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nutmegandselkie's review
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Child death, War, and Death of parent
haleymay's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
cynic_reader's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
There's no way in hell themes of pedo, grooming, teacher-student relationship should be encouraged, even in fiction.
Calling 17 year olds "women," they're still girls for god's sake! Why would Cartier be her love interest, when he met her as a 10 year old and he was already an adult?! Why would a teacher date his student?! The patron and passions thing was ick too from the get go.
Rebecca Ross you're trash for writing this book with such themes.
DNF. Dumped this book at page 42 because there's no way I'll be ready any if that nonsense! I just had to write this review so y'all can avoid it. And if you read this book because you like the bad themes, then you are not fit for society and you belong in jail for being an enabler or perpetrator!
Calling 17 year olds "women," they're still girls for god's sake! Why would Cartier be her love interest, when he met her as a 10 year old and he was already an adult?! Why would a teacher date his student?! The patron and passions thing was ick too from the get go.
Rebecca Ross you're trash for writing this book with such themes.
DNF. Dumped this book at page 42 because there's no way I'll be ready any if that nonsense! I just had to write this review so y'all can avoid it. And if you read this book because you like the bad themes, then you are not fit for society and you belong in jail for being an enabler or perpetrator!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
camiclarkbooks's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
“The Queen’s Rising” is your classic YA fantasy story and brimming with rich settings and fantastical characters.
However, the seventeen year old female main character ends up in a relationship with her twenty-seven year old former teacher. They did wait to act on their mutual attraction until she had graduated, but it’s still creepy.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment
darkclouds's review against another edition
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Sometimes you read an author's work at the right time. It's not always necessarily their first, but it's an olive branch to take a step into their world they've crafted.
Fate allowed me to enter Rebecca's with Divine Rivals. In comparison to Queen's Rising, the quality in the writing is tremendously evident. Ross has crossed leaps and bounds to write the masterpiece that is Divine Rivals and the potential is there in Queen's Rising. It just didn't quite follow through with the execution amongst other details.
For the most part it was a slow ride from an academic setting, some mysteries regarding Brienna and her Maevan heritage she must suppress in order to keep safe. We triage into the next act with plotting to overthrow a vicious King and restore the Queendom it once was. I was grateful that Brienna was not drawn into the "Lost Queen" trope for I fear that would have put me off completely.
It felt oddly lacking in adventure and almost monotonous until that last quarter. I found no joy in the romance, although slow burn, which was formed between a professor (Arial) and his pupil (Arden). He met her when she was ten and having watched her grow up and then teaching her himself, just does not sit well with me.
In any case, I can see why people would struggle with this one. There's a staggering amount of history about the world to remember, many names and Houses, aliases and terms. It's a lot. The way it has tied up I'm not quite sure how there is a sequel. But I guess we'll dive into that one too.
Fate allowed me to enter Rebecca's with Divine Rivals. In comparison to Queen's Rising, the quality in the writing is tremendously evident. Ross has crossed leaps and bounds to write the masterpiece that is Divine Rivals and the potential is there in Queen's Rising. It just didn't quite follow through with the execution amongst other details.
For the most part it was a slow ride from an academic setting, some mysteries regarding Brienna and her Maevan heritage she must suppress in order to keep safe. We triage into the next act with plotting to overthrow a vicious King and restore the Queendom it once was. I was grateful that Brienna was not drawn into the "Lost Queen" trope for I fear that would have put me off completely.
It felt oddly lacking in adventure and almost monotonous until that last quarter. I found no joy in the romance, although slow burn, which was formed between a professor (Arial) and his pupil (Arden). He met her when she was ten and having watched her grow up and then teaching her himself, just does not sit well with me.
In any case, I can see why people would struggle with this one. There's a staggering amount of history about the world to remember, many names and Houses, aliases and terms. It's a lot. The way it has tied up I'm not quite sure how there is a sequel. But I guess we'll dive into that one too.
Content Warnings
Minor: Blood, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder
anncastle67's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.0
This book could have been so good in someone else's hands. There is no character development, the plot drags but also happens way too fast at the same time. The author clearly has some daddy issues that needs worked out because the main character jumps from father figure to father figure so fast.
Not to mention the relationship with the main character and her teacher.
"He kissed the left corner of my mouth, the girl I had once been who he first loved..."
He was at least 22 and she was 14 when she became his student and they first met when she was 10. Not to mention she calls him "master" incessantly. Also the book goes out of the way numerous times to describe how wrong their relationship is, and they end up together anyway.
Anyway save yourself some time, don't read it. It's gross and the characters are all boring and one dimensional.
Not to mention the relationship with the main character and her teacher.
"He kissed the left corner of my mouth, the girl I had once been who he first loved..."
He was at least 22 and she was 14 when she became his student and they first met when she was 10. Not to mention she calls him "master" incessantly. Also the book goes out of the way numerous times to describe how wrong their relationship is, and they end up together anyway.
Anyway save yourself some time, don't read it. It's gross and the characters are all boring and one dimensional.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
kelsee0678's review against another edition
listen. i was excited to start this bc i’ve enjoyed this authors other books but i simply cannot get behind the problematic age gap between the FMC and her love interest. probs gonna dnf this one babes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
singalana's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Torture, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Physical abuse
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