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The Queen's Resistance
by Rebecca Ross
Originally posted at Chain Interaction
Content warning: Torture, child abuse (largely off-page)
I think I might have liked this book even more than book one. It’s tricky. I think it depends on what you liked from book one? I personally liked the plots and plans more than the romance and I think the balance between the two is better in this sequel, largely because it’s split POV between Cartier and Brienna. Since the two of them are often off doing different things the romance is a little less in your face, there are kingdoms at stake and I personally am more invested in that then I am how two people feel about each other – that’s just me.
But yes, I think the dual POV really works, I liked Cartier’s perspective, they managed to do more than just having him as a romantic hero, he’s got a lot to do in this book but he also never outshines Brienna, it’s actually a pretty nice hero/heroine balance.
The other thing I appreciated about this book is that, where book one felt like you had to constantly be flicking back to the various family trees at the start of the book, it felt a lot more obvious who was who. Of course, that could be a quirk of how much I was paying attention or just the result of having read two books in the same world but I did feel like I had a much better handle on who was doing what (or whom…). I think because in this book you actually encounter a lot of the characters, as well as having the benefit of Cartier’s knowledge, there’s just more that the main characters can pass on to the reader.
This is a nice easy-to-read writing style. At first, I thought it was going to be too simplistic, that it would fall into that ‘so YA it hurts’ category that I find myself using all too often. But actually, I think this book does enough differently, in particular, the aforementioned balance between the male and female protagonists, as well as the fact that Brienna isn’t the character becoming Queen. While there are a lot of familiar elements to this story it still feels like it’s own thing, not like a remake of something else. Perhaps that’s just telling of what I have and haven’t read – but I hugely enjoyed reading this.
Definitely a slow start, let yourself sink back into this world, but towards the last 50% or so this got really good, to the point where I didn’t want to put it down.
If court politics mixed up with a healthy dose of action and romance is your kind of thing then I would say this is a YA duology you shouldn’t miss!
My rating: 5 stars
I received a free digital advanced review copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
Content warning: Torture, child abuse (largely off-page)
I think I might have liked this book even more than book one. It’s tricky. I think it depends on what you liked from book one? I personally liked the plots and plans more than the romance and I think the balance between the two is better in this sequel, largely because it’s split POV between Cartier and Brienna. Since the two of them are often off doing different things the romance is a little less in your face, there are kingdoms at stake and I personally am more invested in that then I am how two people feel about each other – that’s just me.
But yes, I think the dual POV really works, I liked Cartier’s perspective, they managed to do more than just having him as a romantic hero, he’s got a lot to do in this book but he also never outshines Brienna, it’s actually a pretty nice hero/heroine balance.
The other thing I appreciated about this book is that, where book one felt like you had to constantly be flicking back to the various family trees at the start of the book, it felt a lot more obvious who was who. Of course, that could be a quirk of how much I was paying attention or just the result of having read two books in the same world but I did feel like I had a much better handle on who was doing what (or whom…). I think because in this book you actually encounter a lot of the characters, as well as having the benefit of Cartier’s knowledge, there’s just more that the main characters can pass on to the reader.
This is a nice easy-to-read writing style. At first, I thought it was going to be too simplistic, that it would fall into that ‘so YA it hurts’ category that I find myself using all too often. But actually, I think this book does enough differently, in particular, the aforementioned balance between the male and female protagonists, as well as the fact that Brienna isn’t the character becoming Queen. While there are a lot of familiar elements to this story it still feels like it’s own thing, not like a remake of something else. Perhaps that’s just telling of what I have and haven’t read – but I hugely enjoyed reading this.
Definitely a slow start, let yourself sink back into this world, but towards the last 50% or so this got really good, to the point where I didn’t want to put it down.
If court politics mixed up with a healthy dose of action and romance is your kind of thing then I would say this is a YA duology you shouldn’t miss!
My rating: 5 stars
I received a free digital advanced review copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.