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A review by emcasmith
The Warrior Queen by Emily R. King
4.0
*NOTE* I read this book as an audiobook through Audible!
This series was one that Audible recommended to me a while back; as I’m the type to follow multiple storylines at once, it took me a while to finish this one. However, this was always the one I was excited to come back to the most.
This book combined two of my favorite elements; magical fantasy and a royal hierarchy. However, this story was unique in the sense that the female heroine was NEVER portrayed as weak. Different? Yes. Disadvantaged? Absolutely. But weak? Never. She was able to find her own strengths, through the help of the people around her. Kalinda’s mentality is empowering, and it’s one I’d like to emulate, considering how much she grew as a person throughout the series.
The only thing I didn’t like about this specific book was the overuse of plot lines. The 3 books before this did a great job of using the WHOLE book to develop one or two central plots. However, in this book, it felt like every other chapter, a new sub-plot was being introduced. As a result, the ending felt a bit rushed as the author tied all of the ends together.
Otherwise, this was a fantastic book! One of the most mature YA novels I’ve read in a while, and I’ll definitely be sifting through this author’s other works to find my next book :)
This series was one that Audible recommended to me a while back; as I’m the type to follow multiple storylines at once, it took me a while to finish this one. However, this was always the one I was excited to come back to the most.
This book combined two of my favorite elements; magical fantasy and a royal hierarchy. However, this story was unique in the sense that the female heroine was NEVER portrayed as weak. Different? Yes. Disadvantaged? Absolutely. But weak? Never. She was able to find her own strengths, through the help of the people around her. Kalinda’s mentality is empowering, and it’s one I’d like to emulate, considering how much she grew as a person throughout the series.
The only thing I didn’t like about this specific book was the overuse of plot lines. The 3 books before this did a great job of using the WHOLE book to develop one or two central plots. However, in this book, it felt like every other chapter, a new sub-plot was being introduced. As a result, the ending felt a bit rushed as the author tied all of the ends together.
Otherwise, this was a fantastic book! One of the most mature YA novels I’ve read in a while, and I’ll definitely be sifting through this author’s other works to find my next book :)