{"id":13380,"date":"2025-12-08T18:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=13380"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:26:59","slug":"the-seven-rings-augmented-aspects-royal-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/the-seven-rings-augmented-aspects-royal-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Rings & AUGMENTED ASPECTS: ROYAL BLOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The conclusion<\/a> to Nora Roberts<\/a>‘ Lost Bride trilogy<\/a> is much like the previous two books. Overall I’d have to say this is far more a romance than a mystery series, as the actual mystery is resolved pretty quickly (through brute force) in the last third. To the point I feel the witch wasn’t even necessary; her role could’ve theoretically been handled by a more competent version of the protagonist’s ex-fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The second<\/a> Augmented Aspects<\/a> novel expands on the first remarkably well despite going off in what seems like a fairly random direction. Rogue\/Healer is an exceedingly rare character archetype after all. It is not without its problems though, some more serious than others. Less serious ones being the description being misleading and there being an assortment of minor technical issues, while the most serious is a pretty large plot hole.<\/p>\n

In the last part of the novel it’s stated that her magical beacon flaw (sensible) and green eyes (utter nonsense) are present in all of her doppelganger forms. Which if true would’ve made it impossible for her to have taken the place of the local Mage Guild Master, let alone continue to impersonate him. How the web novel<\/a> readers didn’t catch this, nevermind a professional editor, is baffling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The conclusion to Nora Roberts‘ Lost Bride trilogy is much like the previous two books. Overall I’d have to say this is far more a romance than a mystery series, as the actual mystery is resolved pretty quickly (through brute force) in the last third. To the point I feel the witch wasn’t even necessary; her role could’ve theoretically been handled by a more competent version of the protagonist’s ex-fianc\u00e9. The second Augmented Aspects novel expands on the first remarkably well despite going off in what seems like a fairly random direction. Rogue\/Healer is an exceedingly rare character archetype after all. It is not without its problems though, some more serious than others. Less serious ones being the description being misleading and there being an assortment of minor technical issues, while the most serious is a pretty large plot hole. In the last part of the novel it’s stated that her magical beacon flaw (sensible) and green eyes (utter nonsense) are present in all of her doppelganger forms. Which if true would’ve made it impossible for her to have taken the place of the local Mage Guild Master, let alone continue to impersonate him. How the web novel readers didn’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1228,28,761,1227,760,64,62,30,511],"class_list":["post-13380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-augmented-aspects","tag-fantasy","tag-lost-bride-trilogy","tag-lykanthropy","tag-nora-roberts","tag-romance","tag-science-fiction","tag-urban-fantasy","tag-web-novel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t