{"id":1011,"date":"2016-07-14T13:25:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T13:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2016-07-14T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T13:25:42","slug":"book-review-lonens-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1011","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Lonen&#8217;s War*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LonensWar650.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1012\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LonensWar650-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"LonensWar650\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LonensWar650-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LonensWar650.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lonen&#8217;s war is the story of Oria, a woman raised in isolation, treated like a fragile child, and Lonen, a man fighting to stop the utter destruction of his people and the devastation of his country. \u00a0In a kingdom where control and serenity are prized and rewarded above all else, passionate and willful Oria finds herself the key to her kingdom&#8217;s survival.\u00a0 Struggling to save their kingdoms, bound by their honor, trapped between their cultures, Oria and Lonen must find a way to stop the war that has opened the gates to an evil neither knew existed no matter the personal cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0As a long time fan of fantasy romance, my favorite stories are those that showcase character growth. \u00a0Oria resonates as a character and her growth over the course of the book is well done. The relationship between Oria and Lonen develops at a slow but satisfying pace. Dragons, magic, and secrets abound in this first book of the Sorcerous Moons trilogy. If you are a regular reader of Jeffe Kennedy (and if you are not you are missing out,) you will find all the things you expect: strong world building, magic that makes sense, and characters you care about. \u00a0Lonen&#8217;s War is a delightful read. \u00a0Pick up a copy and let yourself be swept up in Oria and Lonen\u2019s world. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-28-at-9.26.38-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-930\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-28-at-9.26.38-AM-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-28 at 9.26.38 AM\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-28-at-9.26.38-AM-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-28-at-9.26.38-AM.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can find out more about Jeffe Kennedy and her other fabulous books at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffekennedy.com\">http:\/\/www.jeffekennedy.com<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*ARC Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lonen&#8217;s war is the story of Oria, a woman raised in isolation, treated like a fragile child, and Lonen, a man fighting to stop the utter destruction of his people and the devastation of his country. \u00a0In a kingdom where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1011\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[271,261,269,270],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","tag-book-review-lonens-war","tag-jeffe-kennedy","tag-lonens-war","tag-sorcerous-moons-trilogy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}