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A review by thechronicknitter
The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
4.0
Orphan Kalinda was left at a temple and has always been sickly with a fever, spending most of her childhood in the infirmary. She wants nothing more from her life than to stay at the Samiya Temple with her best friend Jaya, but it seems the gods have other plans for her.
Kalinda is chosen to be rajah Tarek’s one hundredth rani. She must leave Jaya, and her dreams behind and head to the Turquoise Palace in Vanhi. Her journey to Vanhi has its own trials, one of which is meeting a bhuta: a Burner which is a human who can control fire. The palace is filled with intrigues, and Kalinda must fight to the death the rajah’s courtesans and defend her place as the hundredth rani. In Vanhi Kalinda finds love, loss, and learns more about herself here than at Samiya Temple. King’s book has strong female characters who are brave and think for themselves. The women soon learn that together they are stronger, and have more fortitude than the men that possess them. It all takes place in a fantasy world inspired by Indian and Asian cultures. Kalinda hopes to use her newfound strength and position to set women, and people free from a cruel and selfish rajah.
This book could easily become a series, and if it does I will be excited to read more of this story.
Kalinda is chosen to be rajah Tarek’s one hundredth rani. She must leave Jaya, and her dreams behind and head to the Turquoise Palace in Vanhi. Her journey to Vanhi has its own trials, one of which is meeting a bhuta: a Burner which is a human who can control fire. The palace is filled with intrigues, and Kalinda must fight to the death the rajah’s courtesans and defend her place as the hundredth rani. In Vanhi Kalinda finds love, loss, and learns more about herself here than at Samiya Temple. King’s book has strong female characters who are brave and think for themselves. The women soon learn that together they are stronger, and have more fortitude than the men that possess them. It all takes place in a fantasy world inspired by Indian and Asian cultures. Kalinda hopes to use her newfound strength and position to set women, and people free from a cruel and selfish rajah.
This book could easily become a series, and if it does I will be excited to read more of this story.