Lifemate To a King by M.A. Abraham – a Review and Giveaway
Life Mate to a King
Elven Chronicles #4
by M.A.Abraham
Release Date: July 24, 2013
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Description:
Garoldth is a warrior King or great stature, and he can have no vulnerability. With that in mind he has lived his life. Marriage is for convenience, to make sure he will have sons to follow in his footsteps. He has twelve sons, and all are warriors of great power. He rules his family as he does his people in this he must be firm. He loves his people, loves his family, but still he is alone. All of his life he has known nothing but war and strife. He is King Garoldth and he rules the lands beyond the portal.
Five hundred years before the wars across the boundary are brought to an end Tári meets an Elf who she recognized is her Life Mate. She knows their time is not now, for she has the sight. The call of the bond that declares them one, however, would not be denied. Despite knowing their love was not meant to be in this time they act on it, after, she disappears into the shielding rock caves of her land, refusing to speak the words they must to complete their bond. One hundred years later they meet again, and again the call of their souls to unite is too powerful to resist and they spend their time together in love. This time he can offer his love nothing, caught in an alliance not of his choosing. He is joined with another, one he does not love or want. To offer to take the one he does love to his world would be a great dishonor to her, as well as dangerous.
As Garoldth stands beside his peers on the day peace is brought to his land he sees a movement in the forest beyond. Is it his love, his Life Mate? Has she has come to him again? He is sure of it. He is quick to give chase, but she has disappeared once more. This time he will not be denied. He will seek her to the end of the world. This time he is free to offer her everything, body, soul, heart, mind. They can be one. She will be his Queen, and he will have no other. He will never be forced to live without his love again. This time he can offer her a safe haven, his home and his arms.
Review
Lifemate to a King is M.A. Abraham’s 4th novel in her wonderful Elven Chronicles series.
If you have not started this series, you should begin with Gabriel, so that you can meet all the main characters, as Abraham introduces them. She continues to get better and better in her storytelling with each book, and she has created such wonderful fun characters you come to care about. The amazing thing about her writing, is she makes them all feel like your own family. You are invested in what happens to your favorites, and there many for me…Eden, Marious, Tamarak, Gabriel, King Daroth, Serenity, Haylo; just to name a few, and in Lifemate to a King, we can add Garoldth and Tari to our family.
In Lifemate to a King, we learn more about Garoldth and his relationship with his lifemate, Tari. Because of his kingdom in the midst of long long war, Tari refused to commit totally to Garoldth, and he married someone else, having 12 sons. We get to meet all the sons. But centuries later, with his wife dead, and the end of the demon war, Garoldth is now free. While his kingdom needs to rebuilt, he and all his people are staying in King Daroth’s portal. Because of Daroth’s foresight, Garoldth and Lexior are sent to help some maidens. It turns out they are two of his daughters that he did not know about. Gilraen was happy to see her father, and she also has the sight. But the other daughter, Aredhel, is a warrior and even if her mother was the one who kept this secret, she did not open her arms to her father. But Aredhel is another story, as she is destined for someone else in a future book.
What takes place thereafter is Garoldth, his sons and some of Daroth’s warriors make haste as Gilraen’s vision shows Tari in danger. The focus of the story is when they discover a group of young female elves caged by slavers. But something is not right, so they have to thread carefully to rescue the maidens.
We will meet a few more Elven Kings from different kingdoms, one being the Grey Elves, who come to Daroth’s kingdom to find his two missing daughters. This leads to an exciting last half of the book, with sides being taken, betrayals, a revolution in the making, and a possible war. Do you want to know what happens? Buy this book.
What I loved about this book, was seeing all of our favorites again, especially Eden, who is still great, with special powers; Marious, who continues to be a riot; Gabriel, who is still the master general; Serenity and her White Dragon; and the rest of the family.
If I have to make one comment that I would have preferred, it would be the introduction of so many new characters at once. I loved meeting Garoldth’s sons, but there were way too many to keep up with. I got confused a few times as to who was who. Then we meet the other Kings and their warriors. It was just a bit hard to keep up with who belonged to who. However, I am sure Abraham is setting the stage for more wonderful characters in this fun and entertaining Elven world.
Lifemate to a King is another wonderful addition to M.A. Abraham’s Elven Chronicles series. As she continues this series, each book gets better, more intricate, filled with excitement, entertainment, and lots of humor. If you love romance, fantasy, wonderful fun characters,and unique Elves, with different powers, then the Elven Chronicles is for you.
Reviewed by Barb
Copy provided by Author
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Life Mate to a King
Daroth, King of the Light Elves has seen a day when all Elves are once more united under one King, though he does not want to be the one who bears that responsibility. The Demon Wars are over and it is time to begin to bring his people home and start restructuring the Elven Empire. With his visions to guide him, Daroth begins by working on his own Kingdom, but things keep happening, nothing is running smoothly.
With peace comes the complication of living life, falling in love, securing bonds, raising children, rescuing other Kingdoms, and dealing with a growing power base that no one understands. Where are all these new talents coming from? How do they deal with them? There are legends of Elves who once welded enormous power, but the Library of the Ancients that can answer all their questions has been lost for millenniums.
Secrets abound in the Elven world that no one expects and even a seer as powerful as Daroth cannot begin to envision… walk with me through my world and I will tell you of things only whispered of throughout the realms. Tales of Dragons and the Elves who ride into battle upon their backs, tales of hidden treasures lost and found, tales of love and beauty, tales of Kingdoms reunited in friendship and the brotherhood of the Elves, and tales of an Empire waiting to be reformed by the new world forged by the blood and visions of an ancient past still waiting to be found.
From out of the past a vision comes of a King, and a world where Elves are free and secure to raise their children in a time of peace. Will it be as safe as they hope? Or will their children be forced to relive the battles that made the Empire strong? Only time will tell the tale.
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