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The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
How do you review a 830 page book that took your breath away? That's right, you don't. You just sing songs in it's praise.
Priory of the Orange Tree is one of the best multi-plot books I've read and I absolutely loved how every plot was connected and how beautifully it all came together in the end.
The entire politics and just the manner of how a queendom works is very well captured.
This book such incredibly written complex characters. I loved the strong female characters. How the characters react to different situations or how well do they manage their responsibilities is very realistic. I went from hating Sabran Berethnet to loving her and I there is no other character that I love and hate at the same time as I love and hate Niclays Roos.
This book contains a mixture of different myths and folklore and in my opinion, it does justice to them. The world building was incredible. I can say it was almost flawless. The differences between the East, West, South and North, magic working with nature, if was all so beautiful.
I also loved the diversity in the book but the best thing was the wlw and the mlm relationships. They were absolutely beautiful.
But Priory is not a book for the faint hearted. A lot of things that you don't want to happen will happen, characters you love will die and you will be introduced to a lot of gruesome subjects.
The book is definitely worth a read. Even though is a giant, you will not feel overwhelmed nor will you be bored while reading it.
Priory of the Orange Tree is one of the best multi-plot books I've read and I absolutely loved how every plot was connected and how beautifully it all came together in the end.
The entire politics and just the manner of how a queendom works is very well captured.
This book such incredibly written complex characters. I loved the strong female characters. How the characters react to different situations or how well do they manage their responsibilities is very realistic. I went from hating Sabran Berethnet to loving her and I there is no other character that I love and hate at the same time as I love and hate Niclays Roos.
This book contains a mixture of different myths and folklore and in my opinion, it does justice to them. The world building was incredible. I can say it was almost flawless. The differences between the East, West, South and North, magic working with nature, if was all so beautiful.
I also loved the diversity in the book but the best thing was the wlw and the mlm relationships. They were absolutely beautiful.
But Priory is not a book for the faint hearted. A lot of things that you don't want to happen will happen, characters you love will die and you will be introduced to a lot of gruesome subjects.
The book is definitely worth a read. Even though is a giant, you will not feel overwhelmed nor will you be bored while reading it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders