Harlequin

As a Last Kingdom - LK (book and TV) series great fan, I was incredibly disappointed with this one - where LK is serious and dark and warrior-mindset like, this is melodrama, soap-opera/telenovella great passions and romance.

The male MC is a non-descript Mary Sue that does not seem to exist (so far from Uthred), the female MC is ridiculous and annoying and wildly-reacting to anything (plus everybody wants to rape her, that seems to be her main role in the book, rape-target), the antagonist is pumped-up nasty in a ridiculous Banderas style and so on.

The writing itself is better here than LK, but the story and characters are teenage-drama level.

The battles are very well done, but too few among the plenty passion-drama moments.

I bought the entire 4 book series at once - now they all go straight to garbage.

So, final warning: if you are a Last Kingdom fan, this is NOT for you!