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The Exiled Queen
by Cinda Williams Chima
Okay. I held off on writing this review until after I had finished the series, because, right or wrong, where this book leads, ultimately weighs on my opinion of each book. I'm going to attempt to separate these reviews accordingly.
While I liked the first book [b:The Demon King|6342491|The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)|Cinda Williams Chima|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1379482652s/6342491.jpg|6528619], I wasn't completely overwhelmed by it. So, I wasn't overly eager to begin this second book of the series. However, this is where the story really heats up. I very much enjoyed the time spent with every character in this book. I generally don't enjoy books so much where the POV switches often, but Chima has done this so successfully, that I hardly noticed or cared like I normally do.
Rebecca Morley (Princess Raisa incognito) is off to school and though it sounds so simplistic and uninspired when I type it so plainly, this story made it anything but. I loved the time Raisa spent with Amon in Mystwerk Academy at Oden’s Ford. This is one of those books - nay, series - where the writing is so delicious and complete, that even the tertiary and background characters are fully-fleshed and easily imagined.
Again, having to build the world of this school and the Academy's environment, social and physical, I am thoroughly impressed with Chima's writing and immersive writing ability. I could see it all, picture it all, and couldn't wait to move forward. I only wish - and this is truly minor, especially after having read all four books - that we could've had Amon's POV. I would've liked to have explored that relationship from the bond with Raisa more fully from his perspective.
Aside from that, this book really ramped up the world, characters, and story for me. This book made me beyond excited to begin the third book, [b:The Gray Wolf Throne|9409469|The Gray Wolf Throne (Seven Realms, #3)|Cinda Williams Chima|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312142235s/9409469.jpg|14293500].
While I liked the first book [b:The Demon King|6342491|The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)|Cinda Williams Chima|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1379482652s/6342491.jpg|6528619], I wasn't completely overwhelmed by it. So, I wasn't overly eager to begin this second book of the series. However, this is where the story really heats up. I very much enjoyed the time spent with every character in this book. I generally don't enjoy books so much where the POV switches often, but Chima has done this so successfully, that I hardly noticed or cared like I normally do.
Rebecca Morley (Princess Raisa incognito) is off to school and though it sounds so simplistic and uninspired when I type it so plainly, this story made it anything but. I loved the time Raisa spent with Amon in Mystwerk Academy at Oden’s Ford. This is one of those books - nay, series - where the writing is so delicious and complete, that even the tertiary and background characters are fully-fleshed and easily imagined.
Again, having to build the world of this school and the Academy's environment, social and physical, I am thoroughly impressed with Chima's writing and immersive writing ability. I could see it all, picture it all, and couldn't wait to move forward. I only wish - and this is truly minor, especially after having read all four books - that we could've had Amon's POV. I would've liked to have explored that relationship from the bond with Raisa more fully from his perspective.
Aside from that, this book really ramped up the world, characters, and story for me. This book made me beyond excited to begin the third book, [b:The Gray Wolf Throne|9409469|The Gray Wolf Throne (Seven Realms, #3)|Cinda Williams Chima|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312142235s/9409469.jpg|14293500].