A review by victorialea
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

5.0

I'm going to be completely honest, the first 250 pages were very hard for me to get through, and I almost didn't give it five stars because of that. However, the rest of the book completely made up for it in every single way. I am not entirely sure what more I could ask for in a book, good dragons, evil dragons, kings, queens, princes, princesses, LGBTQ+ characters, plot twists, action, pirates, and magic. While the politics of the world were a little hard for me to follow at first, I was able to figure them out really well by the end of the book. Overall, this book made me feel some time of way and it will have a place on my favorites shelf from now on. WOW