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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

31 reviews

ebar1's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Addiction

americiumam's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Dementia, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism, Infidelity, Outing, Racism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Slavery, Addiction, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Incest, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Racism

nat20charisma's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

To copy what I heard on Tik tok, “it’s like game of thrones, but more lesbians” (and much better writing IMO). 

Overall, I enjoyed the Priory of the Orange Tree. The world building was new and interesting, and I loved the diverse cast of LGBTQ+ characters. 

My only complaint is that the initial introduction to each POV took a little too long and almost made me quit. Once the plot kicked off, I was hooked. My other complaint is that there was 700 pages of world building and setup for less that 50 pages of actual climax. It felt a little anticlimactic after such a long journey only to have one chapter for the battle and a very fast conclusion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: War and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Addiction

smithreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Torture, and Infidelity

caroluvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death of parent, Classism, Kidnapping, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, War, Infertility, Body horror, Bullying, Genocide, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Torture, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Excrement, Grief, and Incest

Moderate: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

abbyschalupa's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Torture, Infertility, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Miscarriage, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

jhaneveauguste's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Dementia, War, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcoholism, Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

nila's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Really loved the style of Shannon's writing. This was a great stand-alone fantasy (I really hope there's no sequel). I LOVED the different character arcs and the richness of the world-building. However, I do wish there was a better balance between the build-up and the actual reveals of key moments in the story. I felt there was soooo much build-up, but when it came to the actual reveals themselves, it was over in a few pages (for example Tané's final battle to become a rider) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Incest, and Pregnancy

ginny_lind's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Priory of the Orange Tree is a classic fantasy epic, bringing adventure, power, love, loss, and a fierce fight for a better world together in this captivating novel. Told in four perspectives and across countries and regions—each with their own rich histories, religions, and politics—Shannon’s novel displays a mastery of world-building few do. Within this world, you will fall in love with dynamic, complex, and charismatic characters, joining them on their adventures big and small as the overcome challenges to what they thought they knew of themselves and their world. Woven into this classic fantasy tale of magic, dragons, royalty, and fate are refreshingly strong, diverse, and multi-faceted heroines as well as queer love and loss. A mesmerizing novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree is fantasy at it’s finest and with a world and characters that will draw you in and not let go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Religious bigotry, War, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Pregnancy

carolynnagain's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Addiction, and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest