Book Review: Lost King of the Pattern

Reasons to Read this Book!

-MCs are a married couple with kids and are falling in love all over again.

-Goblins are the good guys, and they define themselves and each other as attractive as according to their own beauty standards.

-Elves are genocidal, religious terrorists…but not all elves. (Nor is the heroic renegade character introduced in this story the only one to reject the cruelty of his people.)

-Step-mother and step-family are actually really good people.

-Restoration of family.

-A fantastic Foes to Bros bridging a painful rift across races.

-World-building and magic is richly realized, vibrant, and interesting.

- Characters flawed with familiar struggles such as bitterness and self-righteousness.

-Author’s voice is confident, witty, and written straight from the heart.

I deeply enjoyed the first book in the series, and now I can say that I loved the second even more! The intensity is building towards a truly epic finale, and I cannot wait to enjoy the complete trilogy!

Violence: From first glance at the covers, one might assume this is cozy-cottage core fantasy, but while there are plenty of cozy moments and sections, this is a very troubled world with an overarching plot of a family trying to survive and triumph against a genocidal elf king and army who wishes to wipe out an entire race and religion. So yes, the violence is at times very sad and grim as we hear of or watch innocents get persecuted and/or killed (women and children included).

Sexual: Our main married couple has overcome the communication and trust issues they were facing in Book 1, and now, they are in the happy season of falling in love all over again. This lends to quite of bit flirting, gazing, and some attempted make-outs (usually interrupted by their kids, wouldn’t you know it.) I’d call it on the heated side of wholesome? Very welcome storytelling for married couples who wish to be represented correctly, but might be a bit much for a conservative teen who hasn’t been exposed to twitter-pated couples. This is written for an adult audience, after all, but not really past the point of that one couple who we affectionately tell to “get a room.”

As seen in Book 1, the elven race is not only genocidal towards the goblins, but also have a reputation as sexual predators, and while no attempted SA is made in this book, our heroine does pick up on the vibe from some passing soldiers.

Language: A few uses of h*ll and d*mn.

Magic: A clear difference painted between dark magic and the magic gifted and empowered by the divine “Weaver.”

LOST KING OF THE PATTERN releases August 6th 2025, but you can pre-order now and catch up with the first book in the series, CHOSEN OF THE TAPESTRY.