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Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
by Bradley P. Beaulieu
3.75 stars
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
In the desert surrounded city of Sharakhai, Çeda is one of the most famous pit fighters, hiding behind her moniker as The White Wolf. Away from the pits, Çeda is attempting to figure out how she can get her revenge on the Twelve Kings, the immortal rulers of the city who were responsible for the death of her mother. Eventually, Çeda uncovers a secret that pave her way to her revenge.
I’ve wanted to read this book for a while and I’m glad I was finally able to get around to it when Bradley Beaulieu kindly provided me with a copy. This book was really great and was just the kind of high fantasy I needed to read more of it, as I feel I probably haven’t read as much as I’ve wanted to recently.
This book was just a great example of good high fantasy. I felt like the world building was really great and Çeda’s stories really provided the reader with what the city was like and all about its histories with the King and how the ordinary people lived. I liked the desert/Middle Eastern type setting and I love how Çeda would often wear a niqab when out and about and I just felt like this was a nice inclusion. It’s one of the reasons I chose the book cover I did on Goodreads rather than the one with her hair long, as I felt like the cover where she’s covering her hair was a lot more connected to the story.
I loved that this was the type of book that despite having a lot of characters and different factions, I was able to remember everyone and know who was who and if they were a part of The Moonless Host, the Blood Maidens, the Silver Spears or the Twelves Kings.
The fight scenes in this book were also great. I loved that it had a gladiator aspect to it with the actual slavery part removed (as far as I’m aware anyway). The people went into the tournaments and fights willingly to win money and I loved hearing about how Çeda got into the pits - though I think I would have liked that backstory a bit earlier in the book.
I wasn’t mad about the relationship between Çeda and Emre. There was something about it that a bit angsty and it was a bit are they/aren’t they and I definitely preferred them as friends. I actually didn’t warm to Emre at all and I found him really annoying! I much preferred Ramahd and thought he and Çeda had way more chemistry together than she and Emre. I felt they were always weirdly awkward, especially for best friends.
The book took me quite a while to read, compared to how long i normally read books. So near the end I did start wondering when it would end and got a bit fed up. I think this was more so because I couldn’t change the font size on my Kindle with the format so I had to read it slower. i did love a lot of what happened near the end and i think the next book has been set up really, really well. I can’t wait to read it.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
In the desert surrounded city of Sharakhai, Çeda is one of the most famous pit fighters, hiding behind her moniker as The White Wolf. Away from the pits, Çeda is attempting to figure out how she can get her revenge on the Twelve Kings, the immortal rulers of the city who were responsible for the death of her mother. Eventually, Çeda uncovers a secret that pave her way to her revenge.
I’ve wanted to read this book for a while and I’m glad I was finally able to get around to it when Bradley Beaulieu kindly provided me with a copy. This book was really great and was just the kind of high fantasy I needed to read more of it, as I feel I probably haven’t read as much as I’ve wanted to recently.
This book was just a great example of good high fantasy. I felt like the world building was really great and Çeda’s stories really provided the reader with what the city was like and all about its histories with the King and how the ordinary people lived. I liked the desert/Middle Eastern type setting and I love how Çeda would often wear a niqab when out and about and I just felt like this was a nice inclusion. It’s one of the reasons I chose the book cover I did on Goodreads rather than the one with her hair long, as I felt like the cover where she’s covering her hair was a lot more connected to the story.
I loved that this was the type of book that despite having a lot of characters and different factions, I was able to remember everyone and know who was who and if they were a part of The Moonless Host, the Blood Maidens, the Silver Spears or the Twelves Kings.
The fight scenes in this book were also great. I loved that it had a gladiator aspect to it with the actual slavery part removed (as far as I’m aware anyway). The people went into the tournaments and fights willingly to win money and I loved hearing about how Çeda got into the pits - though I think I would have liked that backstory a bit earlier in the book.
I wasn’t mad about the relationship between Çeda and Emre. There was something about it that a bit angsty and it was a bit are they/aren’t they and I definitely preferred them as friends. I actually didn’t warm to Emre at all and I found him really annoying! I much preferred Ramahd and thought he and Çeda had way more chemistry together than she and Emre. I felt they were always weirdly awkward, especially for best friends.
The book took me quite a while to read, compared to how long i normally read books. So near the end I did start wondering when it would end and got a bit fed up. I think this was more so because I couldn’t change the font size on my Kindle with the format so I had to read it slower. i did love a lot of what happened near the end and i think the next book has been set up really, really well. I can’t wait to read it.