With Bed of Rose and Thorn, Lee Hunt’s most recent book, he offers a heartfelt fantasy romance. Ezra was expelled from the Queen’s service, whom he adores, in order to work for a noble family and instruct their kids in the use of weapons. Ezra always maintains a safe distance from people while wearing his formal armour.
Lee Hunt thoroughly explains Ezra’s motivation for surrounding himself with metal. Ezra is a mysterious Elysian Bell, a knight who manipulates vibrations to inflict pain and pleasure. His trip to the capital city turns into more when he finds out that his exile has been reversed.
Even though he longs to restore his status and see his beloved Queen once more, she always appears to be just out of reach. The mediaeval fantasy world of Bed of Rose and Thorn is richly created. You can relate to the ensemble of characters that Hunt presents. Their tales are fascinating, particularly the prominent female characters.
The introduction of strong female supporting characters is what gives the sexual encounters complexity. The majority of the sexual innuendos in the book aren’t too explicit or out of place, even though some of the feelings still feel out of place or unjustified.
The book has several fights and altercations that give it the feel of an action movie. Both the sensitive and the violent sections of the story are written at the same same pace, which makes the narrative flow smoothly and make it difficult to put down.
Hunt moves at a steady speed, which in my opinion makes it easier to picture the story as a movie playing out on the screen. In a fully realised, opulent mediaeval fantasy setting, Lee Hunt presents a book about friendship, conflict, the truth, and soulmates.
About The Book
Sir Ezra is an Elysian Bell; he has a frightening potential that he keeps hidden deep beneath tight layers of steel armor. He secretly loves a dark Queen whose touch would mean his death.
Banished for brutally slaughtering the Prince of Erle and husband to the Queen, Sir Ezra can only dream of seeing her again. Every night, his soul travels to distant lands, remembering the Queen, her deep convictions, brilliant mind, unending work, hidden loneliness, and a single night of horrific bloodshed.
Recalled to the Queendom after eleven years, Ezra hopes to catch at least a fleeting glimpse of the woman he was sacrificed for. Instead, he finds a nation in rebellion and the Queen to be an elusive phantom. His only friend, Sir Marigold, challenges his presence and tells him that he is not needed in the capitol. Looking for both the truth and the absent Queen, Ezra finds only more secrets and enemies.
Ezra’s armor is dented, scarred, and ruined by friend and enemy alike; his secret potential is about to become unbound.
The Review
Bed of Rose and Thorns
This was such a fantastic read. The author did an amazing job of capturing the raw magic of the dark fantasy realm while also developing rich mythos for the narrative. The dark and tense tone the author instilled into the novel was felt early on, and the almost medieval-like setting came to life on the page and in the author’s mind through some pretty incredible imagery used by the author in their writing.