A Tapestry of Spells by Lynn Kurland

This book is a fantasy-romance. It's got magic, it's got adventure, battles, good and evil, interesting characters, a world that feels real AND a romance along the way. And it's squeaky clean. This is book #3 of a 6 book series about the "Nine Kingdoms".

Here's how it works: Books 1, 2 and 3 ("Star of the Morning", "The Mage's Daughter" and "Princess of the Sword") tell a whole story--another fantasy romance that overlaps the one begun in this book ("A Tapestry of Spells"). Books 4, 5 and 6 ("A Tapestry of Spells", "Spellweaver" and the final book which comes out in a year or so) tell the story of Sarah and Ruithneadh.

Sarah and Ruith's story is the one that this book begins.

I LOVED how clean this book was! There was chemistry between the characters too, which is often lacking in "Christian" romances. I felt very drawn into the story, Lynn Kurland's Nine Kingdoms really felt real to me.

This is a journey book. It's interesting how many fantasy/sci-fi books are journey books. It must be a good formula. Speaking of which, I can see that Lynn Kurland is kind of a formula writer. This is good in that you know what you're getting into when you start one of her books--an interesting, feel-good story. It's bad in that you know what you're getting into when you start one of her books. :) If you know what I mean. Even the language and phrasing she uses can be a bit repetitive between books. Not a serious objection for me, just an observation. I wouldn't want to sit down and chain read Lynn Kurland because I think it'd get boring. But I certainly will add her to my reading list inbetween other stuff. I liked this book a lot!