The Queen's Musketeers: Book 2, by R. A. Steffan
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Pregnant, widowed, and in hiding, Queen Anne is reliant on a small band of loyal musketeers to protect her as enemies close in from all directions. But do they have a traitor in their midst?In an attempt to stay one step ahead of the assassins bent on Her Majesty’s destruction, d’Artagnan joins his mentor, Athos, on a dangerous mission that will test both men’s endurance and strength of will to the limit. Failure means the death of all their friends, and d’Artagnan is not prepared to lose his new family so soon after losing his old one.Gripping and dramatic, The Queen’s Musketeers: Book 2 explores themes of loyalty and honor in a world where the motto of the day is “every man for himself.”Author’s note: This book contains graphic depictions of sex and violence, and includes descriptions of self-injury with religious connotations. It is intended for an adult readership.
The Queen's Musketeers: Book 2, by R. A. Steffan - Amazon Sales Rank: #679325 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-07
- Released on: 2015-03-07
- Format: Kindle eBook
The Queen's Musketeers: Book 2, by R. A. Steffan About the Author R. A. Steffan began writing for pleasure in 2005. After honing her skills for a few years in amateur circles, she eventually transitioned into freelance nonfiction writing and ghostwriting professionally published short fiction. Since moving into serialized stories and novel-length works, she has found the experience of wrangling more extended and intricate plot lines - along with a larger cast of characters - to be educational, frustrating, and fulfilling by turns. With luck, the end result will prove to be an enjoyable experience for readers. When not writing, the author enjoys reading, horseback riding, walking her dogs, and raising a small backyard flock of ducks.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The adventure continues....with a detour or two By gypsyjack73 Book Two of The Queen's Musketeers series picks up where Book One left off, with d'Artagnan still the pov character and now more fully involved in the activities of the motley group he joined in the first book. The story develops more depth and complexity with this second book, which is longer than the first and gives the reader more to consider.A significant chunk of the book is spent with only two main characters, off on their own adventure. While I appreciated the opportunity to delve deeper into the relationship of those two characters, when they rejoined the group I realized how much I missed the camaraderie and interaction of the larger cast of characters, who R.A. Steffan writes in such an entertaining way. That middle section slowed down the action for me, but then the pace picks up again at the end and leads us into the set-up for Book Three, which is being released the weekend I write this review. Those lucky readers who discover this series now will be able to read all three books without a pause.The "descriptions of self-injury" alluded to in the warnings are not my favorite part of the book, but neither did I find them such a large part of the story that I couldn't skim over them and move on to the parts of the book that I did like.I want to mention a side note on an aspect of this series that I'm not sure all readers will pick up on. The author's bio states that she's been involved with horses and riding for a long time. Her knowledge of equines shows in the way she writes the Musketeers' mounts as characters in the book, each with their own personalities. And minor details, such as a rider changing stirrup length when preparing to mount a horse that a different character had previously ridden, help add authenticity. So many historical books treat horses as having no more individuality than a car, and it's refreshing to read an historical novel that recognizes their significance in a time period when they were the major mode of transportation.This series continues to build on itself, and I'm looking forward to finishing Book Three, which I've just started. Not really looking forward to the inevitable wait for Book Four.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The return of old friends, not a perfect return but not bad either By A. McGrath There are a lot of things to like in this alternative history series as well as a number of annoying attributes that detract from it that drop this down to 2.5 or three stars.Pro:The dialogue is excellent—sparkling even—and didn't seem contrived at all. It's the best part of the books.The interaction between the characters seems believable.Seeing an alternative meeting for the three musketeers and D'Artagnan was lots of fun.The storyline with the plague, the death of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria fleeing seems plausible within the context of the story.Seeing the musketeers again is like discovering old friends and they are more or less in character.Con:We never really get a sense of what the characters look like! If you've read Dumas you know Milady is blonde, Porthos is a giant of a man, etc, but here the characters are barely described, though we do get to discover Milady has blue eyes and ruby lips. And hair. (we can assume it's blonde since it's Milady but a color would have been nice)Pacing. For two short works, the books seems to drag and not a lot happens. About 2/3 through book 2 things picked up finally but that's a long time to wait even with these little volumes.The action scenes are poorly done with little sense of realism.While the author seems to know horses she clearly has little experience with or interest in the weaponry of the period. The pistols in this book never misfire, they hit at ridiculously long ranges and the sword fights are vague. It reminds me of the BBC Series The Musketeers, which I love despite the silliness of the action scenes, but at least in the series the scenes are well done (on a side note, the current Russian series is even better than the BBC series).In this book there is a funny scene where Aramis is target shooting at wine bottles at 20 paces, hitting them every time. At 20 paces with a smoothbore wheelock or flintlock pistol a good shot can consistently hit a man size target but consistent hits on a mark the size of a wine bottle are beyond the capabilities of these weapons under the best of circumstances. Musket/matchlock, yes, but not a pistol.In another scene D'Artagnan misses a doe because his “sights” were off. Pistols of this period didn't have sights, you simply aim down the barrel. In the next paragraph he somehow manages to hit a hare! Well, I suppose if he were 3 or 4 paces from it though the ball would rip it to shreds if he did actually hit it.SPOLIER ALERT: The author changes some major Dumas characters in ways that I am unsure improve the story and wonder why it was done. She reforms Milady, a character Dumas describes as demonic in appearance when crossed and one of the most evil characters in literature, and makes her into a good guy, or at least gray, while the ever loyal Grimaud turns traitor. The latter is painful to anyone who has read Dumas. And speaking of Grimaud, where is Porthos' servant Mousqueton, and D'Artagnan's servant Planchet or Aramis' servant Bazin? I suppose it's too soon for Planchet but what about Porthos and Aramis' servants? Not even a reference to them being dead from the plague.Despite all the negatives this is a fun enough read and Steffan is setting it up so something will happen in book 3. The books were free, so I got what I paid for. I probably wouldn't have paid for book 2 based on book 1 but at this point will probably stick around to see what happens in book 3.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Retelling of The Three Musketeers By R Owen If you love the swashbuckling times of the 17th century, and especially in France, I recommend this refreshingly new telling of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers tale of d'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos. Steffan does a superb job of keeping the main characters' traits, styles, and personal histories intact while putting them into a new story of their early adventures together. This second book of the series picks up where the first, much shorter, book left off, which gave the reader a new telling of how d'Artagnan came to meet the three older musketeers of fame. No Haven Beckons reads very quickly and keeps true to the main plot of this young series, which so far involves saving the French royal dynasty - just as if Dumas had written it himself. And, in keeping with this kind of novel, there's plenty of action, sword-fighting, and intrigue - Steffan even raises the eyebrow with a quite graphic sexual scene involving d'Artagnan himself. But, reader beware - Steffan uses the fiction writer's prerogative to rewrite history a little in the details to make it all come together in a new historical backdrop to support her storyline!
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