Maevan, Korla, and Renna, three devoted sisters, have been trained all their lives how to defend themselves, hunt, and strengthen their minds by their mother, Queen Xenya. What they didn’t prepare for was separation.Many years ago, Queen Xenya of the First House was forced to flee her throne to the icy land of Cardea. Now the rogue queen, Shaezen, has demanded Xenya’s eldest daughter, Maevan, … Maevan, return to the ruling city of Traven. Alone.
Mae loves her home and family but understands the necessity of her placement within the palace of their enemies. Her mother has been preparing Mae and her sisters for the return of the First House to power their entire lives. Something no one could prepare Mae for is the sheer evil of Queen Shaezen and her many devious plans. Mae must find a way to survive her time in the palace while dealing with an evil queen, romance, betrayals, religious fanatics, and court life.
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The Hawk in Winter is the first book in the Rise of the Hawk series. There is something incredibly mesmerizing about the way Bekah Clark writes. I can’t describe exactly what it is but it’s written in such a way that anything could happen and it wouldn’t be out of place. It is medieval, futuristic, and fantasy all in one. Everything is so unpredictable too!! Once I started reading, I couldn’t put the book down. The characters are fascinating and I just want to know everything about them. I am eager to start the second book in the series!
At first I felt a little lost when I started reading this book, but by the second or third chapter I was hooked! The story is highly intriguing and the characters extremely well developed. The basic premise of the story is there are 3 ruling families, or houses, on Aemonsha (a planet much like ours) and the Third House has taken control from the First House by force. This happened many years before the story takes place and the story follows Xenya and her 3 young daughters, Maeven, Korla, and Renna, as they plot and plan to take back the empire from the Third House. Ms. Clark kept the story unpredictable, but easy to keep track of all the characters. The story is definitely not for the faint of heart and deals with topics of betrayal, secrecy, religion, and of course fighting. Well worth the read!!
This is the first book by Bekah Clark that I read. I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I loved it! The author built a world were women rule and did it in a way that you just have to love the characters and their surroundings. From the first page on you wonder who is friend and who is foe. Don’t assume anything. Just like in real life people change their minds from one minute to the next. Or do they? Court intrigue, power struggle, love, and madness. It’s all there. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and am looking forward to the next one. Since this is a trilogy don’t expect everything to be resolved in the first book. Highly recommended!
The Hawk In Winter by Bekah Clark is the first book in the Rise of the Hawk series and was one of the most intense books I have read in a long time. This is not the usual type of book that I read but Bekah has such an amazing way of writing, that this book is both medieval and futuristic at the same time that I would completely forget what time period I was reading about. Her characters came alive on the pages and her descriptions were so visual that I was in awe. This book has good, evil, battles, an assassin, aliens, family love, distrust, dishonor, unfaithful, compassion, horror, war, strength, training and survival. This book has it all, I cannot even wait to read the 2nd book in this series The Raven In Spring. I highly recommend this book… You won’t be disappointed. Travel into the future and back in time with Queen Xenya and her 3 daughters, Maevan, Korla and Renna, to a world like no other.