The Blackthorn Key is my favorite book series, containing murder mystery and historical fiction. This book series is placed in the 16th century and it’s genre is ‘Adventure’ and ‘Historical Fiction’. Today, I will review the book series for you and hopefully spark your interest!
Introduction:
The Blackthorn Key Series is a historical fiction series that takes place in the 16th century in England and various other European countries. All the plots in the books are mysterious, interesting and shocking! You always find yourself coming back to read once you finished a chapter or book.
The 3 main characters in this series, Christopher Rowe, Tom Bailey and Sally Deschamps, sets on multiple adventures involving dangerous schemes, murder, poison and hatred. Each worse plot worse than the previous. Risking their lives, they use their skills to find the assassin and, hopefully, save the people in danger.
The Blackthorn Key (First book) review:
The first book, The Blackthorn Key, is a great introduction to the series. This book lets the reader know about the characters, the setting and also get to read an interesting plot. Behold, some death, rivalry and revengeeeeee…
Summary/Blurb:
Christopher’s life could hardly be any better, that was before his master had been murdered. One by one, people of London keep getting killed, throwing fear throughout the population. Filled with hatred and angry, Christopher sets out to find the murderers of his master, who plan to end his life as well. Slowly, he finds out the true aim of the plan, to over throne the newly welcomed king. Christopher has to find these heartless murderers, and save the king of England.
Mark of the Plague (Second book) review:
Mark of the Plague is a longest book in all of the series. To be honest, this book is the book I like the least out of all four books, not because it is boring, but because the plot isn’t as engaging as the other plots. I am not saying that the book sucks, but compared to the other books, it is the book that is the least engaging. But the plot is definitely worth reading for!
Summary/Blurb:
London is at mercy of the deadly plague, spreading rapidly like wildfire throughout the unfortunate city. While under crisis, a new plan unravels, containing a murderous scheme that will soon cost hundreds of innocent lives. Christopher finds himself in the middle of all this, chooses to risk his life to expose the deadly plan of action and confront the murderer himself. . .
The Assassin’s Curse (Third Book):
The Assassin’s Curse is my favorite book out of all! The plot is extremely worth reading for and it contains funny dialogue! I would say that this book is a little more violent than the other books, but otherwise, it is still the most interesting book of all!
Summary/Blurb:
Christopher Rowe gets a chance to meet the king! But even a chance like this ends with a attempt of murder. He is then sent off to Paris, France to uncover the mystery which is threatening the royal French family as well. Will he be able to stop the conspiracy and save the royal family line? Or will the royal French family die in the hands of a murderer.
Call of the Wraith (Fourth book):
Call of the Wraith has a REALLY good storyline! Christopher has not only 1 scheme to fish out of, but 2 (!) schemes to deal with! The characters face different situations and betrayal at it’s finest.
Summary/Blurb:
Christopher is cursed, or is he? He can’t seem to remember anything, not who he is, where he is and who the people talking to him are. People keep telling him that he has lost his soul, and that there was not chance on bringing it back. Tom and Sally, as loyal friends, try helping him, hopefully bring back his memories slowly. They find themselves ending up on East England after an unfortunate shipwreck from their previous adventure, and lure themselves into an other mystery. Children in a small village are disappearing, and locals blame the disappearance on a ghostly legend, the White Lady. Knowing better than to believe that, Christopher, Tom and Sally set out on an adventure to find the meaning behind this plot and bring an end to it. But in the end, will Christopher be able to solve the mystery and regain his soul back? Or will the children and him be lost forever. . . ?
I hope that from this review, you have taken interest in this series! I would highly recommend this series to any reader who likes adventure and historical fiction, and most certainly mysterious schemes and plots.