Publication Date March 3, 2022

I’m married to a voracious reader…when I used to lose him in the multi-story used bookstore in our town, I could always find him in either military history or historical fiction. He reads EVERYTHING he can find about medieval history, both fiction and non. And I have TRIED to appreciate the genre, but haven’t gotten there. But I was happy to get a copy of The York King by Amy License from Lume Books and NetGalley in exchange for this honest review. 

TBH, I was lost righIt away, but after realizing that this is Book 2 in her House of York series, I HAD to buy Son of York, which is book 1. That helped a lot! 

The story takes place in the early years of the reign of Edward IV of York, as he tries to stave off the efforts of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, to return (Lancastrian) King Henry VI to the throne. Edward meets and secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville, a squire’s daughter…and the story continues with Edward facing a raft of new enemies. Looking forward to Book 3 in the series. I’m not hooked on the genre, but I have an open mind! Four stars.