Storm Called
A Royal States Novel

This entire series of books is like... twinkies? Like, so bad, they make no sense, characters act in completely senseless ways, the author does a terrible job of connecting the dots at times, but I devour them when they come out anyway because they taste amazing. Usually staying up all night to fini......more

Happy 🤗 I've been hoping and waiting for this book since I finished "Null and Void" , and I'm over the moon it's finally here, and yes, it was worth the wait. This is Pat and Jessica's story. We have the fainting episode, chicken and yams, horses, more chicken and yams and a damn good story. Yes it's......more

3.5 Goodreads; 4 Amazon: a likable Gary Stu, w/1st-person PoV and a lot of horse-rehab content in parts. Low-caste janitor/BBQ cook becomes a company's get-organized savior, society's most in-demand event chef, and a princess's chosen mate, while taking care of two special-needs horses — not terribl......more

sucka I bought this after getting hooked on a sample, then after pages of woe-is-me low caste bootstrapping, the low caste guy gets hit on by a princess: overtly hit on multiple times. Gave up after the princess flat out said “if no one else is smart enough to pick you, I will.” Magic returns to Ameri......more

3.5 Slow moving story, with a lot of talking/info dumps, but I really liked Pat! I'll probably read the sequel! 2024 - Rereading this because I really like Pat and his horses! The story line is still slow moving, but I enjoyed it!......more