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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Four months later I finally finished this book.I think that this the slowest serie ever written.
Let me be clear: nothing happens.586 pages of NOTHING.
It's like Harry Potter without Voldemort.And with Raisa instead of Hermione Granger. But there is Draco Malfoy! Micah, the maybe evil wizard wannabe.
Funny enough it's not even boring.
What is this book is about?
Raisa, runaway princess goes to an academy to study undercover to avoid marrying a wizard (with whom she had a sort secret flirt). For reason that are beyond me, the wizard himself is also there to study.Him and is evil family. Not undercover.And Raisa's bodyguard (love interest number two) does not notice that.
Han, ex street lord turned wizard, who studies at the academy.The only smart kid in the bunch.He tends to notice things.Which is refreshing because the other characters despite not being idiots, tend to keep doing idiot things and wouldn't recognize the bigger picture even if it bit them.
And that's it. All that happens. Oh. I forgot.All of the things that are described happens in Demon king.In this book Raisa and Han arrive to the academy.And take lessons. And other lessons.And nothing else happens. No really, I'm serious.
Can I say something about the romance that makes me laugh? They like each other, but they both are VERY into their own things.Like when other things comes up they completely forget about the other.Romance is not on they priorities list. It's like middle school romance. Or like Danaerys idea of romance. Or Jon Snow. Something like"okey, I love you , but I have really something else and more important things to do, bye!" Which is okey and I'm happy that they are focused, but can I be a little perplexed? Raisa had something like 4 love interests. Han's relationship with Bird in the first book looked way more believable.
All of this said this was not bad by any means. Cinda knew that she had to write 4 books and she took her time to create her chessboard. Like 1200 pages of chessboard setting and still all the players are not there.Han and Dancer are great characters.I also like Micah and Fiona. It's Raisa that I would push down an hill.
Let me be clear: nothing happens.586 pages of NOTHING.
It's like Harry Potter without Voldemort.And with Raisa instead of Hermione Granger. But there is Draco Malfoy! Micah, the maybe evil wizard wannabe.
Funny enough it's not even boring.
What is this book is about?
Raisa, runaway princess goes to an academy to study undercover to avoid marrying a wizard (with whom she had a sort secret flirt). For reason that are beyond me, the wizard himself is also there to study.Him and is evil family. Not undercover.And Raisa's bodyguard (love interest number two) does not notice that.
Han, ex street lord turned wizard, who studies at the academy.The only smart kid in the bunch.He tends to notice things.Which is refreshing because the other characters despite not being idiots, tend to keep doing idiot things and wouldn't recognize the bigger picture even if it bit them.
And that's it. All that happens. Oh. I forgot.All of the things that are described happens in Demon king.In this book Raisa and Han arrive to the academy.And take lessons. And other lessons.And nothing else happens. No really, I'm serious.
Can I say something about the romance that makes me laugh? They like each other, but they both are VERY into their own things.Like when other things comes up they completely forget about the other.Romance is not on they priorities list. It's like middle school romance. Or like Danaerys idea of romance. Or Jon Snow. Something like"okey, I love you , but I have really something else and more important things to do, bye!" Which is okey and I'm happy that they are focused, but can I be a little perplexed? Raisa had something like 4 love interests. Han's relationship with Bird in the first book looked way more believable.
All of this said this was not bad by any means. Cinda knew that she had to write 4 books and she took her time to create her chessboard. Like 1200 pages of chessboard setting and still all the players are not there.Han and Dancer are great characters.I also like Micah and Fiona. It's Raisa that I would push down an hill.
The character development was great. The romance progression was great. The plot advancement was great. Still, somehow, I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first one. Maybe because it created all these loose ends that weren't tied up. In any case, on to the next!
Wow this book seriously stressed me the fuck out. So good. So complicated.
Hanson Alister really grew in this book. He's so much more wilder, yet controlled. I feel so ANGRY about his circumstances and I can't even imagine how he must feel. You know, Alister is one crazy ass motherfucker. He's also sexy as hell.
As for Raisa? Ugh, marry me. She is very human and very strong for it. I love her honesty when it comes to her emotions, and her dedication to her throne and her mother. She is genuinely trying to BE better, to LEARN more, to make herself the best queen she can possibly be, not just for herself but for her people, for the ones she loves. She is fiercely loyal. And I love her. She's just fucking fantastic okay.
Great book, highly entertaining, and very meticulously woven. All these secrets are gonna make my head explode!
Hanson Alister really grew in this book. He's so much more wilder, yet controlled. I feel so ANGRY about his circumstances and I can't even imagine how he must feel. You know, Alister is one crazy ass motherfucker. He's also sexy as hell.
As for Raisa? Ugh, marry me. She is very human and very strong for it. I love her honesty when it comes to her emotions, and her dedication to her throne and her mother. She is genuinely trying to BE better, to LEARN more, to make herself the best queen she can possibly be, not just for herself but for her people, for the ones she loves. She is fiercely loyal. And I love her. She's just fucking fantastic okay.
Great book, highly entertaining, and very meticulously woven. All these secrets are gonna make my head explode!
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
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
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Sadly, I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first and for an almost 600 page book not a lot happened and I felt it's length.
Having run from a forced marriage, Princess Raisa finds a safe haven of sorts at school in Oden's Ford. Here she goes by the name Rebecca Morley and is under the watchful eye of her guard Amon and his cadets. No one knows who she is but there's still danger everywhere - especially since her forced husband-to-be is going to school next door.
Then there's Han who also finds his way to school in Oden's Ford along with his friend Dancer. They come to learn how to harness their wizarding powers in hopes to help the clan in the coming war. But even though Han faked his death back home, he soon runs into people who know who he is and aren't happy to have him there. But as Han's power grows, I have to wonder, just who is his father?
After the ending of the first book, I expected this book to follow the same pace - maybe a bit slow at the beginning while it sets up the new locations but then BAM story and plot! But alas, 80% of this book was poor pacing and nothing happening. There was traveling to the school for both our groups, then they arrive at school and then they learn things and learn more things and this is how it goes for a majority of the book until the ending when Chima decides she needs to end the book on a cliffie and just drops bombs.
But one major thing that bothered me in this book was Raisa. Gone was the strong willed princess who knew what she wanted and who was ready to protect her Queendom. Instead, I got this whiny bratty little girl who cared more about the boys she can't have then staying on task. It was constant whine after whine about how she can't be with Amon and how can he be with someone else when she loves him even though they can't actually be together. Like, she literally wanted him to be her man on the side while she marries for duty. To hell with his happiness and what he wants! I wanted to smack her. But then, she gets over Amon because Han shows back up and suddenly she's in love with Han and wants to be with him and he's the best thing ever. But wait, there's still Micah and even though his father is evil and Micah was trying to marry her against her will, he's probably not that bad of a guy and he's a really good kisser...
I hated everything about Raisa in this book.
Han was still Han although for everything he's been through, he's still quick to trust people *cough*Crow*cough*. A lot of what happens to him could easily be avoided if he used common sense. But yet, he's one of the more interesting characters because of who he is. Who is his father? Where does his power come from? And how is he connected to the Demon King?
My favorite characters still are Dancer and Amon. I feel sorry for both of them as they are trapped in lives they don't control and surrounded by people who really don't see them. I look forward to more with the two of them. Although, I do not ship Cat/Dancer. Just no.
I'm hoping the next book picks up more and starts moving this story along.
Having run from a forced marriage, Princess Raisa finds a safe haven of sorts at school in Oden's Ford. Here she goes by the name Rebecca Morley and is under the watchful eye of her guard Amon and his cadets. No one knows who she is but there's still danger everywhere - especially since her forced husband-to-be is going to school next door.
Then there's Han who also finds his way to school in Oden's Ford along with his friend Dancer. They come to learn how to harness their wizarding powers in hopes to help the clan in the coming war. But even though Han faked his death back home, he soon runs into people who know who he is and aren't happy to have him there. But as Han's power grows, I have to wonder, just who is his father?
After the ending of the first book, I expected this book to follow the same pace - maybe a bit slow at the beginning while it sets up the new locations but then BAM story and plot! But alas, 80% of this book was poor pacing and nothing happening. There was traveling to the school for both our groups, then they arrive at school and then they learn things and learn more things and this is how it goes for a majority of the book until the ending when Chima decides she needs to end the book on a cliffie and just drops bombs.
But one major thing that bothered me in this book was Raisa. Gone was the strong willed princess who knew what she wanted and who was ready to protect her Queendom. Instead, I got this whiny bratty little girl who cared more about the boys she can't have then staying on task. It was constant whine after whine about how she can't be with Amon and how can he be with someone else when she loves him even though they can't actually be together. Like, she literally wanted him to be her man on the side while she marries for duty. To hell with his happiness and what he wants! I wanted to smack her. But then, she gets over Amon because Han shows back up and suddenly she's in love with Han and wants to be with him and he's the best thing ever. But wait, there's still Micah and even though his father is evil and Micah was trying to marry her against her will, he's probably not that bad of a guy and he's a really good kisser...
I hated everything about Raisa in this book.
Han was still Han although for everything he's been through, he's still quick to trust people *cough*Crow*cough*. A lot of what happens to him could easily be avoided if he used common sense. But yet, he's one of the more interesting characters because of who he is. Who is his father? Where does his power come from? And how is he connected to the Demon King?
My favorite characters still are Dancer and Amon. I feel sorry for both of them as they are trapped in lives they don't control and surrounded by people who really don't see them. I look forward to more with the two of them. Although, I do not ship Cat/Dancer. Just no.
I'm hoping the next book picks up more and starts moving this story along.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Much like the first novel, I found this to be slow going getting started. I was interested but not overly invested with their respective journeys to school, and really only got sucked in once they made it to Oden’s Ford.
The romance also isn’t especially compelling for me. I can see the attraction between Amon and Risa, but Han and Risa feel less convincing. Aside from “oh no, he/she’s hot” there isn’t much evidence to show their budding feelings for one another.
All that aside, I am eager to find out what happens next in book 3!
The romance also isn’t especially compelling for me. I can see the attraction between Amon and Risa, but Han and Risa feel less convincing. Aside from “oh no, he/she’s hot” there isn’t much evidence to show their budding feelings for one another.
All that aside, I am eager to find out what happens next in book 3!
„Кралицата изгнаница“ е достойно продължение на поредицата „Седемте кралства“. Героите вече са представени и тепърва започват да се развиват. Синда Уилямс Чайма плете нишки, които в даден момент събират героите на едно място. До момента голяма загадка за мен е кой е Гарван и имам своята теория. Тепърва ще се разбере дали е правилна. „Кралицата изгнаница“ печели точки и заради картата, която много ми помогна да навляза в забравения от мен свят. И сега какво ще се прави? Ще се чака третата книга.