Teens, especially mid-teens' readers will no doubt love this exciting adventure, I believe. Lots of action to whet the curious' appetite for more. I liked that the teenaged characters relied on God and spoke the name of Jesus. However, Protestants will want to take note of references to praying to Mary. Other than these few Catholic leanings, the storyline is excellent, filled with dangers, yet educational in the sense of teaching about spiritual warfare, which is very real and that a Christian will indeed engage in through their life as did Xan, Christina, Lucy and Aubrey.

I like that this is historical fiction set during Medival times in 1188. It was a time of Knights Templar, Knights Hospitallers, Crusades, Moors and more. The author of this sixth and last book in the Harwood Mysteries series has dramatically brought these times to life. Despite it being a stand alone book I feel an interested reader would really wish to read those that came before.

At this book's end, the author has penned further notes about the history of those times and added a glossary of terms that have been used within the narrative.

~ Eunice C., Reviewer/Blogger ~

September 2024

Disclaimer: This is my honest opinion based on the complimentary review copy sent by Net Galley and the publisher.

I love this series and I hope that you can be so really happy to welcome this captivating climax to the award-winning Harwood Mysteries series.