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adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book was recommended to me by one of my Instagram followers at the beginning of the year and I'm so glad it was because I might not have picked it up otherwise - and it was really good!
I've never read anything quite like this. There's a bit of royal academia feeling to the beginning of the book, with the passions and the masters and the patrons and such. It took a little bit for me to understand how everything worked, but once I did, I was very intrigued.
Very early on, you find out that magic hasn't really been part of the world for a while because of something that happened in war many years ago. However, somewhere along the line, Brienna winds up experiencing the memories of someone who lived through the loss of magic. This is where things get increasingly more interesting. Not only do you want to know how magic was lost and how to bring it back, but you want to know more about why Brienna is the receiver of these memories.
The Queen's Rising felt a bit like two books in one because the first half is almost entirely about her time at the passion house and then the second half is... well, it's a wild ride! There is so much that takes place after the halfway mark that before I knew it, I was looking at my progress and seeing that I was 92% through the book! I had no clue that I had flown through the story so quickly. It's easy to lose yourself in this one for sure.
I had a bit of a book hangover after finishing because all I wanted to do was dive straight into the sequel. I can't wait to find out what happens next - and to see if Cartier shows up (aka my favorite character who I can really speak little of without giving major spoilers).
I've never read anything quite like this. There's a bit of royal academia feeling to the beginning of the book, with the passions and the masters and the patrons and such. It took a little bit for me to understand how everything worked, but once I did, I was very intrigued.
Very early on, you find out that magic hasn't really been part of the world for a while because of something that happened in war many years ago. However, somewhere along the line, Brienna winds up experiencing the memories of someone who lived through the loss of magic. This is where things get increasingly more interesting. Not only do you want to know how magic was lost and how to bring it back, but you want to know more about why Brienna is the receiver of these memories.
The Queen's Rising felt a bit like two books in one because the first half is almost entirely about her time at the passion house and then the second half is... well, it's a wild ride! There is so much that takes place after the halfway mark that before I knew it, I was looking at my progress and seeing that I was 92% through the book! I had no clue that I had flown through the story so quickly. It's easy to lose yourself in this one for sure.
I had a bit of a book hangover after finishing because all I wanted to do was dive straight into the sequel. I can't wait to find out what happens next - and to see if Cartier shows up (aka my favorite character who I can really speak little of without giving major spoilers).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder
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