This is the final novel of the Queens of Renthia trilogy though Durst mentioned she was writing a stand-alone novel about one of the other three kingdoms not explored as thoroughly as Aratay and Semo. Overall, I quite liked where Durst went with the story, and while in some ways, she followed some of the expected solutions, in other ways, she very much went against conventions, leading to a conclusion that contained elements I expected and others that I did not. After mostly being discussed […]
Do You Know How Hard It Is To Lead?
After The Reckoning, I needed to take a break from Bingo since my upcoming selections were not what I needed after a tragic medieval Welsh history novel. One was too dark, one was another novel set in medieval Britain and I figured I needed something different as a palate cleanser. It also seemed like the perfect excuse to fit in The Reluctant Queen, the second part of the Queens of Renthia trilogy, which I had started shortly before Bingo but then couldn’t’ fit into any […]
I always love a good school/training sequence
I picked this one up a while back based on DomeLoki’s review though I only recently got around to reading it, and am now doing the smart thing by making myself write the review before diving into the next book in the series and getting confused about what happened when. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect since I didn’t go back to reread the review though I remembered some comments about zip lining. In this world, humans/humanoids live in societies and are surrounded by […]