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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
The Queen of Blood was an excellent read. The world was well developed, the characters were interesting and sympathetic, and the story was both beautiful and awful. On a final note: I loved the rhyme.
adventurous
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Really good and kind of sad at the same time. I'll read it again.
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read this if you like:
🧚 Faye/Spirits or elemental magic
🪄📚 Magic school/competition
🌳 Atmospheric Forest
🧚 Faye/Spirits or elemental magic
🪄📚 Magic school/competition
🌳 Atmospheric Forest
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, War
I started out thinking this was going to be a stock-standard fantasy coming of age novel, and was pleasantly surprised. A protagonist who is not automatically the best/brightest/has a prophecy etc, but who works her butt off to succeed? I love it! Strong female friendships. Sex positive. No creepy older mentor relationship. Absolutely devastating end though. While it ended up where I expected, I was surprised by some of the journey, and that's always a bonus. Will definitely be following this series.
As an aspiring writer myself I’ve seen a lot of good advice that says a story should start when the status quo is changed. When a character is ripped from their normal stasis of life. Makes sense.
The status quo isn’t disrupted until about 160 pages in. The first 160 pages are the first nine years of our main characters life with a lot of time jumps to give you little snippets of her time at school. Which I find incredibly boring. It takes a very good novel to make me interested in fantasy school and training.
I thought maybe when we got to the part the summary actually makes it seem like this book would be about, it would be more interesting.
It was more training. At least as far as I got. I skimmed up until about page 200 then stopped caring.
I think had this story started at the events that happened around page 160 I would have liked it better but I had to force myself through those first 160 pages and it’s never a good sign if I start forcing myself to read something and skimming.
It’s not a terrible book by any means but I have too many books I do want to read. There’s not enough time in the world to waste on books that don’t hold my interest.
The status quo isn’t disrupted until about 160 pages in. The first 160 pages are the first nine years of our main characters life with a lot of time jumps to give you little snippets of her time at school. Which I find incredibly boring. It takes a very good novel to make me interested in fantasy school and training.
I thought maybe when we got to the part the summary actually makes it seem like this book would be about, it would be more interesting.
It was more training. At least as far as I got. I skimmed up until about page 200 then stopped caring.
I think had this story started at the events that happened around page 160 I would have liked it better but I had to force myself through those first 160 pages and it’s never a good sign if I start forcing myself to read something and skimming.
It’s not a terrible book by any means but I have too many books I do want to read. There’s not enough time in the world to waste on books that don’t hold my interest.
I really liked the world-building in this: cities and villages all in the trees, and nature spirits who are highly dangerous yet necessary, and women being revered as they’re the only ones who can wield magic.