Are The Last Kingdom Novels Worth Reading Before The TV Series?

After Maeva Thompson loses her father to rogues the only thing she has left of him is a mysterious letter he left her, which has only left her with more questions than answers. Now, Maeva must uncover the truth of her origin to discover who she really is, & her destiny of what she is to become. The lost wolf princess must find her way if she is to become the Queen she was always destined to be.

The story takes place in the medieval time of kings and queens. In the place where there are four kingdoms with the names of the four seasons. Two large arranged marriages begin a terrible event, which will change everyone’s life, turning them into other people. Belle, the queen discovers that her own son was killed by her husband under the command of his mistress. Cassian, has a bad relationship with his father, after the death of his mother, he is hated by his people, is a man without mercy to his enemies. But after discovering that his father plans his death in a war, he is forced to team up with Queen Belle to prevent the war from happening, as her husband is also plotting against her for his death. The two embark on a journey in search of an unknown kingdom never seen, but always spoken of in mystical stories of the kingdom. In the midst of all this obstacle that arises, Cassian is injured, Belle kidnapped by outlaw men, but manages to escape to the kingdom ruled by women. Meanwhile, in his kingdoms, King Cassian’s best friend joins his father at the beginning of the war.

After her mother's death, Emily's world collapses. Betrayed by those she trusted most, poisoned until even her wolf falls silent, and stripped of everything she once called hers, she is reduced to nothing more than a slave in the very home she once thought was safe. Then she is sold. To the ruthless werewolf king. A monster whispered about in fear, a ruler drenched in blood, and a king who has buried nine wives before her. Now… she is the tenth. Trapped in a kingdom built on secrets and corpses, Emily must survive a husband feared even by monsters. Will she become just another dead queen… or the one woman capable of bringing him to his knees?

Gair, the third-born son of the Laird to the largest clan on the border, is one of three identical triplets. He is quite content with the fun and freedom of a third-born son. He enjoyed spending his days training with the men and his nights laying with willing lasses. Leaving his brothers to squabble over how to run the clan and worry about providing heirs suited him fine. Unfortunately, the king has other ideas. To keep peace in the highlands and unite the borderlands the king feels all three men must have a clan of their own. Since he believes all three are unwed, he chooses brides for them which will result in each having a clan to rule and a wife to create heirs with. He wed Gai to a beautiful woman. The problem? The woman had married his brother two years earlier! With a coin toss, the brothers swap identities, switching wives and clans. Will anyone notice? Will Gair regret leaving his home and the beautiful woman the king had gifted him to head off into the unknown, to run a clan he's never visited and marry a woman he's never met? Isobel is an outcast in her own clan. She refuses to dress or act like a lady. Instead, she has found a way to become nearly invisible, and to help and who are being abused to escape to new lives. She had thought herself safe from the dangers of marriage. It hadn't occurred to her that the king would see it done. Can she trust this stranger with her secrets? Can he help her heal from the past? Most importantly, can she help him save their clan from being taken over by a band of rogue mercenaries?

For thirteen years, Princess Emeriel Vaelorian has lived as a lie. Hidden beneath the identity of Crown Prince Emeric, she was forced to bury her femininity after a terrifying prophecy declared that the Blood Moon Daughter would one day awaken the Beast Throne and destroy the human kingdoms. Trained to fight instead of curtsy and ordered to suppress the strange power sleeping inside her, Emeriel survives by pretending to be someone she is not. But when the immortal Beast Clans return to claim a royal daughter as tribute, Emeriel sacrifices herself to save her younger sister and steps into the path of the most feared ruler in existence—the Beast King himself. Kaelthar Draven is not human. He is an ancient beast-born king cursed with uncontrollable rage, feared even by his own kind. For centuries, no female has survived close to him, and no bond has ever been able to tame the monster within him. Until he scents her. The moment Kaelthar realizes the “prince” standing before him is actually a legendary Siren thought to be extinct, the ancient bond between them awakens—triggering dangerous powers, forbidden desires, and a prophecy far deadlier than either kingdom realized. Now trapped in the brutal Beast Realm of Varynth, surrounded by immortal predators, political conspiracies, and creatures willing to start wars just to possess her, Emeriel must decide whether to keep running from her true identity… or embrace the power capable of changing the fate of the world itself. Because the Beast King does not intend to let his Siren go.

Princess Elara Windsor never wanted the throne, just one night of freedom before her sister forces her back to royal duty. But her last wild night ends in the arms of a tattooed stranger whose touch ruins her…and sets her fate. No names. No promises. No consequences. Until the next morning, when Elara returns home…and discovers the man she slept with is Prince Damon Valen, the man her sister is destined to marry and the future king of two kingdoms. Worse: Elara is carrying his child. Bound by law, trapped by bloodlines, and hunted by those who would kill the unborn heir, Elara is forced into a deadly game of power, lies, and forbidden longing. In a palace fueled by betrayal, where her sister becomes queen and her lover becomes her enemy, Elara must choose: Expose the truth and destroy a kingdom… or protect the man she can never have.