Hiatus Book Review-Wardance by Elizabeth Vaughan

This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

About The Book

Spring returns to the Plains, and with it, the Time of the Challenges, when warrior fights warrior in a contest for rank and status. For Simus of the Hawk, now is the time to raise his challenge banner, to fight for the chance to finally become Warlord.

But his deadliest challenge does not come from other warriors, or even the sundered Council of Elders. For on the first night of the Challenges, a mysterious and deadly pillar of white light scorches the night sky—instantly changing everything for the People of the Plains.

Now a warrior-priestess, Snowfall, stands before Simus, who dares to speak of peace, of reconciliation. Her knives are sharp, her tattoos alluring, and her cool grey eyes can look through Simus and see…everything.

Now Simus and Snowfall must solve the mystery of the pillar of white light, and protect their people from all the destruction and chaos it brings. Snowfall fights for her place beside Simus, despite resistance from friend and foe.

The warrior-priests have abused their power for many years. Can Simus face the challenge of trusting Snowfall with his honor? And perhaps . . . with his heart?

My Review

WarDance is a book that I have been highly anticipating and I finally got my booty in gear and picked this one up here. This is Simus’s book and I adored it in every way. Now I didn’t know quite what to expect but to see him paired up with a warrior priestess and that was something new and not where I saw this author going. At the beginning of the story we see two separate POV’s from Simus and our heroine, Snowfall. Now Simus is working towards becoming a warlord of his own and supporting the campaign of his dear friend Keir in being the WarKing. His best friend Joden is on his own journey, and now Simus must forge his own journey and the woman that is winning his heart. Snowfall, has been a warrior priestess in training and now her master has released her to serve Simus and find her own path and she feels a strong mystical connection to Simus in a way she can’t explain but she knows its real and is willing to find her own place and status among his warriors. But there is a rising danger and a new threat and only together will they find what they need.

I found WarDance to be a fantastic read and I fell in love with this pairing. It was quite an interesting dynamic to see Snowfall and Simus together, they are opposites in many ways and most especially in temperament. Simus is high energy, and Snowfall has a calmness to her. I really had a blast with that dynamic. Now I will say that this is not my favorite installment in the series due to lack of romance. There is some, but I just didn’t quite feel the focus as much as I have come to expect from this author. I really just wanted to explore more deeply into their story and I felt like it wasn’t long enough. That there needed more depths shared for this pairing but still a solid story that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Overall I found WarDance to be stimulating, gravitating and pulls you in quickly into this high fantasy world we have all come to love and respect from this author.

Title: Wardance

Author: Elizabeth Vaughan

Genre: Epic Fantasy Romance

Format: eBook

Source: Owned

Length: 313 Pages

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About The Author

Elizabeth A. Vaughan is the author of the Chronicles of the Warlands, a fantasy romance trilogy from Tor Books: Warprize (her first novel), Warsworn, and Warlord..

She’s always loved fantasy and science fiction, and has been a fantasy role-player since 1981. By day, Beth’s secret identity is that of a lawyer, practicing in the area of bankruptcy and financial matters, a role she has maintained since 1985.

Beth is owned by three cats, and lives in the Northwest Territory, on the outskirts of the Black Swamp, along Mad Anthony’s Trail on the banks of the Maumee River.