This boxed set includes the first three books in the Blade and Rose series, over 2,400 pages of romantic epic fantasy.A kingdom in turmoil or the love of her life. Which one will she save?Elemental mage Rielle hasn’t heard from her best friend in far too long. Yet no one at the Tower of Magic seems to care about Olivia’s silence, or the curtain of secrecy surrounding the distant capital. Before … secrecy surrounding the distant capital. Before Rielle can investigate, she’s assigned a strange new mission: escort a knight named Jon across the kingdom.
When whispers reveal mercenaries have killed the king, taken the capital, and that no one is coming to help, Rielle can’t leave Olivia in peril. But as infamous mages and deadly assassins hunt Jon, she can’t leave him unprotected either–especially as she finds herself falling for his strength, his passion, and his uncompromising goodness. Her past returns to haunt her, a werewolf stalks their steps, and an ancient evil is gathering, yet the restraints forbidding their love strain and snap one by one.
Saving Olivia and the kingdom means defying orders and sacrificing her every ambition, and could mean losing the man who’s become so much more to her than a mission. Which will she choose: her best friend and the kingdom, or the love of her life?
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“With a brilliant plot line and rich, exciting characters, and a very touching, beautiful, sensual, passionate and honest love story” –Reviewer
“The best part is the main female character, Rielle… No damsel in distress, she’s a strong, smart, and reliable mage all on her own. She has flaws, but it makes her relatable. You cheer her on from start to finish.” –Reviewer
“Honfleur sucks you into her vibrant and tumultuous world right away with unforgettable characters and a masterful plot that enthrall the reader to the very last page (and beyond).” –Reviewer
“Wonderful, detailed world-building and engaging, interesting characters set the stage for this intriguing fantasy story. Action, adventure, suspense, and intrigue – and plenty of twists and turns – kept me turning pages, fully immersed” –Reviewer
“What an excellent, exciting, gripping, spellbinding first book for this series.” –Reviewer
“Sweeping fantasy with deeply human characters” –Reviewer
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While I fall outside the target audience for this series, these books were absolutely fantastic! I immediately became invested and emotionally attached to the 3 main characters and enjoyed the ride the author took me on!
I loved Miranda Honfleur’s Blade and Rose series. They are highly addictive and totally wonderful. I’m confident that anyone who reads the first book will be compelled to read the others. That being the car, a Books 1-3 Digital Boxed Set is a great investment.
Here are my reviews of each book in the boxset.
Blade & Rose (Book 1)
“Which will she choose: her best friend and the kingdom, or the love of her life?” This book is quite a bit overwhelming, but in a good way. There’s so much going on That’s it’s hard to give it a decent description, though luckily the Goodreads blurb does a good enough job and certainly gives s sense of the tone. I love Rielle, her talents as an elemental mage and her kick-a** approach to life in the face of daunting challenges and devastatingly hard to make decisions. The supporting cast is also excellent, with all of the key characters being layered and having unique voices. Add that to excellent world building and an exciting and well-written plot. The result is a definite winner. Highly recommended.
By Dark Deeds (Book 2)
By Dark Deeds (Blade and Rose Book 2) is indeed a darker book than its predecessor and first in the series, Blade & Rose. Nevertheless it is equally good as that simply superb first book. As noted in the publisher’s blurb, our superb heroine, Elementalist Rielle, in a prisoner a full desert away from Jon, the man she loves. She’s living under horribly harsh conditions, shackled, watched, underfed and woefully unsafe. Even worse she knows that Jon, who is facing “wars, widespread hunger, unrest, and politics” (the last of these being the most dangerous) while being pursued by an assassin. I have faith in Rielle, but this is going to be tough even for her. Luckily we readers simply have to enjoy the ride following along. Highly recommended.
Court of Shadows (Book 3)
I loved Blade & Rose and By Dark Deeds, the first two books of Miranda Honfleur’s Blade and Rose series. Now the author is back with book 3, Court of Shadows, and it’s a true treat.
Master Mage Rielle has two easy options: compete and win the post of magister of Magehold, which will include finding out who killed her family and being able to stamp out the piracy that has been running rampant along the Emaurrian coast, or die. Luckily Rielle is the epitome of a kick-a** heroine so I’d not be fast to bet against her – and, as a reader, following along as she takes on all comers is one heck of a fun, if wild, ride. Highly recommended.
I love this series! I’ve bought copies for my cousin and my friends. I just finished book 4 “Queen of the Shining Sea”, and I can’t wait for book 5 to come out!
It would be good to read the prequel Winter Wren (Blade and Rose) first for some interesting background on Jon, Rielle, and Leigh.
I have reviewed the individual books, and won’t repeat them here. I’ll just say, it was an enjoyable read despite some of the slow sections for an overall five stars. Once the action gets underway, it’s hard to put the book down.
Be ready with a search engine to investigate the archaic and extensive vocabulary. You will learn a lot of new words.
There is a lot of pain, grief, and suffering, more than I’m really comfortable with. If you’re looking for humor or a “happily ever after”, this isn’t it. I had to read some lighter books by other authors between the books.
Some of the magic is pretty over-the-top, a big helping of suspended disbelief is required to accept some of the feats. The laws of physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics are totally upended by magic in this universe. It does add to the excitement, though.
This series was great. It was the first series that I read from this author, and it sucked me in from the get go!!
I can’t get enough of this world and it’s characters!
Love this series!! Just ordered #4 and I can’t wait for 5 and 6 to come out!!!
These stories are awesome! Getting as a box set just makes sense. The storyline is fast-paced and unique, filled with twists and turns, magic and mayhem, adventure, intrigue, danger, tragedy and romance. The characters are well developed and endearing. The world-building is wonderful. These stories will definitely take you on one wild roller coaster ride from start to finish!
There aren’t many books I fall in love with, and not many books that make me want to follow a particular author to the end of the world and back. This series is one of those rare few, though–and getting the first three books in a boxset is a steal! Go. Read!
An amazing series that draws you in and keeps you stuck. Miranda manages to torture her characters and readers alike with this amazing series. Unique and enchanting. Can’t wait to finish the series!