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Iron Will by James Maxwell

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Kargan is the King of Ilea. Dion is King of Xanthos and the Free Men. Amos is First Consul of Phalesia, with a bunch of help from Chloe. Palemon is King of a city, but wants to rule the world, and he will do whatever needs to be done to get his people back from the Necropolis. That's a large stack of big names, all working against each other. Oh, and Eiric is King of Sindara, but his people are basically neutral.

Category
Fiction, fantasy

Why I chose this book
Next in series

My personal opinion (the review)
This was my least favorite of the series. The romance got a little too descriptive to allow my kids to read. There was still no bad language, and the rest of the story was generally clean and engaging. But that one scene... I don't recommend this one as highly as the rest.

Warnings
Language: None
Violence: Frequent fighting
"Adult" situations: One scene of passion, including description of a naked woman
Death: Yes, and of major characters

Movie rating equivalent
I'll go ahead and round this up to R

Protagonist description
Chloe is a strong magic-user. Dion is a competent king and protector of his people

Point of view of story
Third, focused on 4-5 main characters

Book length
Medium-long

Story flow
Excellent

Grammar and spelling issues
None

Character connection (no spoilers)
Several- too many to list

For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Integral

Series review as a whole
Now that I have read the whole series, here's what I recommend: read just the first book and stop there. It was the best, and it leaves you thirsty for more. It's a cliffhanger, so that will wear away at your soul, but get over it. Each book after the first was progressively less awesome. Speaking generally, it's a good series and probably worth some money. But I will not be buying the fourth book, and I will probably only reread the first book someday.

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Start at the beginning, Golden Age

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