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Readers were first captivated by the tantalizing kingdom of Akora in Josie Litton’s breathtaking Dream Island. Now the legendary nation renowned for the strength of its warriors--and the allure of its women--faces a threat to its future. Only the forbidden passion between an outsider and its own young princess can determine its fate....
Kingdom of Moonlight
It is the first trip abroad for Kassandra, the courageous princess of Akora. Enamored of all things English, the exotic beauty is eager to mingle with London society--and meet her first English gentleman. But the striking man she discovers in her brother’s home is quite the opposite of what she expected. Powerful and commanding as an Akoran warrior, he hardly resembles the sensitive knight she’d envisioned--yet he is exactly what she will need. For Kassandra’s journey is about to bring her face-to-face with both the man of her dreams and her most terrifying fear....
- Sales Rank: #1698983 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Bantam
- Published on: 2002-06-25
- Released on: 2002-06-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.00" h x .75" w x 4.25" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 400 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
From Publishers Weekly
A sequel to Litton's Dream Island, this overwrought entry follows Kassandra, the princess of Akora (a fantasy island civilization), as she leaves her homeland to visit England for the first time. In the household of her brother, Alex, and his wife, Joanna, she learns the nuances of Regency society and meets Joanna's brother, Royce, the earl of Hawkforte, who bears more resemblance to an Akoran warrior than a dandified English gentleman. Kassandra discovers how truly warrior-like Royce is when a volatile political situation makes London unsafe and Alex asks Royce to accompany her, Joanna and his infant daughter back to Akora. Violence also erupts in Akora, injuring Kassandra's other brother, Atreus. While Atreus lies in a coma, Kassandra leads her bewildered country in spite of a vision she has portending her own demise. Inevitably, Royce defeats the man who threatens her and all of Akora. Litton's flowery prose makes for lugubrious reading, especially since she fails to ignite a real romantic fire between Kassandra and Royce, who are too one-dimensional to sustain a blaze. With its awkward juxtaposition of Regency England and Akora, a bizarre civilization that reeks of Rome and contemporary America, this fanciful tale falls flat.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Kassandra, the princess of the mysterious island kingdom of Akora, is visiting her brother, Alex, and sister-in-law, Joanna, in London. An anglophile, Kassandra finally gets a chance to see the country with which she's always been enamored. Royce has come by to see his sister, but is instantly fascinated by Kassandra, and doesn't harbor any ill will toward the princess of the kingdom where he was held captive for nine months. Kassandra's visit is cut short by civil unrest in the city because her brother, fearing for the safety of his wife, new daughter, and sister, sends them packing to Akora. Royce comes along, and soon they're caught up in dangerous doings. Kassandra keeps Royce at arms-length as she follows her destiny, and saves her homeland from the forces that threaten it. More mystical than the first novel in the series and with less intrigue, Litton's latest is still a great story, and it leaves the reader eager for the next chapter in the trilogy. Maria Hatton
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Readers were first captivated by the tantalizing kingdom of Akora in Josie Litton?s breathtaking Dream Island. Now the legendary nation renowned for the strength of its warriors--and the allure of its women--faces a threat to its future. Only the forbidden passion between an outsider and its own young princess can determine its fate....
Kingdom of Moonlight
It is the first trip abroad for Kassandra, the courageous princess of Akora. Enamored of all things English, the exotic beauty is eager to mingle with London society--and meet her first English gentleman. But the striking man she discovers in her brother?s home is quite the opposite of what she expected. Powerful and commanding as an Akoran warrior, he hardly resembles the sensitive knight she?d envisioned--yet he is exactly what she will need. For Kassandra?s journey is about to bring her face-to-face with both the man of her dreams and her most terrifying fear....
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Disappointing follow-up to Dream Island
By A Customer
Having read (and enjoyed) all of Ms. Litton's other books, I was looking forward to this latest effort. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a disappointment. I loved "Dream Island" where we first met Alex's sister Kassandra and Joanna's brother Royce but I did not particularly care for Royce's character so I suppose I should have known. If you read "Believe in Me" you might think of Royce as a less likable version of Hawk - autocratic, authoritarian, with little sense of humor. And though Kassandra had the potential to lighten him up, the circumstances in the book throw her into such serious situations that we see little of the sprite Kassandra may have appeared at the beginning of the book and in "Dream Island". She is weighed down by an tragic vision of her future that she unswervingly believes is inevitable and inescapable, though when her visions are of others' futures, it is only "one possible path of many" and so not definite. Heh?
And there is little chemistry or passion between these characters. I was not sure what attracted them to one another. I really had to force myself to stick with this book and that's something I have never had to do with any of the author's other books. It almost seemed that this book existed mainly to advance the story of Akora and to set up the story for the next book "Castles in the Mist" about Alex and Kassandra's half brother Atreus (which, from the exerpt looks more promising than this one). The book concentrates too much on the situation on Akora - the rebels that may or may not be behind the unrest, on Kassandra's stepping in as Vanax (leader of Akora) while Atreus is in a coma after an assasination attempt - to the detriment of the love story between the two main characters.
I will, however, continue my faith in the author and look forward to the last book in the trilogy, Atreus' story.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
unusual yet stimulating Regency romantic suspense
By A Customer
In 1812, England worries about possible wars with Napoleon and the former colonies. In London, though their siblings have been married for a year and his sister is pregnant, Lord Royce Hawkforte and Princess Kassandra of Akora meet for the first time under happier circumstances.
Just after Joanna gives birth, Royce kisses Kassandra, leaving both stunned by their reaction. Kassandra informs Royce she sees multiple futures, but the individual has opportunities to change the most likely path that might occur. Because of further unrest, Kassandra's other brother Atreus orders her to come home. Alex puts his sister, his wife, and his daughter on an Akoran ship accompanied by Royce.
As Royce overcomes his bad memories of his imprisonment on Akora, he and Kassandra fall in love. However, the rebels continue to cause havoc insisting on a return to tradition while another group of protesters wants a more open government. This leaves little room for Royce and Kassandra to explore a future together as that seems like the least likely path for what is good for Akora and England.
Though Akora seems too perfect as a nineteenth century Utopian modernization of Ancient Athens, KINGDOM OF MOONLIGHT is an unusual yet stimulating Regency romantic suspense that will send new readers seeking DREAM ISLAND, the first book in the trilogy. The story line absorbs the full attention of the audience as the delightful lead couple struggles between love and duty. Fans who enjoy a different type of historical story will want to read Josie Litton's strong entry that daringly refreshes the sub-genre as few books do.
Harriet Klausner
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Marginal
By J. Greenwood
I'll say up front that I don't tend to like romances, and it takes a very well written one to hold my interest. This one was not, and I found myself skimming sections and reading as fast as I can just to get it over with (having an unfortunate compulsion to finish books I start, and having started this one because it was the only one on hand when I desperately wanted something to read). That is my fault and not the author's. I gave this review one star more than I wanted to, to offset my genre prejudice.
Apart from my lack of appreciation for romances, this one was quite irritating because the author couldn't seem to make up her mind whose perspective she was representing. It's one thing to have the habit (and she does) of spelling out everything a character is thinking or feeling. It's another thing to have the narration be at times too descriptive of all circumstances, implications and reasons for a character's thoughts or actions (it's called the "omniscient" viewpoint and is a mark of unprofessionalism). But the most maddening point is that the author switchs between major character's viewpoints literally within the same paragraph, as if she couldn't decide whose head she wanted to be inside. And as to heads the reader would want to be inside, I couldn't bear any of them. Apart from some slightly witty reparte between them towards the beginning of the book, the characters were so flat and one-dimensional they held no interest for me.
Advice to writers: 1. Hint or allude to character thoughts/feelings through their words and actions rather than through reading their minds. Say nothing about what's inside their heads at all rather than explain too much. 2. Give the reader some credit for intelligence and imagination -- don't fall into the trap of spelling everything out for them in the narration. It's insulting and boring. 3. If you want to write in multiple viewpoints -- and that can be a very effective tool when used well -- make some kind of narrative break at that view shift. Start a new chapter or a new section. And DON'T forget numbers 1 and 2 above when you do.
This is the kind of guidance anyone who has taken an undergraduate level creative writing class learns early on.
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