Far too young, Apollo Ulfr lost Ilsa, his wife, the love of his life and the mother of his two children. The grief of her loss does not settle in his soul; it solders to it. But when he discovers there is a parallel universe where his wife may have a twin, he feels there’s hope and sets about bringing her to his world, so he can have her back.
But Ilsa Ulfr of our world is married to the parallel universe’s twin, Pol, who is not a good man. Not in any way. She’s on the run from him, and the last thing she wants is to be transported to a fantastical world and be forced to take his side as his wife, even if he is not Pol. And Apollo finds the broken Ilsa nothing like his beloved, and further wants nothing to do with her. But darkness is looming, and evil is amassing. Apollo must protect his land and keep his family safe, including the new Ilsa.
I loathed the main characters Awful. I could not even finish to complete the series I had thus far enjoyed. Integral to reading and enjoying a book is having a relationship, a fondness, for the characters. I have never disliked two characters more than these two. SPOILERS ahead…The “Hero” rescues the heroine only to act like a total jerk, ignore her, treat her cruelly. HOWEVER, he FALLS in LOVE with her after she lets him get dominating and kinky in the bedroom. His thus far exalted, accomplished, dead wife is a…
A fan of fantasy? You bet if Kristen Ashley writes it. ‘Broken Dove’ is Appolo and Ilsa “Maddie’s” story. In ‘Fantastical’ we learned Appolo was heavy in grief at the loss of his wife, Ilsa. He goes seeking help from a witch to bring Ilsa’s twin from the other world to his, hoping to fill the void his wife left. What he found was a woman in danger and one vastly different from his wife.Â
The best villainous plot of the series so far! I have been hoarding this book for quite a while, keeping it in reserve for when I got into a dreaded reading slump. It’s not easy when you know you have an unread Kristen Ashley book, but its also a bit comforting to know that you have something waiting in the wings that you are almost guaranteed to love. Luckily I haven’t had one of those really bad reading slumps this year, so I was able to move forward with this one in prep for the release of Midnight Soul (on the blog Aug. 15th)…