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A review by petrichor_pages
The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli
3.0
The one thing that I wished I had known going into this book is that it is A COMPANION to The Last Namsara. This book, instead of following the protagonists from the original novel, follows Roa, Essie, and Dax.
Roa is married to Dax and trying to use that relationship to help her people. Unfortunately, Roa finds Dax to be procrastinating on keeping his promises to help her people. Roa also notices that her sister Essie, who is in the body of a bird, seems to be running out of time before her spirit must cross over.
The book had some interesting twists and not everything as it seems between Essie, Dax, and Roa. The problem is that I had trouble caring. I didn't realize that this book was going to follow a different set of characters. While I liked Asha well enough, I hated Roa. I found her personality grating, and I had difficulty relating to her troubles with making her marriage work when she was pretty far from honest.
Roa is married to Dax and trying to use that relationship to help her people. Unfortunately, Roa finds Dax to be procrastinating on keeping his promises to help her people. Roa also notices that her sister Essie, who is in the body of a bird, seems to be running out of time before her spirit must cross over.
The book had some interesting twists and not everything as it seems between Essie, Dax, and Roa. The problem is that I had trouble caring. I didn't realize that this book was going to follow a different set of characters. While I liked Asha well enough, I hated Roa. I found her personality grating, and I had difficulty relating to her troubles with making her marriage work when she was pretty far from honest.