#k.m. shea

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Brimstone chimera creature illustration (2022); Painted for indieauthor A.M Sohma/KM. Shea's litrpg series "Second Age of Retha" personal D&D project. Collaborative project between the author and her fans.

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After all, nobody won in a war, but everyone triumphed in a country of love and forgiveness.

Cinderella, (from Cinderella and the Colonel by K.M. Shea)

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Royal Magic by K.M. Shea

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Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales)

If you have been following along, you know I’m a sucker for fairy tale retellings.  I love them and truly feel that I cannot get enough.  It just is who I am.  The idea that you can take a story that has existed for years and tweak it, put your own spin on it, and create a new version is amazing.  Granted, not all of them are good, and some leave you extremely disappointed, but sometimes you find that gem that stands on its own.  This story falls in that second category.

Overall, there probably isn’t anything overly unique about this story.  Belle literally falls into the Beast’s life (through the glass roof), and what keeps her there isn’t a deal with the devil to save her father, but a broken leg.  Of course, she was spying on the cursed Prince to save her family, and the intrigue for most of the novel leads you to believe that she is working for the rival kingdom.  This adds quite a fresh take on the story, the spy who hates her captivity not because she is a captive, but because her inability to do her job could mean her family suffers.  Her captor is only grudgingly her captor, and it is truly his servants who are orchestrating her whole captivity in the hopes that she will be the one to break their curse.

This book was truly a delight to read.  IT had enough twists to make it different from the original retelling that it was unique, but managed to hang onto the spirit of the story itself.  It was a wonderfully easy read that is perfect to pick up when you don’t want a book that takes a lot of effort.

Read August 2017

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I know I’ve posted the links to some of these before, but I wanted to bring it back around.  I just posted Samoaphoenix’s review of K.M. Shea’s Endings over on Camelot’s library.  Samoaphoenix has been been badgering me to read this series every since she started and her review of Endings was compelling enough that I started reading.  

K.M. Shea’s King Arthur and her Knights series is about a 21st Century girl named Britt Arthur’s who is pulled back in time by Merlin after the real Arthur ran off with a shepherdess before he could pull the sword from the stone.  Merlin wants Britt to pull the sword from the stone as Arthur and help him unite the kingdoms under one ruler.  I know this sounds like a potentially lame premise, but I swear it’s not (and Samoaphoenix swears too).  I started with the last book and am circling back around, but so far it’s clear that K.M. Shea has a great handling on all the Arthurian characters.  That’s probably the most compelling part of the series so far, although there are some great twists on the legend as well.  Seriously, if you’re looking for a fresh and innovative take on the legend that still manages to include all the things that make it great, you can’t do much better than this series.  

Anyways, here’s the links to Samoaphoenix’s reviews of the series in case anyone is curious.  As always, spoilers ahead.  

Samoaphoenix Guest Review: King Arthur and Her Knights Part I (Enthroned, Enchanted, Embittered, Embark, and Enlighten)

Samoaphoenix Guest Review: Endeavor (King Arthur and Her Knights Part II)

Samoaphoeix Guest Review: Endings (King Arthur and Her Knights Part III)

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“Her fingers trembled as she reach for his face. SIT. STILL. Her warm fingertips grazed his cheek, and then she flicked some of his hair off his forehead while he didn’t so much as move a muscle. If it didn’t take all my effort not to yank her against me, if I had the mental capacity to spare, I’d be proud of myself.”

Lord Enchanter Evariste

Reign Of Magic. (The Fairy Tale Enchantress Book 3) by KM Shea

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“Because it was impossible for a person to be able to channel that kind of power and not crack. No human was valiant enough to be able to stand against such a tidal wave and survive.”

Reign Of Magic. (The Fairy Tale Enchantress Book 3) by KM Shea

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