Book three in the Chronicles of
Dasnaria series is WARRIOR OF
THE WORLD by fantasy and romance author Jeffe Kennedy. This is
a series that should be read in order. If you're just starting out in the
series, be warned that book 1, PRISONER OF THE CROWN is pretty brutal. It's a dark
fantasy detailing the degradation and despair of a royal princess,
Ivariel, who was raised in the imperial seraglio and bartered to be the
wife of a psychopath. The brutalized princess fled to another kingdom
where she fell in love in EXILE OF THE
SEAS. WARRIOR OF THE
WORLD can be described as a conclusion of Ivariel's story, but
another book in the Another reviewer recently mentioned on social
media that Kennedy describes WARRIOR OF THE WORLD as a wrap up
to Ivariel's story with another book in the Chronicles of Dasnaria to come that ties all loose
ends together.
I loved the emerging agency of Ivariel in book two, and it's here again in
WARRIOR OF THE WORLD. Ivariel
truly blossoms into a kick-butt heroine she didn't realize she's capable
of becoming. There's a continued romance here, but the main kernel of
the book is not Ivariel and her lover Ochieng, but rather Ivariel herself,
standing on her own two feet. It's empowering, and just what 2018
needed, in my opinion.
In book three, Ivariel emerges from her relative isolation in a small
village in Nyambura where she had fled in the previous book. She rises
up to lead the Nyamburans as they fight to protect their kingdom from
outsiders threatening their way of life and their very existence. Ivariel
makes an awesome Joan of Arc character, and I cheered for her every
step of the way! There is plenty of action to be had, with warring magic
and majestic battling elephants. Kennedy's WARRIOR OF THE WORLD is a satisfying conclusion to
the story of a young woman emerging from the chrysalis of her
captivity into flight on a kingdoms-wide stage.
Just beyond the reach of the Twelve Kingdoms, avarice,
violence, strategy, and revenge clash around a survivor who
could upset the balance of power all across the map . . .
Once Ivariel thought elephants were fairy tales to amuse
children. But her ice-encased childhood in Dasnaria’s
imperial seraglio was lacking in freedom and justice.. With
a new name and an assumed identity as a warrior priestess of
Danu, the woman once called Princess Jenna is now a fraud
and a fugitive. But as she learns the ways of the beasts and
hones new uses for her dancer’s strength, she moves one day
further from the memory of her brutal husband. Safe in hot,
healing Nyambura, Ivariel holds a good man at arm’s length
and trains for the day she’ll be hunted again.
She knows it’s coming. She’s not truly safe, not when her
mind clouds with killing rage at unpredictable moments. Not
when patient Ochieng’s dreams of a family frighten her to
her bones. But it still comes as a shock to Ivariel when
long-peaceful Nyambura comes under attack. Until her new
people look to their warrior priestess and her elephants to
lead them . . .
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