The Forests Of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy
Series: Sorcerous Moons #4
Published by Indie
Published on: January 24, 2017
Genres: Fantasy
Pages: 180
Format: eARC
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An Enemy Land
Once Princess Oria spun wicked daydreams from the legends of sorceresses kidnapped by the barbarian Destrye. Now, though she’s come willingly, she finds herself in a mirror of the old tales: the king’s foreign trophy of war, starved of magic, surrounded by snowy forest and hostile strangers. But this place has secrets, too—and Oria must learn them quickly if she is to survive.A Treacherous Court
Instead of the refuge he sought, King Lonen finds his homeland desperate and angry, simmering with distrust of his wife. With open challenge to his rule, he knows he and Oria—the warrior wounded and weak, the sorceress wrung dry of power—must somehow make a display of might. And despite the desire that threatens to undo them both, he still cannot so much as brush her skin.A Fight for the Future
With war looming and nowhere left to run, Lonen and Oria must use every intrigue and instinct they can devise: to plumb Dru’s mysteries, to protect their people—and to hold fast to each other. Because they know better than any what terrifying trial awaits…
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So, this is the fourth books in the Sorcerous Moons series. It picks up right where The Tides of the Bara left us. Lonen wakes up back in Dru. He’s surprised by one of the people there with him. Someone that Lonen was sure was dead. He is also separated from Oria.
This story doesn’t move the plot along as much as I would’ve liked. This story we get to see the Destrye’s reactions to their king coming back with a “witch” and he’s calling her queen. This does not go over well with the Destrye to say the least. Lonen’s family isn’t any happier than the rest of the Destrye. They could even be taking it worse. Most believe that Oria has ensorceled him.
Oria doesn’t have a good time in Dru. She does make the best of it. She and Chuffta just go with the flow to try to fit in as much as possible. She does find some magic that she’s able to absorb, but not at the levels that she’s used to back in Bara.
We also meet a healer, Baeltya, who has some magic of her own. The young healer that helps Lonen and Oria was a bright light among the Destrye. She’s nice to Oria. She’s very curious to learn about things instead of just shunning things she doesn’t understand.
Pilaryh was another kind girl in the Destrye. She takes Oria to the aswae to get clean. It sounded wonderful. It was like a sauna and they would pour oil on the skin and the sweat out the grime. Then with a wooden scraper, scrape of all the dirt. As someone who has dry skin, this sounded amazing to me. Chuffta was even treated with the oil and he loved the heat of the aswae.
While this story was slower than I’m used to from Kennedy, I did enjoy getting to know the Destrye a little better, even if I wasn’t happy with how several of them acted to Oria. We did see that there were people who were kind, even as they were surrounded by people who hated Oria. The end of the story picks up quite a bit. We continue to learn more about Oria, Destrye’s past and more. I’m really interested to see what happens in the next book. I’m expecting it to be pretty exciting.
“And I am the Bringer of Fire! Chuffta added an evil cackle.
“I worry about you. I truly do.”
“I love you, too.” he replied
“I’m not going to lie about it. That’s our past. Yes, an abomination of one, but pretending things weren’t that way won’t magically make it as if it never happened. The Destry have a saying that a man who flinches from the shames of the past will never recognze the dark paths that lead back to them.”
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
That spa treatment sounds heavenly! Lol. I’m not a fantasy reader but the evolution of the romance between the king and the witch piqued my interest.
Joy // Joyousreads recently posted…Life Lately
I haven’t read a lot of fantasy, but I do really like this author. She has two fantasy series that I’m reading right now.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
Well that’s one way to get clean. Sounds like the book was just alright but thanks for the review.
Mary Kirkland recently posted…Review: Daily Goodie Box
It isn’t my favorite book in the series, but I still enjoyed it. I’m very excited for the next book. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
Good old Chufta 🙂
blodeuedd recently posted…#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in Feb 9 2017
I love Chuffta. He’s so cute.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
These slower ones made me more nervous than an action-packed fast-paced one because I’m always waiting for the trap to spring. LOL Sounds like the battle was more subtle the way the people mistrusted and resented them.
You have me so eager for this series when I finally get the chance after others I want to catch-up.
Great review, Melanie
Sophia Rose recently posted…Inconceivable by Tegan Wren #TGPUL #Giveaway
Yes, it was still a good book, just much slower than the previous books in the series. I hope you get a chance to try these, Sophia. I think you would really enjoy them.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
I am not this kind of fantasy reader. Does that make sense? I wish I liked them. Anyway, glad you are enjoying this series 🙂
I completely understand. I don’t read a ton of fantasy, but I do really enjoy this author.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
So I still haven’t read this series, but I follow your reviews for it (along with my own reviewers and Linda’s), and you all have the same thing to say about this particular book… I’m on the fence about reading the series. I wish it was in audio!
Jen Twimom recently posted…Review: Hard Wired by Megan Erickson & Santino Hassell
I really wish this series was on audio too. I do like this series. This story wasn’t bad, just not as good as the previous books. I don’t know how many more books she has planned for this series, I can’t imagine that it is that many more.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
Oh gosh, another cover that’s drawing me in! I would love to have this series on my shelves just so I could look at their covers. I want to get into this series before the year is out, thanks for your consistent reviews 🙂
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These covers are amazing. I hope you get a chance to try them.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (@mlsimmons, @RebeccaZanetti)
I’m glad you still enjoyed this despite your issues with the pacing, Melanie. I know how much you like Jeffe’s work. 🙂 I will get to this series eventually…I gotta meet Chuffta! 😉
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Hm… might be something to pick up. Too bad this one was slower in pace but sometimes it helps to round out a fantasy series. I really need to read this author’s work.
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I hope that the next book in the series is exciting, since this one lacked it a little. Nice cover too.
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I think that the next book will pick up based on how this one ended. These covers are amazing.
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