Child of the Phoenix is a truly haunting story and i loved it. I love how you follow her entire life from birth to death and i literally could not put it down. yeah yeah, ok she makes love to a ghost but in the end, it adds to the whole mysteriousness of the story. i've read it a few times now, and it never gets old. i'd really love to have a life as full of adventure as Eleyne's - a definite one to read.

The heroine cheated on her husbands whenever she saw fit and never seemed to struggle internally with her infidelity much. It seems to me some the depth of her character could have come out when she found her last husband with another woman. As long as the book was, a few pages here and there throughout detailing a broader understand of life through experience would have fleshed her out. I wonder if it was intentional to depict people back then as doing whatever they wanted with each other and to each other behind closed doors.

It was a good story that really pulled me into it. Half the time I felt like I was Eleyne while reading it. The descriptions of areas and castles were good, I could almost sense and feel where each character was in the story. I would certainly recommend this for anyone who does read historical romance novels, or anyone who enjoys a good story. I may even read it a second time it was that good.