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bookishkandice 's review for:
The Queen of the Tearling
by Erika Johansen
*Apologizing for posting this review so late!*
Y'all!! Why in the world did I wait so long to read this book? I picked it up sometime early last year and told myself I was going to read it. Did I? Nope! It took a pandemic to make me read it! What is wrong with me? (Answer: You have so many interesting books that keep taking your attention away... hence self-imposed book buying ban.) *eye-roll at self*
This book intrigued me from the very excerpt. I mean as a lover of all things magical and historical, blending those two together, it is basically a match made in heaven. This book is set in the future, but due to unfortunate accidents, all modern knowledge is lost, so the atmosphere is very much more medieval than modern. I loved this kind of twist the author made with this book being in the future, but also in the past. So many advancements and then it is all lost on an overseas voyage. Brings back the history of our ancestors knew so much more than we originally thought and yet through war, famine, death, etc. the knowledge was lost and we had to work on rediscovering it.
The premise of the story is great and I loved the strong-female centered role the main character plays. Now, there are some very *obvious* flaws with Kelsea, but I am willing to over look them, for the story. The whole atmosphere of Kelsea growing up knowing she is the heir of Tear, but not knowing a single thing about her mother or her mother's reign was quite different. Usually the main character doesn't know they are the heir, or they grow up with all the knowledge of what has come before them. It definitely makes for a more interesting story because there is always this underlying theme of what new information will we learn on the next page, in the next chapter, in the next book. There is also a little romance thing going on, but it does not take precedence in the book at all really. There are multiple angles of mystery surrounding people involved in Kelsea's life as well as her reign. The mysteries of what is going on exactly and what is going to happen next, kept me turning the pages long after I should have been asleep.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I will continue throughout the series. I cannot wait to see what lies ahead for Kelsea and the Tear.
Y'all!! Why in the world did I wait so long to read this book? I picked it up sometime early last year and told myself I was going to read it. Did I? Nope! It took a pandemic to make me read it! What is wrong with me? (Answer: You have so many interesting books that keep taking your attention away... hence self-imposed book buying ban.) *eye-roll at self*
This book intrigued me from the very excerpt. I mean as a lover of all things magical and historical, blending those two together, it is basically a match made in heaven. This book is set in the future, but due to unfortunate accidents, all modern knowledge is lost, so the atmosphere is very much more medieval than modern. I loved this kind of twist the author made with this book being in the future, but also in the past. So many advancements and then it is all lost on an overseas voyage. Brings back the history of our ancestors knew so much more than we originally thought and yet through war, famine, death, etc. the knowledge was lost and we had to work on rediscovering it.
The premise of the story is great and I loved the strong-female centered role the main character plays. Now, there are some very *obvious* flaws with Kelsea, but I am willing to over look them, for the story. The whole atmosphere of Kelsea growing up knowing she is the heir of Tear, but not knowing a single thing about her mother or her mother's reign was quite different. Usually the main character doesn't know they are the heir, or they grow up with all the knowledge of what has come before them. It definitely makes for a more interesting story because there is always this underlying theme of what new information will we learn on the next page, in the next chapter, in the next book. There is also a little romance thing going on, but it does not take precedence in the book at all really. There are multiple angles of mystery surrounding people involved in Kelsea's life as well as her reign. The mysteries of what is going on exactly and what is going to happen next, kept me turning the pages long after I should have been asleep.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I will continue throughout the series. I cannot wait to see what lies ahead for Kelsea and the Tear.