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A review by taslefay
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
3.0
Okay this needed to be way more about Raisa the titular Exiled Queen.
Instead we got some Hogwarts-but-harsher stuff and more of Han's POV (and girls falling for him) than I'd have liked. Speaking of romance, I may have spoken too soon in review of book 1 since that aspect definitely amps up and is not entirely appropriately timed considering the situation. I was really looking forward to more politicking and Raisa's thoughts/plans on, well, pretty much everything other than her love life. I mean she literally fell in love with 2 boys in the span of this book, so unless it leads to some serious character development later, making it relevant in retrospect, I will find this difficult to enjoy.
I'm still exceedingly interested in the overarching story and find the world of Seven Realms intriguing, which is why this turn in the plot was a little frustrating. Continuing the multi POVs (that is, not just Raisa and Han) would've been a good idea this time round too, since it introduced new characters and focused on other minor ones. For now, I'll just let the heightened tensions of that ending carry me on to the next book which should be the best so far... If all goes well.
Instead we got some Hogwarts-but-harsher stuff and more of Han's POV (and girls falling for him) than I'd have liked. Speaking of romance, I may have spoken too soon in review of book 1 since that aspect definitely amps up and is not entirely appropriately timed considering the situation. I was really looking forward to more politicking and Raisa's thoughts/plans on, well, pretty much everything other than her love life. I mean she literally fell in love with 2 boys in the span of this book, so unless it leads to some serious character development later, making it relevant in retrospect, I will find this difficult to enjoy.
I'm still exceedingly interested in the overarching story and find the world of Seven Realms intriguing, which is why this turn in the plot was a little frustrating. Continuing the multi POVs (that is, not just Raisa and Han) would've been a good idea this time round too, since it introduced new characters and focused on other minor ones. For now, I'll just let the heightened tensions of that ending carry me on to the next book which should be the best so far... If all goes well.