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Free Spirit

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Ms. Francis has written a delightful adventure that kept me smiling all through the read. She has a flare for generating interest in and care for her characters. Her writing is precise; her expertise in the fantasy genre shows; and her remarkable ability to draw a reader into her fantasy world is sure to bring her kudos. I am delighted to see she is receiving well-earned praise for Free Spirt. She will go far in this business. Watch her shine!

Free Spirit is a story that grips you from beginning to end. Diesa is a hard-as-nails soft-as-butter heroine whose open vulnerability hits you from page one. This is the story of Diesa's bondage into slavery with Scanlon, the Elf Prince, along with Kittellan, who becomes her most loyal friend. Her rape by the evil Marsden. Scanlon's desperate search for Diesa. It gently portrays Scanlon's sensitivity and love for Diesa and his fairness, understanding and empathy with Kittellan's homosexuality. The emotion and excitement JennaKay Francis arouses in her book leaves you breathless and wanting more. I have no hesitation in recommending you read this book whether you are a lover of fantasy or not. I defy you to put it down.

The story drew me in immediately even though the familiar plotline (heroine forced to be under the control of/obey the hero) has been done to death. I ended up finishing this very quickly. It was a different read for me. Darker than I expected and filled with a lot of hardship. The heroine is brutally violated, abused, or both so many times it turns my stomach. I found myself caring about every character (especially Kitt and Drake!) and absolutely hated the villian. The main characters both have flaws that kept me from truly liking them 100%. Scanlon switched back and forth between being a nice guy then a jerk and Diesa was never anything but bitterly angry MOST of the time. Both of their actions created many of the problems which I'll never understand since he could access her mind whenever he felt like it. Still I admit I enjoyed this book. Even though I wasn't very happy with certain parts of the story where the heroine was concerned it kept and held my attention all the way to the end!

This is my first review. I never felt the need before now. However I would be doing all my fellow readers a dis-service if I failed to tell you just how much I enjoyed this book! (I would have read it in one day if I wasn't a busy single mom and employed full time.) I recently started reading some romance novels again, (I haven't read romance since I was a teen.) however, my first love is in the fantasy realm. This book brought the two of them together beautifully. I will be watching for more from JennaKay in the future with great antisipation!