A review by onetrooluff
When The King Comes Home by Caroline Stevermer

3.0

Another "meh" book, unfortunately. I'm not really sure what kept me from liking the book more. It was set in an interesting time period, and at least some of the characters drew me in (Istvan and Julian, particularly). I found myself wishing that there was a previous book that was actually set 200 years earlier, when Julian and Andred and Istvan were originally alive. Their backstory was intriguing and I wanted to see it "first-hand."

My other problem seems to have been that I didn't like Hail all that well. The opening part where she was learning the artist's craft was just kind of dull for me.

I felt like there was a great story in there somewhere, obscured by all the stuff currently going on.