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A review by alialu
The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly
4.0
4,5 stars
Fuck you, Radovan
*(spoiler at the end)
What a captivating book!
We follow one of the best main characters I've read in a world of fast politics as Askia tries to win the favor of the emperor to fight her war.
Askia is a strong and strong-minded woman, who has suffered a lot in her past, but that doesn't stop dwelling in her wounds or asking for pity to everyone around her.
She takes no bull-shit from men, even if every other woman tries her to.
She takes her duty very seriously, and does not take selfish risks (for love, friendship, or whatever else), though she does have a problem to control her temper.
Women in this book, in general, are the focus, even if they have to follow society's nonsense sometimes.
Even if most of the story takes place in the same site, we are still able to picture the rest of the continent (I guess?) pretty well, since each kingdom's own cultures and singularities are very nicely depicted, and I think that speaks very highly of the writing, in Greta being able to show us all of that from a single palace.
The only thing I missed for it to reach the perfection in those 5 stars, was a little more development in some of the relationships, though less than 400 pages was probably not enough space for it.
Very nice and fast read. Can't wait for the second part!
(Sadly I read the last sentence of the book by mistake before I started reading. Luckily I forgot the name she was swearing at by the time I began reading it. In fact, I thought it was Iskander)
Fuck you, Radovan
*(spoiler at the end)
What a captivating book!
We follow one of the best main characters I've read in a world of fast politics as Askia tries to win the favor of the emperor to fight her war.
Askia is a strong and strong-minded woman, who has suffered a lot in her past, but that doesn't stop dwelling in her wounds or asking for pity to everyone around her.
She takes no bull-shit from men, even if every other woman tries her to.
She takes her duty very seriously, and does not take selfish risks (for love, friendship, or whatever else), though she does have a problem to control her temper.
Women in this book, in general, are the focus, even if they have to follow society's nonsense sometimes.
Even if most of the story takes place in the same site, we are still able to picture the rest of the continent (I guess?) pretty well, since each kingdom's own cultures and singularities are very nicely depicted, and I think that speaks very highly of the writing, in Greta being able to show us all of that from a single palace.
The only thing I missed for it to reach the perfection in those 5 stars, was a little more development in some of the relationships, though less than 400 pages was probably not enough space for it.
Very nice and fast read. Can't wait for the second part!
(Sadly I read the last sentence of the book by mistake before I started reading. Luckily I forgot the name she was swearing at by the time I began reading it. In fact, I thought it was Iskander)