Blood Lance by Jeri Westerson
Review by Jerelyn (I-F-Letty)
Once again Jeri Westerson takes you there, it is one of her strengths and it is one of the things I have come to respect about her writing.
In Blood Lance, Crispin is his usual self, a sucker for a pretty face and honorable to a fault. A armourer has taken a header off London Bridge. While some say it is suicide, Crispin as a witness to the man’s fall has his doubts. In the early stages of the investigation, an old friend has come home deeply troubled by years of warfare, I don’t think I will be spoiling too much since Ms. Westerson has blogged about exploring PTSD within this story line, and I think she did a marvelous job showing that this could not have been a phenomenon of modern warfare. Did Sir Thomas kill Master Grey, what is it that Thomas seeks and that is now missing?
I have always been fascinated by the community that lived on the bridge. Jack is back as Crispin’s mother hen, and side kick. I truly love their relationship. There are great twists and turns, and I thought I had everything figured out, but as usual the final twist proved me wrong. There is a great jousting sequence and I think it was very well imagined and written. Chaucer is back, and we get to meet young Henry Bolingbroke, who will become Henry IV, I think we will see a lot more of him in the upcoming books. 4.5 stars
What else I love about Jeri Westerson is that she had been an active participant in the historical fiction forum, and a real friend to PBS blog.
She has once again agreed to do a Q and A in our forum November 14th. So if you have a question about the books or about anything, come on by.
Thank you Jeri and Jerelyn!
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Another great review! Even though I am now the proud owner of a beautiful copy of Bloodlance, I haven’t read it yet. I’m one of those who hates to read the last book I have in a series that I love, without knowing that the next one is easily to hand – yes, strange – I know! This review has me just itching to get into it though. Thanks to both of you – Jeri for writing these oh so entertaining books and Jerelyn for reviewing them for us!
Buy yourself the audio book and you can listen to it all over again after you’ve read it. Gives you a new perspective on the thing.