The Heretic Royal: An Action Packed Novel of High Fantasy

THE HERETIC ROYAL is the third instalment in GA Aiken’s adult SCARRED EARTH SAGA fantasy series set in the author’s DRAGONKIN world. Although focusing on several characters, and intersecting plot lines, THE HERETIC ROYAL follows the building relationship between Ainsley Farmerson , and Gruffyn, centaur of the Torn Moon Clan. The inventive premise is detailed and fanciful with plenty of action, violence, blood shed, and fun. The characters are numerous, familiar, powerful and charismatic.

Archers, sisters, centaurs, queens (both good and evil), and dragons!!! The Scarred Earth saga (and this book in particular) has it all. It's the 4th sister, Ainsley's story, but it also seems to be a bridge book joining the dragons (from the Dragon Kin series) with Queen Keely and her armies. After all, Keely is gonna need all the help she can get to defeat her evil sister, Queen Beatrice. This book really had alot going on. I enjoyed it so much. There's danger and laughter and zaniness and heat and...dragons!!! I enjoyed Ainsley and Gruff's adventures, and catching up with Queen Annwyl the Bloody and her dragonkin. And we get a glimpse at who will be featured in the next book. I recommend reading the previous books in the Scarred Earth saga, and in the Dragon Kin series (although Aiken does do a decent job of bringing in enough backstory to not be completely lost). Many thanks to Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book. My thoughts and opinions are my

The writing is a bit confusing with no reminders of where we were and who was who. It would be nice if something new happened. I also didn't care for the fact that it pretty much made Keely look completely incompetent and useless. All the non-plot fluff left the romance plot in minor fling territory with no substance.