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A classic fantasy from a wonderful storyteller.
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The Lady High Priestess Evelyn, known as Evie to her friends, is a healer, dedicated to using her magic in the service of the goddess to aid others and give strength where it is needed. Orrin Blackheart couldn't be more different. With his black armour, a black name and a blacker reputation, he's been feared and hated in equal parts. So on his defeat and capture in battle, the Goddesses insistence that Evie saves him from a death sentence astonishes them both - as does the growing attraction between them. But in saving Orrin Evie condemns herself to a prohibition on her magic and a penance posting on the edges of the land, while to retain his salvation Orrin must battle a spreading plague across the land. Fate clearly has plans for them both - but to fulfill them, both must survive the perils ahead.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book, if possible, even better than the first book "Red Gloves". This book centres around Lady High Priestess Evelyn and Orrin Blackhart, and many of the characters from the first book we meet again. The romance between the two main characters was perfect and couldn't have been written better. This book grips you from page one right to the end, I can't wait for the next book to come out!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"White Star" is the second book in a new fantasy series set in the same Universe as the author's "War Prize" trilogy, but with most of the action taking place hundreds of miles away in a Kingdom torn by civil war and known as the Land of Palins.
These stories should if at all possible be read in the right order: all three published to date have surprise endings, and if you read a later book first it will give away the endings of the earlier ones.
The first three books in this series are
1) Red Gloves (also published as Dagger Star (Berkley Sensation))
2) This book, "White Star"
3) Destiny's Star
I strongly suspect from the ending of book three that there will be at least one more.
You do not have to have read the "War Prize" trilogy to understand or enjoy this series. That story has no direct overlap with "Red Gloves" or "White Star" although in one of the last scenes of this book, one of the minor characters turns out to be a Warrior-Priest from the Plains. In the third book two of the characters in this story do visit the Plains, which is how we know that the events of this series are taking part on the same world and at about the same time. If you are interested in reading the War Prize trilogy it consists of
1) Warprize
2) Warsworn
3) Warlord
The title of this book is a reference to the White Star which is visible in the ring worn by the heroine of the story, High Priestess Evelyn, who serves the laughing Goddess and is a healer. Despite her gentle disposition, Evelyn was so horrified by the tyranny of the Regent and High Baroness Elanore that she organised and persuaded Red Gloves to lead, an uprising in the previous book.
Each of the books in this series has a section towards the end which sets up the following book. Towards the end of "Red Gloves," Evelyn was betrayed to High Baroness Elanore, captured, and fell into the hands of Elanore's Lord Marshall, Orrin Blackhart, known as the "Scourge of Palins."
Having fallen into the hands of one of the most notorious figures in the Regent's regime, Evelyn fully expected to be raped, tortured, and executed. The last thing she expected was to be treated with respect ...
Orrin Blackheart has risen through the ranks in the service of his High Baroness, to whom he had originally pledged loyalty in the belief that he was protecting the people of the Black Hills. By the time he realised that she has become a monster, his hands are red with innocent blood. Sick and tired of killing and atrocities, he continues to serve only to protect his own people and temper High Baroness Elanore's atrocities as best he can.
Soon the tables are reversed, and it is Orrin who is the prisoner awaiting execution. The last thing he expected was to be given a chance to redeem himself by undoing some of the harm he has helped to create ...
A charming, easy to read fantasy of magic, love, and honour. Quite funny in places - the banter between Blackhart and his men, who are surprisingly golden-hearted rascals, had me snorting with amusement more than once. At other stages the story can be tender and quite moving.
I can recommend this series.
These stories should if at all possible be read in the right order: all three published to date have surprise endings, and if you read a later book first it will give away the endings of the earlier ones.
The first three books in this series are
1) Red Gloves (also published as Dagger Star (Berkley Sensation))
2) This book, "White Star"
3) Destiny's Star
I strongly suspect from the ending of book three that there will be at least one more.
You do not have to have read the "War Prize" trilogy to understand or enjoy this series. That story has no direct overlap with "Red Gloves" or "White Star" although in one of the last scenes of this book, one of the minor characters turns out to be a Warrior-Priest from the Plains. In the third book two of the characters in this story do visit the Plains, which is how we know that the events of this series are taking part on the same world and at about the same time. If you are interested in reading the War Prize trilogy it consists of
1) Warprize
2) Warsworn
3) Warlord
The title of this book is a reference to the White Star which is visible in the ring worn by the heroine of the story, High Priestess Evelyn, who serves the laughing Goddess and is a healer. Despite her gentle disposition, Evelyn was so horrified by the tyranny of the Regent and High Baroness Elanore that she organised and persuaded Red Gloves to lead, an uprising in the previous book.
Each of the books in this series has a section towards the end which sets up the following book. Towards the end of "Red Gloves," Evelyn was betrayed to High Baroness Elanore, captured, and fell into the hands of Elanore's Lord Marshall, Orrin Blackhart, known as the "Scourge of Palins."
Having fallen into the hands of one of the most notorious figures in the Regent's regime, Evelyn fully expected to be raped, tortured, and executed. The last thing she expected was to be treated with respect ...
Orrin Blackheart has risen through the ranks in the service of his High Baroness, to whom he had originally pledged loyalty in the belief that he was protecting the people of the Black Hills. By the time he realised that she has become a monster, his hands are red with innocent blood. Sick and tired of killing and atrocities, he continues to serve only to protect his own people and temper High Baroness Elanore's atrocities as best he can.
Soon the tables are reversed, and it is Orrin who is the prisoner awaiting execution. The last thing he expected was to be given a chance to redeem himself by undoing some of the harm he has helped to create ...
A charming, easy to read fantasy of magic, love, and honour. Quite funny in places - the banter between Blackhart and his men, who are surprisingly golden-hearted rascals, had me snorting with amusement more than once. At other stages the story can be tender and quite moving.
I can recommend this series.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a middle aged male I am not sure I would have picked this up had I not read and enjoyed the previous book Red Gloves. Yep there is a slight romantic element but this is also a well written fantasy. It does follow on from Red Gloves and I recommend you read that first to put this more fully into context.
In this we have Lady High Priestess Evelyn getting a message from above to save captured Orrin Blackheart from execution. It seems that Blackheart can earn a pardon by riding the kingdom of the undead army that roams free. Of course Evelyn also gets mixed up in the battle and finds herself drawing closer and closer to Blackheart. Looking back at what I have just written gives this a soft and slushy edge, but actually Beth Vaughan writes very well, with wit and good characterisation and she knows how to tweak a plot.
It's a shame this is painted as romantic fantasy because I am not sure it is, and I think the author would excel at mainstream fantasy.
In this we have Lady High Priestess Evelyn getting a message from above to save captured Orrin Blackheart from execution. It seems that Blackheart can earn a pardon by riding the kingdom of the undead army that roams free. Of course Evelyn also gets mixed up in the battle and finds herself drawing closer and closer to Blackheart. Looking back at what I have just written gives this a soft and slushy edge, but actually Beth Vaughan writes very well, with wit and good characterisation and she knows how to tweak a plot.
It's a shame this is painted as romantic fantasy because I am not sure it is, and I think the author would excel at mainstream fantasy.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A bit disappointing in comparison to Red Gloves
Red Gloves impressed me so much that i had much higher expectations for this book. I found it a bit hard to finish, which is unusual for me. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Elle L
Problem with size
Be careful, the size of this book is double the size of a 'normal' paperback. It makes it awkward to handle, heavy to hold and does not fit in a handbag, so you can't read it on... Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by KW
white star
white star is a good read and ties up some loose ends from red gloves, a good read and well worth buying. R.P
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by R. G. Pask
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