would never have started the series, had I known what was coming...
926069
In all honesty, I have been enjoying these age-inappropriate (for me) books since discovering them earlier this year. I enjoy the easy read, and the simple horse-centric story lines. However, for the life of me, I can't understand why the author decided to suddenly inject her clearly conservative viewpoint with the ridiculous "revelation" at the end. How disappointing for the young people these books are meant for to be confronted with such a biased plot point from a book series that certainly has not been pushing a socially conservative agenda in previous books . If I were a parent, I would certainly not want this issue presented to my child in a YA fiction novel, especially as it is a much more complex, intricate issue than it was presented.
2732652
I started watching Black Adder with "Black Adder 3" and loved it! Had I started with this series, though, I never would have bothered watching the others. I have this series only because it was part of the complete set. I watched through it once and have never had the desire to watch this series again.

I would urge all Black Adder fans that if you are ever trying to get a friend interested in the series, DO NOT show them this one first.
4935148
I couldn't get into this series, not at all. It's not to say that it isn't a good read, but I think I may have fallen victim to beforehand reading Fifty Shades and a couple of others who wanted a comparison. This would have been a very good series, had I not become so burned out on the whole sexy beast of a man taking control over a woman in the bedroom.
2498616
I was not a fan of this series. I was back and forth on 1 or 2 stars, but I have read much worse (as far as "NOT a book for me"). Since my experience has put me in the path of some really bad stories, this set is not there. I gave it a fair rating. This rating is strictly my personal opinion on the story set.
4603195
Sorry to find out ..now..that it isn't a stand alone book..do not like to find out One has to buy the whole series to find out what happens..
3772715
If I had known it was so far out, I would not have bought it and certainly would  not have bought Books 2 and 3.
3633588
Unfortunately Miss Hess did not familiarize herself, not only with the characters temperaments and habits (Amelia always has brandy not whisky! Daoud has only EVER had one wife, not several!) and so many other important details that made this series so beloved and so REAL! I honestly wished the writer had taken more time to really delve into their personalities and would have waited longer for this book to come out. As it is, it was a complete let down and it would have been better to have left the series as was.  I was prepared for differences, you cannot duplicate Elizabet Peters (aka Barbara Mertz), but you can at least get the basic facts straight about each character! Very dissapointing.
2061894
Never watched the show in my life. After watching these discs I regret that.
3617296
I absolutely loved this book and the rest of the series. I was telling a friend about it and they decided to read too. This friend does not read ever, actually hates it. She finished the series before me lol.
283149
When starting this series I had no idea there would be7 books. If I had I would not have ever started. Some are full of action and some you just drone through.
3592569
This did not satisfy me as a stand-alone piece. It was the first book of this series that I tried to read. Too many hold-overs from previous stories--unless the whole thing is really that sketchy. I did not find the plot well-articulated, I did not care a whit for any of the characters, and the ending left me with a "so what?" feeling. I won't try any others of the series.
917414
This story was a waste of time for me but I am not a fan of this series. I never connected with this series but I bought the set. Convinced there was something that made me busy them I read them all. Ugh!
458341
Don't start this series. The first 2 books are awesome, but the second one ends on a cliff-hanger. The second one, "The Immortal Crown", was written in 2014, and the next one in the series "The Eye of Andromeda" has never been published! Three years waiting for the next book is unbearable. I wish I had never started this series.
2795702
Just finished reading. I too was expecting an ending. It just didn't happen. There were so many new ideas or revelation brought up during the story that either just got dropped and forgotten or never finished. I see the author has already said there will be a 3 book series with Keepers of the Kingdom as the title. Why say it's an ending when it really is just a beginning for a slightly different series? Not cool!
1712876
I've been pretty indecisive about continuing this series after this book because I'm paying for each one. This book truly sucked and the point could have been arrived at in 1/4 if the text that was actually used. Every time you turned a page something big and dramatic was happening and the characters barely had time to interact with each other which was very annoying to me. I'm going to give this series one more try and read the next one.
4850076
I thought this was going to be a paranormal romance, but there was really nothing romantic about it.  There were minor fumbles at attempted sex, but no actual sex, or even the idea of a budding relationship.  I also thought it was going to be a book, but without a complete narrative arc, it's hard to call this anything more than an installment.  So the question I was left with was, did I think I could struggle through more Mia, possibly the worst heroine I have read in a long time, to figure out WTF was going on?

The story was full of misdirects, fragments of ideas that are left hanging, and atrocious character development.  Even the plot premise of this book - Mia hires King to find her brother - he actually did do that - but all the details that could have made that a satisfying read were left out.  The underlying secret society concept etc. had some legs, and if the next book were ever offered for free, I might read it to see if the author could pull something together.  But as for now, I won't be continuing this series.
1317225
I kept waiting for something UNEXPECTED to happen, but never did....