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| Original Title: | The Engineered Throne ISBN13 9781620042724 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Unbreakable Soldiers #1 |
Megan Derr
ebook | Pages: 346 pages Rating: 4.06 | 1349 Users | 142 Reviews

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| Title | : | The Engineered Throne (Unbreakable Soldiers #1) |
| Author | : | Megan Derr |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 346 pages |
| Published | : | November 13th 2013 by Less Than Three Press LLC (first published November 12th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. M M Romance. Dragons. War. Military Fiction |
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Lord Vellem is a man desperate for escape. His father hides from his problems in alcohol, his mother hides from her misery in drugs, and his brother fled to the relative safety of the royal palace. Vellem eventually found solace in the Royal Army Corp of Engineers, but still could not entirely escape. Then his brother provides him with an unexpected chance, and now Vellem's marriage to the young prince of a neighboring kingdom is only months away.The marriage promises not just a fresh start in a new land, but a challenge to his famed skills in building roads and bridges. But before he can settle into his new life, tragedy strikes, and Vellem isn't certain he's up to rebuilding the ruin left in its wake.
Note: This story started as a LT3's Serial Fiction in February 2013; this Goodreads entry is for the published version
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Ratings: 4.06 From 1349 Users | 142 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books The Engineered Throne (Unbreakable Soldiers #1)
This review can be found at The Blogger Girls review site.4.5 starsOn the recommendation of his brother, Lord Vellem from Belemere is arranged to marry Prince Perdith of Tallideth in an attempt to end the war between the two countries. With peace in sight and the wedding only months away, things take a decidedly bad turn when more than one attempt on Vellems life is made, pushing the marriage to happen sooner than desired. Unfortunately, that doesnt stop tragedy from striking again in a way thatWell, I liked this more than The High King's Golden Tongue. There is an actual relationship development under not so great circumstances.Because of the blurb I spent almost one third of the story waiting for this to happen - ' But before he can settle into his new life, tragedy strikes, and Vellem isn't certain he's up to rebuilding the ruin left in its wake' , so it is possible I missed something. The said tragedy doesn't happen right away. I don't consider one third a small portion of the
I really liked the Army corps of Engineers aspects in a setting with royalty, wars, intrigue, sabotage and arranged marriage. I loved how Vallem took everything that life threw at him and made them work.The world setting was great and Megan Derr is at her best at this. The supporting characters were wonderful. The only thing I was not convinced of was Perdith and Vallem's love. I think it was because when compared to Vallem's character, Perdith's character comes across as weak. We don't see him

After zooming through all 3 books from the Tales of the High Court series by Megan Derr, it's only taken me another year to read another one of her books. The world building is interesting and description lavish as always but I still feel that the High Court series holds greater appeal than this. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the characters, despite the commonly used "I thought I was unworthy of you, wait what- you did too?" miscommunication trope.
Really, really enjoyable, but marred by some poor copy-editing.For people who like Megan Derr's writing (like me), this is exactly the kind of thing they like. It has a satisfyingly lengthy story, an arranged marriage, sabotage, war, dragons(!), and snark.I loved the focus on engineering, and the geeky pride Vellem took in the expertise of his men and himself.This was first published as a serial, a format I detest since I am greedy and impatient, and which probably explains some of the
4.5 stars for the story, 1 star for the editing (Less than three press, why aren't you learning anything? It's really a shame)

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