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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

130 reviews

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

I finished this book weeks ago and I still don’t even know what to say because I loved it so much. <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> is rich high fantasy and uses so many tropes and ideas common to the genre and yet somehow still feels totally unique. The worldbuilding is intricate, but because it is based in real European, Middle Eastern, and Asian folklore (and because the writing is amazing), it was never confusing (Frank Herbert, take notes!). The combination of sweeping worldbuilding, legends and folklore, and the slowest of slow burn romances pretty much hit all my favorite things to read about. I loved every single character (except Roos. He was annoying) and wanted the best for them (yeah, even Roos. He still sucks though).

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just the general vibe of the ending):

Happy! Though I did feel that a few things were left unresolved—here’s hoping Shannon writes a sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

siika's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism

strange_little_ranger's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

anneroza's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

A+ worldbuilding. Amazing characters. Wonderful story. One of my new favorite books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Incest, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-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

3.75

I really wanted to love this book - Sapphic high fantasy that’s not YA sounded like my dream. 
Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the book, but I didn’t fall in love with it. 
The world building and character development were well done and the political story was intriguing. 
My biggest complaint is that the book should have been split up into a series. It was super long and it felt like so many different things happened that would have been better absorbed over more than one book.
I was hoping for a bit more spice, given that it is not YA but alas.

I quite enjoyed the morally grey development of

Niclays

Spice level: 🌶🌶/5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

favorite quotes:

"This Jannart—the man you loved,"
she said, looking him dead in the eye. "Do you think he would want you to give up, or carry on?"

"I don't want to carry on! Do you not understand? Does nobody in this world understand, damn you? ls no one else haunted?" A quiver of wrath entered his voice. "Everything I did—everything I was—everything I am, is because of him. He was someone before me. I am no one without him. I am tired of living without him at my side. He left me for that book and, by the Saint, I resent him for it. I resent him every minute of every day."

i liked the setting and characters but imo it was badly underedited and i didn't feel like the final battle had any stakes :( the characters had

defeated the odds

so many times that the outcome was obvious and reading what i already knew became a chore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and War

jasminesgh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Incest, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

drachenreiter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

broro's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail