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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
First read-through: started at 3AM and finished at 5PM, same day. My heart is bruised and battered. I will review after a second read-through.
4 stars
I received an e-ARC copy of The Queen's Weapons from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book takes place after The Queen's Bargain. The kids have grown up. Daemonar is coming into his own. Janelle Saetien wants to forge her own path. They are both going to have to make hard choices and deal with the consequences.
I liked this book a lot. There were definite highs and some really hard lows. Witch is back and I love love love her. I am really looking forward to watching Daemonar grow up. It was lovely.
I received an e-ARC copy of The Queen's Weapons from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book takes place after The Queen's Bargain. The kids have grown up. Daemonar is coming into his own. Janelle Saetien wants to forge her own path. They are both going to have to make hard choices and deal with the consequences.
I liked this book a lot. There were definite highs and some really hard lows. Witch is back and I love love love her. I am really looking forward to watching Daemonar grow up. It was lovely.
Major plot recycling going on. But at this point it's just repetitive and feels like it's being milked. Of course there are elements to it that make the book a little bit different, but it's nothing really new. In fact, repeating the past is the very premise of the book.
The same thing happened with "The Others" series. It just started telling the same story over and over.
Just because it's the same characters, or the same world, doesn't mean it has to be the same story too.
The same thing happened with "The Others" series. It just started telling the same story over and over.
Just because it's the same characters, or the same world, doesn't mean it has to be the same story too.
Uncertain about JS fate until the end
10hrs of reading as soon as the book downloaded to my kindle and I was not disappointed. Part one we see our favorites back not long after the events of the last book. Less than a decade we'll say. Part two is centuries after that so our younger kids are now in mid to late high school age maturity wise. Anne has said this will be the last book for now, cuz she's satisfied with it ending here (as am I) but more could come later if she heard the muse. We still see hints of JS being bwitchy as a young girl, as well as a concern that (I think) if she had mentioned to anyone in the family or staff growing up would've prevented her making the choices she did. JS as a young woman still has a lot of emtional growing to do but those bad influences took root just enough to do damage to her family. Sadi and Surreal's relationship gets better thankfully cuz I was so annoyed with her last book and just wanted to give Sadi a hug. Lucivar hasn't changed, nuff said. Young Warlord Prince Daemonar "is his father's son and his uncle's nephew" to quote the book. Titian is older and while she isn't a main character she definitely important for the story.
Predictions
IF Anne Bishop were to write another novel, it would be similar to the short stories of Dreams Made Flesh and Twilight's Dawn, not one story. Touch on were we are present day, a kind moment with the family, maybe what happened with Jillian, a warm fuzzy story of the new coven.
10hrs of reading as soon as the book downloaded to my kindle and I was not disappointed. Part one we see our favorites back not long after the events of the last book. Less than a decade we'll say. Part two is centuries after that so our younger kids are now in mid to late high school age maturity wise. Anne has said this will be the last book for now, cuz she's satisfied with it ending here (as am I) but more could come later if she heard the muse. We still see hints of JS being bwitchy as a young girl, as well as a concern that (I think) if she had mentioned to anyone in the family or staff growing up would've prevented her making the choices she did. JS as a young woman still has a lot of emtional growing to do but those bad influences took root just enough to do damage to her family. Sadi and Surreal's relationship gets better thankfully cuz I was so annoyed with her last book and just wanted to give Sadi a hug. Lucivar hasn't changed, nuff said. Young Warlord Prince Daemonar "is his father's son and his uncle's nephew" to quote the book. Titian is older and while she isn't a main character she definitely important for the story.
Predictions
IF Anne Bishop were to write another novel, it would be similar to the short stories of Dreams Made Flesh and Twilight's Dawn, not one story. Touch on were we are present day, a kind moment with the family, maybe what happened with Jillian, a warm fuzzy story of the new coven.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-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:
Yes
No rating because I picked this up thinking it was the first in a series but it’s actually #11. Going to try the first book
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced