The Warrior follows Laird Lochlan MacAllister and Catarina.  Lochlan embarks on a quest to find the truth about his younger brother Kierian.  There are mysteries surrounding the disappearance of this younger brother.  Catarina wants to be free but as the illegitimate daughter of the king of France she's used as a pawn to strengthen to alliances.  On his quest, Lochlan runs into Catarina and vows to help her reunite with her uncle, but he can't help be feel attracted to the free spirit.

So I have to be honest.  I read this book way back in February of 2014 and I'm now finally getting to the review.  I know I'm a slacker.  But I have to be honest.  I don't remember a lot of details about this book.  Compared to the other Kinley MacGregor books that I have read, this one didn't hold the same level of magic that I felt the other ones from this series did.  While I did enjoy the book and the relationship development between Lochlan and Catarina this book just didn't stick with me.  But this was a good book to read in between heavier content books and a great summer romance read.  The one thing that I do love about this authors writing though is that she has a great ability to draw you in and feel for the characters.  Lochlan feels a massive amount of guilt over the death of his younger brother where as Catarina has been running from her father since she was old enough to marry.  MacGregor weaves a tale that intertwines Lochlan and Catarina's story together while also adding some loose ends with the mystery or his younger brother.  As I said, while the story was enjoyable I felt that it didn't have nearly as much of a punch as some of her other stories in the MacAllistar series.

Rating:

3.5 out of 5

On Deck:

I'm not doing an on deck until I catch up reviews.

Getting back on track

Hey everybody, so I'd like to apologize for being inactive with the book reviews.  To be honest, I don't think the YouTube thing is going to work right now.  Most of it is because I'm well lazy and a procrastinator.  While adding video reviews could be fun and I still might do them or something with that channel, I've decided that stressing out over editing and all of that good stuff isn't up my alley right now. So now I'll continue with doing regular reviews on here and wait until I'm ready to add more.