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A review by sabrielreads
For the Throne by Hannah Whitten
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
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
4.5
4.5* (8.86 on CAWPILE)
This is EXCELLENT. Even better than the first book.
If you want yearning, dark magic, snarky villain romance and overall the love of two sisters being stronger than anything - then this book (and the duology in general) is for you.
Genuinely so pleasantly surprised by this series! Especially for a debut; the writing is lyrical and really made me feel such strong emotions.
I did picture Solmir as Gale from Baldur’s Gate 3 (long hair pulled back, wears lots of rings, snarky/clever and does magic). He’s basically Ascended Gale (kind of an arsehole. Bit of a villain. But still cute).
The only thing that dropped a half star for me is I do feel like Lyra and Fife as characters could’ve been cut from the entire story and not much would be different; and also there were two editing mistakes in this particular book of the duology (a spelling mistake and the words “a rueful noise” occurring twice on the same page) which is frustrating and takes me out of it.
This is EXCELLENT. Even better than the first book.
If you want yearning, dark magic, snarky villain romance and overall the love of two sisters being stronger than anything - then this book (and the duology in general) is for you.
Genuinely so pleasantly surprised by this series! Especially for a debut; the writing is lyrical and really made me feel such strong emotions.
I did picture Solmir as Gale from Baldur’s Gate 3 (long hair pulled back, wears lots of rings, snarky/clever and does magic). He’s basically Ascended Gale (kind of an arsehole. Bit of a villain. But still cute).
The only thing that dropped a half star for me is I do feel like Lyra and Fife as characters could’ve been cut from the entire story and not much would be different; and also there were two editing mistakes in this particular book of the duology (a spelling mistake and the words “a rueful noise” occurring twice on the same page) which is frustrating and takes me out of it.