HAPPY AUGUST

   Good afternoon peeps, its been so busy on the farm I had to take a break from reading for a bit . I am now back and reading. Ready to add to your end of summer into fall reading lists. Today I have for you book one in the Kismet Trilogy. SANCTUARY  by Bree M Lewandowski. 

                            BOOK BLURB

 In the Cloistered City, elite soldiers known as Shivalry walk taller than normal men.

Petra Ondise swears on her brother's memory to rise from her role as a clothes-washing maid and join the House of Couriers. Once there, she will learn why her brother, who was a loyal courier to the crown, was killed.

As the Festival of the Late Harvest Moon approaches, Petra crosses paths with Third Shivalry Captain Rand Tsenturian, whose dark red eyes haunt her thoughts. He seems to linger in her shadow. Amid the countless rumors that run wild in the royal city, Petra learns her brother and the captain were not strangers. 

Yet, in the wake of the Festival of the Late Harvest Moon, Rand steps out of the shadows and pulls her to an ancient garden, hidden in the emperor's palace. Eternity lingers there. An ancient incantation tempts and destiny takes over. Now she is Sacred. He is her Sacrifice, and the walls of the Cloistered City will not be able to hold them. 

                         MY REVIEW 

  Petra is taken to the Cloistered City when she turned of age to work in the city as a clothes washer . She wants to rise in the ranks to courier but she has secret plans to find out what happened to her brother and the lies that are being told about him killing himself. When she takes the chance and becomes a courier to a captain of the Shivlary. Captain Rand Tsenturian a man who captivates her heart and her mind . When she finds out that her brother and the brooding captain knew each other . When he comes out of the shadows and takes her to a special garden where she incites an ancient incantation that binds them together .  She is the sacred and he is the sacrifice and together they will tear the walls of the Cloistered City down . 

    Petra and Rand are actually the most unlikely couple you will meet . Petra is a hard working peasant who is trying to find out what happened to her brother after he came to the Cloistered City . She is hard working and a little bit naive in the ways of the court life and what it means to claw your way to the top. When she is thrust into a world where she can't be without Rand her other half or physical pain will come to them both. She grows up fast and really becomes a force to be reckoned with. She becomes a woman of court with a heart that takes every person seriously . Rand is well he is broody and is all about being part of the Elite company Shivarly. He has even taken a vow of celibacy . He is tough and single minded about what must be done . Until the day Petra comes into his life and incites the incantation that will send them both into uncharted territory. He is driven to fight and protect but is also conflicted to the feeling he has for Petra. He wants more but he doesn't want to give up all that he is for what he can have. 

  This is one of those books that starts out as a mystery and then takes a turn and turns into a full on Romantasy . With beautiful harsh landscapes and the variety of people and social classes it honestly reminds me of Game of Thrones and LOTRS . I truly liked this book and the writing style is superb. This is one of those books that will have you reading all night . I couldn't put it down. So if you want a great book for the long fall evenings check it out .