Review Tour + #Giveaway: She's the One Who Gets in Fights by SR Cronin @cinnabar01 @GoddessFish

 

She's the One Who Gets in Fights

by S. R. Cronin

GENRE: Historical Fantasy

BLURB:

It’s the 1200’s, and the small realm of Ilari has had peace and prosperity for generations. That doesn’t mean every citizen is happy, however. Sulphur, the third of seven sisters, is glad the older two have been slow to wed. It’s given her the freedom to train as a fighter, in hopes of fulfilling her lifelong dream of joining Ilari’s army. Then, within a matter of days, both sisters announce plans and now Sulphur is expected to find a man to marry.

Is it Sulphur’s good fortune her homeland is gripped by fear of a pending Mongol invasion? And the army is going door to door encouraging recruits? Sulphur thinks it is. But once she’s forced to kill in a small skirmish, she’s ready to rethink her career decision.

Too bad it’s too late. The invasion is coming, and Ilari needs every good soldier it has.
Once Sulphur learns Ilari’s army has made the strategic decision to not defend certain parts of the realm, including the one where her family lives, she has to re-evaluate her loyalty. Is it with the military she’s always admired? Or is it with her sisters, who are hatching a plan to defend their homeland with magic?

Everywhere she turns, someone is counting on her to fight for what’s right. But what is?

Excerpt:

I found the booth with no problem. As only officers wore uniforms and the man standing there was decked out in full regalia, I guessed he was someone important. My nervousness surprised me as I approached him.

“Hello lass,” he greeted me with warmth. “Let me guess. You’ve got a younger brother who wants to join us but he’s too nervous to come talk to me himself. Am I right?” He seemed pleased. With what? That he induced nervousness in potential recruits?

“Uh, no. Sir. I was hoping to get some information on me joining.”

“You?”

He looked at me more closely. Of course I wore a dress, not my fighting clothes, so I didn’t much look the part, but he squinted at me anyway.

“You’re tall. And you look to be in good shape. Have you ever held a sword?”

“I’ve been sparring since I was a child.”

That impressed him.

“And I’ll do what ever you need to me to. Answer questions about weapons, engage in fights, perform tests of strength, whatever you need.” I spoke too fast in my eagerness.

“Slow down,” he chuckled. “All that’s good, but actually, none of it is as important what I’m going to tell you next.”

He hesitated as if he wasn’t sure how to explain this vital fact to someone as uninformed as me.

“You’re a farmgirl, right?” He looked at my clothes again.

“Yes, sir.”

“Well, the Svadlu are more of a city operation. We do things different than on the farm.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean being a member of the Svadlu is a pretty good deal. Lots of young people want in.”

“I know. That’s why I’ve worked so hard.”

“And that’s good, but I’ll cut to the chase. Most successful recruits get a sponsor. You know, someone already in the Svadlu who vouches for them. Um, especially if you’re, well, you know, a woman. Then it helps a great deal if one of us says you’re up to it.”

“But I can prove I’m up to it!”

“I suspect you can.” The look he gave me held respect, but he stayed firm. “A sponsor makes the difference. Why don’t you ask around. Surely your family knows someone who can help you?”

He looked up. Several people stood behind me now, hoping to talk to him. “If you’ll excuse me …”

My Review:

Sulphur is the third of seven sisters and the next in line to get married which is the last thing she wants. Lucky for Sulphur her sister has been slow in finding a mate but that is about to change as both sisters have finally announced their intentions to marry.

Sulphur doesn’t want to get married as she wants to be a fighter. A war is coming and she wants to be a soldier in Ilari’s army to help protect the people she cares about. Sulphur has applied for entry into the army but before she can be accepted she must find someone who is willing to vouch for her and sponsor her.

Can Sulphur find someone to back her before impending doom settles over the land? Will Sulphur get to accomplish her life’s dream of being a soldier? Will she get the chance to try and help save the ones she cares about?

But then something awful happens that leaves Sulphur questioning if she has made the right decision. Secrets are revealed which leaves Sulphur once again questioning herself. Now she really doesn’t know what to do or what is right? Sulphur has a choice to make that could affect her for the rest of her life. What will she do?

She's the One Who Gets in Fights is filled with action and fighting from the very beginning that never let up from the first page to the last. I love the world that was created for the seven sisters in the War Stories of the Seven Troublesome Sisters. I am enjoying seeing the world through each of the sister’s eyes. I like seeing their take on life and their world and seeing the part they play in it.

I like getting to know each and every character. When I was reading She's the One Who Gets in Fights I felt as if I was one of the soldiers standing beside Sulphur as she was sparring or fighting. I could see the whole world in my head as if I was on a movie set watching as each character played out their role before the cameras as well.

I love this series so much that I would highly recommend each and every book in the War Stories of the Seven Troublesome series. But I think I may be digressing here a little bit as today is Sulphur, the third sister of the seven troublesome sister’s day. Grab your copy of She's the One Who Gets in Fights today for a wonderful story!

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Sherrie Cronin is the author of a collection of six speculative fiction novels known as 46. Ascending and is now in the process of publishing a historical fantasy series called The War Stories of the Seven Troublesome Sisters. A quick look at the synopses of her books makes it obvious she is fascinated by people achieving the astonishing by developing abilities they barely knew they had.

She’s made a lot of stops along the way to writing these novels. She’s lived in seven cities, visited forty-six countries, and worked as a waitress, technical writer, and geophysicist. Now she answers a hot-line. Along the way, she’s lost several cats but acquired a husband who still loves her and three kids who’ve grown up just fine, both despite how eccentric she is.

All her life she has wanted to either tell these kinds of stories or be Chief Science Officer on the Starship Enterprise. She now lives and writes in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where she admits to occasionally checking her phone for a message from Captain Picard, just in case.

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