Fatty McButterpants: CSFF Blog Tour Day 1: A Draw of Kings

I was pretty excited when I found out A Draw of Kings was going to on the tour. I was just finishing up with The Hero's Lot when I received the book, so it was perfect timing.

A Draw of Kings Synopsis

Errol and his companions have just come home after successfully completing a dangerous mission compelled by the church. Instead of the hero's welcome they deserve, they are met as enemies of church and state.

King Rodran died as the Hero's were away and now Duke Weir has claimed the throne and his brother, Benefice Weir, has taken control of the Judica and Church. They are ruling the kingdom with an iron fist and eradicating any resistance, real or perceived.

If this wasn't bad enough, the barrier which has protected Illustra from it's mortal enemies, the Merhaki, has fallen with Rodran's death. Now they are swarming to destroy Illustra. Things get even worse when Illustra's other enemies, the Morgol's, flood across the Sprata mountains.

Finding himself out manned and facing insurmountable odds, Errol and his friends must find a way to wrest the kingdom from the Weirs and defeat a possessed enemy. Winning will also have a price.

A Draw of Kings Review

This is the third book in the series and do I recommend starting with the first one, Cast of Stones, A (The Staff and the Sword Book #1). The Kindle version is currently free so it wouldn't hurt to get it while you can. It's a great book that kicks of a wonderful series.

A Draw of Kings is the third and final book in The Staff and The Sword series. I loved to see the growth of Errol throughout the books. Even the other characters like the burly Cruk and the stoic, rock solid, Merodach, grow and change.

Carr does a great job of weaving some powerful messages into the story without being preachy. I hope to expound on a couple things that stood out to me on the next two days of the tour.

A Draw of Kings has plenty of adventure, battles, journey's and even a little bit of love and romance. Each book in The Staff and the Sword series gets better culminating with the best, A Draw of Kings. The way Carr paints his world brings it to life. It's easy to imagine a map with the different countries, seas, and mountains. He makes the people that populate his world real, almost as if they could jump from the pages.

If there is any negative, it may be that some of the characters were a little one dimensional. In an effort to show the contrast from Errol's drunken beginning to his glorious ascension to Hero, one could get the feeling that he's too perfect. In a short time Errol becomes one of the best warriors in the land. He's very pious and just plain awesome. Despite that, I really have learned to love Errol and the other characters over the course of the three books.

*In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour I received this book for free.

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