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A review by sohare1981
The Savior's Champion by Jenna Moreci
5.0
Wow, I loved the Saviors Champion. As constantly read more about writing novels it’s rather hard to keep surprises a big surprise nearing the end when you begin to understand story structure and plot details. However, this story continued to surprise me. Though I was left kind of wondering what happened to the Prince, but other than that things easily came to a close, while still managing to leave it open. Since I follow Jenna on You-tube I do know there’s a sequel to the book coming, I don’t know when but I can’t wait to read it.
The Savior’s Champion takes place on a fictional world where magic is real and secrets and treachery run deep. The Savior of the realm lives in a palace in Theasen, and she’s of age to be married so a tournament is held gladiator style where twenty of the finest men are selected and compete to win the right to marry the Savior. Only one is to survive. They are each given laurel, or nicknames and three are picked by the Sovereign as being his favorites. The Sovereign turns out to be the Savior’s father.
Though he’s of age Tobias isn’t interested in competing in the gams. He is shocked and dismayed when his best friend announces he’s entering. He spends a great deal trying to prevent this from happening, but his friend Milo is determined to enter. Tobias tries to forget about, but after his handicapped sister has another bad spell with her back and he is unable to get to the towns doctor he forces himself to enter the tournament to win the promised coin for his sister and mother to be comfortable.
During the tournament he tries to stick to himself, even more so after his friend is murdered early on by another competitor, a group tries to form and wants to include him. He is distant and doesn’t really pay attention to the group finding them more of an annoyance than ally’s. But they do help each other through various challenges.
Things get even more complicated when Tobias falls in love with one of the queen’s court members, known as the Healer. He begins to resent the Savoir and the tournament as the games go on, and only wants to be with Leila.
That’s about all I can really get into without ruining plot twists. I would highly recommend reading this book to anyone who likes fantasy/fiction stories.
The Savior’s Champion takes place on a fictional world where magic is real and secrets and treachery run deep. The Savior of the realm lives in a palace in Theasen, and she’s of age to be married so a tournament is held gladiator style where twenty of the finest men are selected and compete to win the right to marry the Savior. Only one is to survive. They are each given laurel, or nicknames and three are picked by the Sovereign as being his favorites. The Sovereign turns out to be the Savior’s father.
Though he’s of age Tobias isn’t interested in competing in the gams. He is shocked and dismayed when his best friend announces he’s entering. He spends a great deal trying to prevent this from happening, but his friend Milo is determined to enter. Tobias tries to forget about, but after his handicapped sister has another bad spell with her back and he is unable to get to the towns doctor he forces himself to enter the tournament to win the promised coin for his sister and mother to be comfortable.
During the tournament he tries to stick to himself, even more so after his friend is murdered early on by another competitor, a group tries to form and wants to include him. He is distant and doesn’t really pay attention to the group finding them more of an annoyance than ally’s. But they do help each other through various challenges.
Things get even more complicated when Tobias falls in love with one of the queen’s court members, known as the Healer. He begins to resent the Savoir and the tournament as the games go on, and only wants to be with Leila.
That’s about all I can really get into without ruining plot twists. I would highly recommend reading this book to anyone who likes fantasy/fiction stories.