While I wish the first book hadn’t sat in my TBR for so long, I wish I had been able to pick up the second book sooner but life and logistics got in the way. I’m going to attempt a spoiler free review that, when combined with the first review, will hopefully encourage you to pick up the series. The Reluctant Queen picks up about a month after the events of The Queen of Blood. In my last review I wondered if each book in the series would focus […]
Wish this hadn’t sat in my TBR so long
Me to my husband, “I think you’ll really like this book I’ve just started reading, The Queen of Blood. There are these elemental spirits and they are locked in conflict with the humans. In this kingdom, the people live in the trees. A small village might be just one giant tree – “. He interrupts me, “Do they get around on zip lines?” “Yeah”, I respond. “I read that last year, good book”. He was right, it is a good book. Renthia is made of […]
And this is why I like to give authors two or three books before I write them off
A few weeks ago I read a book by Sarah Beth Durst that almost turned me off of her completely as an author. However, I’d bought The Lost at the same time as that one and so felt obligated to read it. I’m glad I did. The Lost is a haunting novel about loss and finding what you need within yourself. Lauren decides to keep going straight one day instead of turning onto her work street and proceeds to drive into the desert. She’s running […]
Nooooooooooooooope, nopenopenopenopenope
Ice is a retelling of East of the Sun West of the Moon, a Norwegian Fairy Tale. I love fairytale retellings, and this one had potential. However the misogyny throughout the story just killed it for me. I think there is the hint of a decent story here, which is doubly frustrating. In the interest of clarity, I did not technically read the latter half of the book. I skipped ahead to the end after I raged out at the book. I liked parts of […]