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A review by tibcanread
The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli
5.0
I loved this book!
I read The Last Namsara earlier this year and have been impatiently waiting for the arrival of its companion ever since, and let me tell you, it was well worth the wait.
This book follows Roa, the outlander queen to Dax, Asha's brother and king, and her struggle to get what she needs for her people and for her sister, Essie, whose soul has been bound to a hawk. The story was full of twists and turns, some expected, some I hoped would end the way I wanted to, and some unexpected. It was a wild ride from beginning to end and I couldn't be more satisfied with this story, and I certainly didn't want to give up the characters or world (especially the dragons. I'm always sad to leave dragons), but here I'll be impatiently waiting until Sky Weaver comes out, and since reading TCQ, I'm very interested in finding out why Sapphire's story is titled that.
What I love most about Kristen's books is how she integrates her would building as small little stories between chapters. She did it in The Last Namsara, and she's done it again in The Caged Queen, but this time in a different way. This time, she uses those interludes as a way to understand Roa's past without having a huge info dump somewhere in the actual chapters. It's a clever way to kind of "cheat" the system and give us the information we need in a way that doesn't really interrupt the story.
If you haven't read The Last Namsara or The Caged Queen yet, what are you doing with your life? Go read them!
I read The Last Namsara earlier this year and have been impatiently waiting for the arrival of its companion ever since, and let me tell you, it was well worth the wait.
This book follows Roa, the outlander queen to Dax, Asha's brother and king, and her struggle to get what she needs for her people and for her sister, Essie, whose soul has been bound to a hawk. The story was full of twists and turns, some expected, some I hoped would end the way I wanted to, and some unexpected. It was a wild ride from beginning to end and I couldn't be more satisfied with this story, and I certainly didn't want to give up the characters or world (especially the dragons. I'm always sad to leave dragons), but here I'll be impatiently waiting until Sky Weaver comes out, and since reading TCQ, I'm very interested in finding out why Sapphire's story is titled that.
What I love most about Kristen's books is how she integrates her would building as small little stories between chapters. She did it in The Last Namsara, and she's done it again in The Caged Queen, but this time in a different way. This time, she uses those interludes as a way to understand Roa's past without having a huge info dump somewhere in the actual chapters. It's a clever way to kind of "cheat" the system and give us the information we need in a way that doesn't really interrupt the story.
If you haven't read The Last Namsara or The Caged Queen yet, what are you doing with your life? Go read them!