I adore all the Paladins in this Series but I gotta say that Istvan is my favourite. I love how he is funny and lighthearted jet also thoughtful and caring. In this book he and Galen pose as mercenaries to follow the trail of the misterious smooth men from book one in the series. Clara is a lay sister with a secret of her own and a stromg female lead. Like in book one you get both, a slow burn romance and an unfolding mystery. Both are very well done and well balanced. The slow burn is really slow which is a lot to handle if you‘re used to romantasies where the leads fall head over heels for each other on the first few pages and are wildly kissing basically by the third chapter. With the brooding Paladins and their respectable love interests it’s more like mutual pining and thinking one is not a good enough person for the other to love them back for more than two thirds of the books. But even though it had me sigh in frustration a lot of the time I am appreciating how these relationships develop and progress slowly as it is ultimately more relatable. You also get fun side characters, a lot of banter and witty dialogue as well as twists and turns that had me gasping.

This series is wholesome, cute, lovely and delivers a very solid quest at a high level. If i need something of a certain quality with paladin's and a cool world around it this is it. Magic and monsters, as well as political agendas are all present but never overwhelming which is nice.

No weird love triangles, no age gaps, no awful power imbalance, consent is important to everyone especially the men and the women are strong on their own + They are adults who don't do stupid shit to create problems to solve later on. Just an amazing series and I wished this was how all Romantasy stories were.