A review by marie_thereadingotter
Marilia, the Warlord by Morgan Cole

adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I received this book from BookSirens for review. 

This book. I mean, holy shit. 
I wasn't sure what to expect going in. The title and the synopsis are what caught my attention, but I had no expectations for what kind of story this was going to be. The book has a prologue that takes place 8 years before the start of the first chapter, and it's a very different place than where the MC starts. I had no idea how she was going to end up there, but I was excited to find out. 

    Marilia is a fantastic character as far as I'm concerned. There is a unique complexity to her that I don't see in a lot of female characters. Her main flaw is her pride coupled with insecurities of being a woman with a military mind in a world ruled by men. Her pride gets a lot of people hurt, it drives a wedge  between people she's close to. There are many thing that are set against her, but she also lets her pride get in the way and it makes her impulsive. 


    There isn't a lot of time spent getting to know her twin brother though. This book is told third person but only focuses on Marilia, I hope in book two we get to see what goes through Annuweth's head. I'd like to get to know his character a little better. I feel like he also suffers from being prideful, but more in relation to not being as 'smart' as his sister. 


The pacing was very good in this book, things unfolded in a way that delivered a lot of information but not in a way that felt like it was being dumped. Jumping back and forth in time of Marilia's life helped with that. And once the time like caught up with it self, everything had a much faster pace. The latter half of this book was very intense. And some if some of the things that Marilia kept a secret to advance herself, will come to light, and if there will be any consequences for it.

This is headed towards being a new favorite series. 
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