

) (Sam does that a lot in the book as well, which I found cute and endearing.) “You capitalized that, didn’t you,” Morgan sighed. Yes, I capitalized it, because it's a thing. They both seem to be vying for the coveted title of Most Clueless Where Attractions Are Concerned. The interactions between Sam and Ryan are freaking priceless. “Of the twenty-six times that I've attended.”Hilarious.īut there's the small matter of Ryan's engagement to Prince Justin (who you will immediately want to junk punch at first sight) standing in the way of our two heroes' happiness. Knight Commander Ryan Foxheart, who makes everyone in the kingdom swoon.īut Sam most of all, who very secretly attends meetings of the Ryan Foxheart Fan Club. Then we have Sam's would-be love interest, 25 y.o.

It's a good way to be wearing your insides on your outsides. Sam's other best friend is Tiggy, a nine-foot-tall half-giant, who may not be the brightest marble in the bag, but he protects Sam and Gary with a fury best not tested. And folks, he is a fierce, snarky BITCH, so watch out or someone's going to lose a testicle. Sam's best friend is Gary, a hornless gay unicorn. And it was a (slightly blinding) sight to behold. wizard's apprentice (to Morgan of Shadows,) with more blurty, unfiltered goodness in him than one could possibly imagine. ( Literally)įrom start to finish, I was never bored, not even for a single paragraph of its considerable 400+ page length. I may have a * few* words (I am still me after all,) but in all seriousness. Naturally, it all goes to hell through the years when Ryan dates the reprehensible Prince Justin, Sam can't control his magic, a sexually aggressive dragon kidnaps the prince, and the King sends them on an epic quest to save Ryan's boyfriend, all while Sam falls more in love with someone he can never have.

Sir Ryan Foxheart, the dreamiest dream to have ever been dreamed. When Sam is fourteen, he enters the Dark Woods and returns with Gary, the hornless gay unicorn, and a half-giant named Tiggy, earning the moniker Sam of Wilds.Īt fifteen, Sam learns what love truly is when a new knight arrives at the castle.

Of course, this catches the attention of a higher power, and Sam's pulled from the only world he knows to become an apprentice to the King's Wizard, Morgan of Shadows. Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident. For current Paperback edition see: The Lightning-Struck Heart
