The Movement of Rings by Nadine C. Keels

Title: The Movement of Rings

Author: Nadine C. Keels (https://prismaticprospects.wordpress.com/)

Series: The Movement of Crowns, #2

Genre: Christian romantic fantasy

Age-Range: young adult/adult

Setting: Diachona (fantasy world)

Publisher: Nadine K. Keels

Source: author (in exchange for honest review)

Rating: 3/5 stars

Content: 3/5. Not recommended for younger teens. Mentions of childbirth, some innuendo-ish stuff, falling in love & the emotions, some kissing (few to no details). The main character (Naona) is a member of the king of Munda’s harem, no details. It was tastefully handled. Mentions of abortion.

The Movement of Rings by Nadine C. Keels

A time to remember what lies deeper than one’s fears…

The Mundayne empire has seen years of prosperity under the rule of King Aud, a man of war known the world over for his ruthlessness. Naona, a high-spirited imperial servant who holds Aud’s favor, occupies herself with pulling pranks on her peers around the king’s estate, but the time for laughter spoils when the citizens of Munda begin to oppose increasing taxation. After meeting the princess of Diachona, Naona finds herself having to choose between maintaining loyalty to her king and becoming a personal ally of another nation. With the rise of unrest in Munda, can Naona’s heart survive intact: intact enough, even, for an unforeseen chance at love with a foreign man?

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It took me a little while to get into this one (I didn’t want to meet a new character; I wanted to reunite with the old ones!), but once I did, I really enjoyed it. It was interesting to see a Mundayne’s perspective on the war with Diachona.

The world-building was very complete. I got a great idea of the culture of Munda. I kind of want to go visit there now … it sounds really interesting.

The characters were developed and believable. I would have liked to know a wee bit more about them at the beginning, though (as I said before, it got off to a ‘slow start,’ at least in my mind, because I was unwilling to leave Constance.