White Star | Beth Vaughan

White Star
by Beth Vaughan
Pub: Orion
Cover Design: Keevil Design
Genre: Fantasy
Series or Stand alone: 2nd in series
This book was received for review from the DGLA.

White Star is a fairly traditional fantasy with a relatively small cast and a core romance threading through it. I haven't read the first book but Vaughan threads the necessary information through the novel easily avoiding any cumbersome catch up at the beginning.

The two central characters around whom the romance and the plot is woven are endearing and draw the reader through although little energy is put into developing the rest of the cast.

White star has the usual trappings, a system of magic, battles, political intrigue but the addition of the undead warriors is, although not entirely new in itself well used to make this book a little less ordinary and the handling of them is excellent. The magic system and world building feel effortless allowing the reader to submerge themselves.

Nothing outstandingly new but an excellent handling of the genre and an easy satisfying read.