Just for Me: Templar Knight Mysteries
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ermingarden8. A book that feels like it was written just for you
The Templar Knight Mysteries series by Maureen Ash!
Bascot de Marins, a Templar knight, returns to England at the end of the twelfth century after almost a decade of captivity. While recovering from his wounds, he spends time in the service of Nicolaa de la Haye, the formidable castellan of Lincoln Castle, and catches murderers with the able assistance of a mute Italian boy named Gianni – Bascot's servant in name, but his son in heart.
Found family, complex relationships with religion, and engaging mysteries, all in an impeccable medieval setting – it's as if Ash were writing with me in mind!
The series is now eleven books long (Crusade of Murder came out in May and isn't on the Goodreads series page yet), but each one can stand alone; in my opinion, the first few are the best. (My personal favorite is #2, Death of a Squire, though it has stiff competition!)
The remaining questions:
9. A book that reminds you of someone
10. A book that belongs to a specific time in your mind, caught in amber
11. A book that came to you at exactly the right time
12. A book that came to you at the wrong time
13. A book with a premise you'd never seen before quite like that
14. A book balanced on a knife edge
15. A snuffed candle of a book
16. A book you'd take with you while you were being ferried on dark underground rivers
17. A book that taught you something about yourself
18. A book that went after its premise like an explosion
19. A book that started a pilgrimage
20. A frigid ice bath of a book
21. A warm blanket of a book
22. A book written into your psyche
23. A book that made you bleed
24. A book that asked a question you've never had an answer to
25. A book that answered a question you never asked
26. A book you recommend but cannot love
27. A book you love but cannot recommend
28. A book you adore that people are surprised by
29. A book you detest that people are surprised by
30. A book that led you home
The Templar Knight Mysteries series by Maureen Ash!
Bascot de Marins, a Templar knight, returns to England at the end of the twelfth century after almost a decade of captivity. While recovering from his wounds, he spends time in the service of Nicolaa de la Haye, the formidable castellan of Lincoln Castle, and catches murderers with the able assistance of a mute Italian boy named Gianni – Bascot's servant in name, but his son in heart.
Found family, complex relationships with religion, and engaging mysteries, all in an impeccable medieval setting – it's as if Ash were writing with me in mind!
The series is now eleven books long (Crusade of Murder came out in May and isn't on the Goodreads series page yet), but each one can stand alone; in my opinion, the first few are the best. (My personal favorite is #2, Death of a Squire, though it has stiff competition!)
The remaining questions:
9. A book that reminds you of someone
10. A book that belongs to a specific time in your mind, caught in amber
11. A book that came to you at exactly the right time
12. A book that came to you at the wrong time
13. A book with a premise you'd never seen before quite like that
14. A book balanced on a knife edge
15. A snuffed candle of a book
16. A book you'd take with you while you were being ferried on dark underground rivers
17. A book that taught you something about yourself
18. A book that went after its premise like an explosion
19. A book that started a pilgrimage
20. A frigid ice bath of a book
21. A warm blanket of a book
22. A book written into your psyche
23. A book that made you bleed
24. A book that asked a question you've never had an answer to
25. A book that answered a question you never asked
26. A book you recommend but cannot love
27. A book you love but cannot recommend
28. A book you adore that people are surprised by
29. A book you detest that people are surprised by
30. A book that led you home
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Date: 2021-10-13 03:01 pm (UTC)If you do end up reading any of them, please let me know what you think!