I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William Iin Hardcover edition on April 3, 2012 and has 296 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A dispassionate biography of Queen Matilda, wife to William the Conqueror. My Take Queen of the Conqueror is primarily about the legacy Matilda left for future queens of England along with an evaluation of the powers of past queens and how it enabled Matilda. Considering how little Borman had to work with, she put together an interesting analysis of Matilda and her family. Some things I “knew” turned out to be malicious bits of propaganda while other bits were revelations. I hadn’t realized how incredibly vicious, or as Borman puts it, bullying William was. I had thought Domesday Book had been started shortly after his conquest of England. Borman’s comment on the true reason behind its compilation was interesting. It does seem to be the way, however, what a powerful man creates, his family quickly loses after his death. Mostly, it seems, because that man just […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Blood Bornin Paperback edition on April 27, 2010 and has 466 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Vampire paranormal romance series. Warrior Rising, the second in the series, was to be published in the spring of 2011 and the publishers have chosen not to go ahead, so I’m guessing that this first installment didn’t do well. My Take A bit cold, detached…I really can’t put my finger on what is so different about this story. Possibly, the lack of heat between the major protagonists as well as the agonizing process involved in the Warriors contacting their conduits. It seems like one heckuva lotta work for a human to go through and fraught with failure. There’s a foreword that explains the Warriors followed by a prologue which sets the scene about the conduits and introduces Sorin. The rebellion certainly proves that vampires are still human in their emotions. Envy, jealousy, and a desire for power is not constrained to only non-vampires. It certainly does confirm that life is cyclical as Luca […]