The Horse Mistress Book 4 The Eburosi Chronicles edition by R A Steffan Literature Fiction eBooks
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**Book Four of the 2016 Rainbow Award Winning Series**
War is coming to the island of Eburos.
Andoc, Carivel, and Senovo can no longer live quietly in the shadows of the village of Draebard. As tribal Chieftain, Horse Mistress, and High Priest, it now falls to the three of them to organize a defense against the terrifyingly powerful Alyrion Empire.
Senovo—a shape-shifter—has a desperate plan to save them all. But if he succeeds, it just might end up tearing the triad apart forever.
Perfect for open-minded fans of ménage and reverse harem romance, The Horse Mistress Book 4 examines the balance between love and sacrifice, along with the hard choices thrust upon those in power when the past and the future collide.
Author's note This book contains sex. The sex is not remotely vanilla. Some of it is between two men who love each other. If any of those three facts made you go "Eww," please do the author a solid and don't purchase this book.
The Horse Mistress Book 4 The Eburosi Chronicles edition by R A Steffan Literature Fiction eBooks
It was only my OCD that cringed a few times, forgetting the era at which this was based, complaining a few times that they didnt shower.. but that shouldn't stop you reading this series. This story flows and builds then throws you off the cliff in the most delicious way.. mass props to the writer.Product details
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The Horse Mistress Book 4 The Eburosi Chronicles edition by R A Steffan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
After finishing book 3 in this series I dove right into book 4 as I had to know how the story of Carivel, Senovo and Andoc would get wrapped up. I am really enjoying this series so far and I am so happy there are still more books I can read, even tough they will have a different main character. I am quite curious about those books too and meeting the new main characters.
The Horse Mistress Book 4 has a bit of a more somber tone at times. The Empire is evading and it's only a matter of where. They also know when, namely after the winter is over. So this winter is all focused on making sure Northern Eburos is as ready as they can be. I loved how we get to see more of Northern Eburos in this book. Andoc, Carivel and Senovo travel to some villages to see if they want to join their alliance and defend against the incoming invasion, which means we got to see a bit of the rest of northern Eburos, which was great. I also liked seeing how the tribes handled the news and the new developments and inventions made with the invasion looming over them.
And even more fun is how they visit Andoc's home town and we get to meet Andoc's mom, who was lovely. There is also a more sadder visit to Carivel's mother, as her mother always treated her badly, but this scene did bring things on that topic to a resolution for Carivel and I think she really needed that. There's also a sad event earlier in the book, but part of what happened next did feel important.
With Senovo having a self appointed quest and what this means for him and the tone of the book is a bit sad at times because of that, but luckily there are enough happy and uplifting parts spread throughout the series as well and in the end I am really happy how that part of the plot line got resolved.
With how the whole book is building up to the invasion, I was quite nervous and curious how that part would be resolved. And the further I got in the book, the more I was wondering how the whole battle and invasion would fit in there. But it was there, just much shorter than I had expected. There is a bit of a time skip and then only one chapter that is about the invasion. On the one hand it felt a bit anti-climactic, but at the same time I also liked how this was handled. The way it was told showed a bit of the Empire's perspective which was quite illuminating. The Return of the Wolf Epilogue is a perfect way to wrap up the characters story and I felt that this made the end more complete. I am just not sure if the epilogue is also at the end of book 4 or only in the box set, as I read the box set.
In many ways this book wraps up their individual story lines really well. Carivel, Andoc and Senovo all have found their place and their love for each other is as strong as ever. I like seeing them in their current roles and how they handle it. The last few open threads or things they struggle with get addressed in this book and they are at a great place at the end of the book.
Favian is still one of my favorite side characters and it was great to see how he handles the events of this book, even tough he has to go through more hardship first. The epilogue makes me pretty sure he is one of the love interests in the lion mistress part of the series, which makes me happy as that means we get to see more of him. The epilogue from Favian is a nice set-up for the next book, but I actually liked the epilogue from Senovo's point of view more as that worked better to wrap up this part of the story.
With the focus on the story on preparing for the invasion the focus is less on the romance at times. but at the same time this book has some of the most romantic scenes in the series. It shows again how much these three mean to each other and there is a scene later in the book that's just so perfect. I am just a bit sad that for most of the book Senovo was a bit distant as it was obvious everyone was suffering because of it, then again it did totally make sense what happened and how it was handled.
I really enjoy reading about these three and I am really happy how their story got wrapped and I hope we get to see more of them in future books. It was great seeing how they supported each other. And I liked seeing Adnoc as chief, how Senovo dealt with his wolf and also how Carivel how has grown over the course of the series.
To summarize this was a great wrap up of the horse mistress books. The story builds up to the invasion of the empire at the end of the book, it was interesting reading about the preparations, the political aspect and the new inventions that were being made because of the looming war. It also was great to see a bit more of Eburos. The tone could be a bit somber at times, but luckily there were enough happy and uplifting moments as well. I liked how all the left over plot lines and last personal struggles of Andoc, Senovo and Carival get wrapped up and I love how much they have found their place and changed throughout this series and it's great to see in what a good place they are at the end. The end battle was a bit anti-climactic on the one hand, but on the other hand I liked how it was handled. The epilogue was awesome and I liked how it gave us resolution and see the three of them together once more. There is a bit of a set-up for the lion mistress books and I hope to start on those soon.
For this last novel in the Horse Mistress series, we wrap up the different left-over plots from the previous novels. Each book roughly corresponds to a season, and this book is set during the winter in anticipation of an attack from the Allyrian Empire in the spring.
I would not recommend this as a starting point for a new reader. (But I do recommend reading all of them from the beginning!) The author dispenses with the usual form of early recap of the previous novels to delve immediately into the story. The main plots here are the solidification of the trio as a unit and preparation for the battle they know is coming.
In the other three books even though they are all told from Carivel’s point of view, we had one of the trio as the star. The order was first Carivel accepting her birth sex in book one, Senovo coming to peaceful terms with his inner wolf in book 3, and Andoc learning to be a strong and capable chieftain even after an injury that would have devastated a lesser man. This book really does concentrate on the three of them as a unit, including the possibility of adding an adopted family as the three of them foster two war orphans.
In preparation for the war, Andoc’s spies have found that the Empire will attack by sea, and the trio goes on a diplomatic mission to secure the help of others. While on this diplomatic mission, we meet Carivel’s and Andoc’s mothers. It allows Carivel to put the ghosts of her past to rest and move on.
While I am very much a fan of RA Steffan and a supporter of her work, the ending of this book really disappointed me. I got to the end and wondered if she just ran out of juice. Through the first 3 books we establish that war is coming, and there are wonderfully written scenes of skirmishes and battles leading up to it. So it is clear that Steffan is well able to write battle scenes.
As readers, we assume our heroes will win, and they unsurprisingly do that here. The part that creates the interest in an expected ending is in finding out HOW they did it. Steffan made the odd choice to change POV at the very end of the story to one of the Allyrian naval officers as the final battle played out. Everything else until that point was told from Carivel’s POV, and it almost feels like the author couldn’t figure out how to tell it that way. It would have been longer and more satisfying if she had tried. There is so much work building up the oncoming war over the course of 4 novels that it just fizzles at the end like the battle is merely an afterthought to the (successful) emotional journey the main characters take.
It’s not that internal/emotional journey of the main trio isn’t important. It very much is. It’s that the external journey, which had been so significant in the other novels, suddenly seems less weighted with importance. We should have had a big, bombastic blowout instead of a head-scratching “That was it?”
The book ends with an epilogue which is a set up for a new series set in the same world but concentrating on different characters. Look for The Lion Mistress soon.
In conclusion This novel caps a year in the lives of Carivel, Andoc and Senovo. If you’ve read others in the series, you need to read this, too. The things that bothered me may not bother you, and that’s the fun of having different tastes in reading. I would suggest, though, that you go ahead and read or listen to the complete set as that does have the exclusive epilogue short story “Return of the Wolf.”
Disclaimer I have received a free copy of this ebook and the audiobok from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I absolutely loved the Horse Mistress book 4. I do hope there is a five. It's my favorite series. I am reading The Queens musketeers 4 . But,. It's the Horse Mistress that I'm going to grieve if there isn't another.I've fallen in love with all three main characters. Thank you for writing it.
all four gripping stories, full of surprises, unexpected graphic erotica, imaginative. Loved the series. Would read more by the author.
I have read every one of the Horse series and love them all!!
I loved this series. I hope that R.A. Steffan continues to add to the series as it is a wonderful story filled with great characters! Can't wait for the next installment... hint hint )
It was only my OCD that cringed a few times, forgetting the era at which this was based, complaining a few times that they didnt shower.. but that shouldn't stop you reading this series. This story flows and builds then throws you off the cliff in the most delicious way.. mass props to the writer.
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