Hi Cara,
Today review is regarding David Wragg debut novel The Black Hawks. This is the first book in the Articles of faith series.
Vedren Chel had imaged a different type of life as a Knight.
Bound by oath to serve his lazy step-uncle, all Chel wants to escape his dead-end job and go home.
When the kingdom is invaded, Chel finds his opportunity in the turmoil and chaos. If Chel escorts a stranded prince to safety, Chel will be released from his oath.
All he has to do is drag the brat of a prince from one side of the country to the other. Through war and wilderness, chased all the way by ruthless assassins. Chel must keep himself and the princes alive.
To survive you need killers watching your back. You need the Black Hawk Company – mercenaries, fighters without equal, squabbling, scrapping pack of rogues.
The Black Hawks is a rip-roaring humour action fiction. Where the language would cause Captain America to blush.
The Black Hawks crew banter is one of my favourite element of the book. One of my favourite interaction is below;
“Lemon waggled her eyebrows. ‘What’s up fuckers? Miss Me?’ ‘Like a treasured tapeworm came the reply.”
(As my copy is an ARC this quote may or may not be in the finished book or it may be altered.)
The plot of the story is full of action, danger, death and not knowing who can be trusted. There is more going on in the Kingdom than originally lead to believe.
Chel is are leading man and a character that I didn’t know what to think of him at the beginning. But as the book progress, you see that he is a good guy. Who also takes his oath very seriously.
As Chel is oath-bound to the Prince Tarfells. Bound to keep him safe. Normal books I read, the prince is able to look after himself. It nice to see a Prince that can’t, also how out of his death he is while being kidnapped and having to rough it.
Also I am hoping to find out more about the leader of the Black Hawks Rennic as his like a mystery wrapped in an Engima.
Another element I enjoyed is that some of the most dangerous people in The Black Hawks are female. Special shout out to Whisper, Lemon and Loveless.
The Black Hawks is perfect for people who like their action fiction with a lot of humour.
I am looking forward to seeing what happens to this group of mercenaries.
My rating is 4.5 out of 5.
Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Voyager for suppling the ebook copy of The Black Hawks for a fair and honest review.
The Black Hawks is published 3rd October 2019.Â
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