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Originally Posted by sufue
The Talon of the Hawk is the third in Jeffe Kennedy's Twelve Kingdoms series. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, not at Kobo US, at least as of now.
link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ONTR57A
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Ooh, this is one of my all-time favorite books!
You do need to read the series in order (though you can probably skip the early novellas).
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For those unfamiliar with the interlocking series:
The Twelve Kingdoms
0.5)
Negotiation (Aug 2013)
(note: this is NOT a romance)
1)
The Mark of Tala (June 2014)
2)
The Tears of the Rose (Dec 2014)
3)
The Talon of the Hawk (June 2015)
3.01) Deleted Scene in newsletter (April 10, 2016)
3.5)
Heart’s Blood (Sept 2015)
3.6)
At the Beach with Andromeda and Rayfe (Oct 2015)
(free short story on her website)
3.7)
Rayfe’s Origin (Feb 2016)
(free short story on her website)
3.9)
The Crown of the Queen (May 2016)
(a bridge novella labeled as a novella of the Twelve Kingdoms and the Uncharted Realms)
The Uncharted Realms
1)
The Pages of the Mind (June 2016)
2)
The Edge of the Blade (Jan 2017)
3)
The Shift of the Tide (Aug 2017)
3.5) The Snows of Windroven (Dec 2017)
4)
The Arrows of the Heart (Oct 2018)
4.5)
The Dragons of Summer (Nov 2018)
5)
The Fate of the Tala (Feb 2020)
6)
The Lost Princess Returns (June 2020)
Chronicles of Dasnaria ~ prequel series
1)
Prisoner of the Crown *(June 2018)
2)
Exile of the Seas (Sept 2018)
3)
Warrior of the World (Jan 2019)
3.1) Bonus Scene (Jan 2019)
(free short story on her website)
*(note: while the trilogy overall is a romance and the hero is introduced in the first book, Prisoner of the Crown is NOT a romance)
The Chronicles of Dasnaria was released in-between the latter part of The Uncharted Realms series. Even though it is a prequel (set about 20 years earlier), I would recommend reading the trilogy
after The Snows of Windroven if you aren't going to read in the actual, strict published order. You could also read it either before or after
The Dragons of Summer. But definitely read the trilogy before
The Fate of the Tala.
As I said, you could skip the early novellas if you want.
Negotiation does give some insight into the sisters' mother's motivations. But
Heart's Blood is basically an unrelated story simply set in one of the kingdoms.
Technically you could skip the remaining novellas as well, but they provide important story information and additional closure for the couples involved.
Since some consider the couples spoilery I've put the list with the couples in a spoiler field.