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kristins3 's review for:
The Robin on the Oak Throne
by K.A. Linde
The magic system in this book doesn’t make any sense to me. Graves is supposed to be a winter god, but he was born in the 1500s or so. Does that mean there was no summer/winter cycle before that? It seems like if someone is going to be a winter god, they should at least be prehistoric in age. It’s also not clear to me how this robin/wren relationship actually works - is there a magical connection there? Is this a predetermined role or one they take on? It’s very unclear to me
This book also went really big on the explicit scenes compared to the previous book
I really disliked the reveal that Jason was secretly the one that put a spell on Kierse. The idea that the spell was also a siphon of her energy worked fine, but I think Jason being a part of this world took away some of the independent character building that Kierse had and diminished her independent background.
Additionally, they make it clear that Jason can sense her magic and immediately knew when the spell was broken because her magic was gone from him. However, he left her for dead and was surprised to find she was alive many years ago, despite the fact that he should be able to sense that her magic is still not gone from him. Also, it makes no sense that he would choose to leave her for dead if she was the most powerful person he was siphoning magic from. It would make way more sense to lock her in a basement somewhere and make sure she was alive at all times so he didn’t lose his magic source, or at the very least to make sure she didn’t die. His actions only made sense when he was the human thief ring boss
As for the summer/winter god thing there was a hint at the end that maybe they stole the mantle from a predecessor, which I can accept as a magic system, but in that case it should have been made clear. If it wasn’t clear because Kierse didn’t know it, then it’s an obvious question she should have asked
Also Nate and Gen (and maybe Niamh) were the only characters I liked so I hate that he’s dead
This book also went really big on the explicit scenes compared to the previous book
I really disliked the reveal that Jason was secretly the one that put a spell on Kierse. The idea that the spell was also a siphon of her energy worked fine, but I think Jason being a part of this world took away some of the independent character building that Kierse had and diminished her independent background.
Additionally, they make it clear that Jason can sense her magic and immediately knew when the spell was broken because her magic was gone from him. However, he left her for dead and was surprised to find she was alive many years ago, despite the fact that he should be able to sense that her magic is still not gone from him. Also, it makes no sense that he would choose to leave her for dead if she was the most powerful person he was siphoning magic from. It would make way more sense to lock her in a basement somewhere and make sure she was alive at all times so he didn’t lose his magic source, or at the very least to make sure she didn’t die. His actions only made sense when he was the human thief ring boss
As for the summer/winter god thing there was a hint at the end that maybe they stole the mantle from a predecessor, which I can accept as a magic system, but in that case it should have been made clear. If it wasn’t clear because Kierse didn’t know it, then it’s an obvious question she should have asked
Also Nate and Gen (and maybe Niamh) were the only characters I liked so I hate that he’s dead