A review by margauxhdz
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

3.0

I wasn't planning on continuing with the series but the very last seconds of the book made me reconsider.

I liked Kiva as a main character, I thought that she had a nuanced internal dialogue.
I liked that she really wasn't that special and survived the trial thanks to cheating and outside intervention, especially after learning that she is actually special.
I didn't really care for the romance but I rarely do. The characters don't spend much time together but it makes sense, they're both working. For once I also think it makes sense that our MC would not want to get close to him. 

I think that this book tries to be political and it fails at that. We should really know more about the workings of the outside world in order to understand the rebellion. It feels like it's only existing because it's a battle between two families for the throne, but why would commoners join? Does the current system oppress them? I feel like the rebellion should be really popular in prison given that a lot of prisonners are innocent or in prison for being rebels. I wish we would have been told about the structure of the outside world more. 

Now let's talk about Jaren. Absolutely fucking stupid that he would be there, sorry. Who raised you? I feel like if you're raised to be the King you should never want to be the one to get down to business even if you're hotheaded and kind or whatever he's supposed to be. And you would never love a commoner. I know every fantasy world is different but I could not believe for one second this is how it would happen, he never felt believable as a character.


I think my main problem with this book is that I have grown out of ya and have expectations for books that cannot be met by ya. 
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