gwemdash 's review for:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

5.0

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oh my god this is so worth the 800 pages…. brilliant brilliant character-driven epic fantasy w such intricately woven perspectives & of course: dragons!!!! i’m so in love with samantha shannon’s luscious prose and fierce characters, set against the backdrop of a world on the precipice of peril; a world full of nations with their own convoluted perspectives of myth, religion, language. everything is just incredible!!! the sheer scope of worldbuilding is impressive despite being character-driven, and the pacing’s always breakneck—also hello, SABRAN AND EAD????? “am i a greater fool to want you still?” “no more a fool than i, to love you as i do” OKAY???? MAYBE ROMANCE IS REAL BUT ONLY FOR THESE 2 AAAAAJNDBSNDNKS

anyway priory very good my fav part is when ead. no thoughts only eadaz du zala uq-nara 5/5 <3