EBookObsessed
Written on Oct 3, 2013
After the On Dublin Street books, I was quick to grab this audio by Samantha Young which was on sale. At first I was afraid it would be too difficult to get into with its world building and mages but I did get into it.
It was kind of a Lord of the Rings type adventure. This takes place in a Medieval time period. As the Princess's powers being to wane and she falls sick with a sleeping sickness, Rogin goes on a quest to find the one plant that will save her.
I was enjoying this, but I also found the storyline of kidnap Rogin, beat her in the face, escape...kidnap Rogin, beat her in the face escape...oh, did I mention, kidnap Rogin, beat her in the face, escape...to be repetitious at best.
This also included Rogin being captured each time with Capt. Wolfe Stovia (son of the man of killed her parents) who is in love with her and he freaks out every time someone hits her and of course, is going to attempt to rape her.
I can accept the repetitious kidnapping scenes as the continuing examples of how the lands and the mental status of the peoples are deteriorating with the weakening of the Princess.
But in addition, Rogin is a sheltered 19 year old, who thinks she is worldly, but she does stupid things and is afraid of her feelings for Wolfe and keeps falling back on "he is the son of a murderer and it would be betrayal of my family's memory", even though she knows he is well liked and Capt of the Guard for a reason. I can understand holding the grudge, but after she finds out about Wolfe's life with his father, and they make out for quite awhile, the story should move on. She shouldn't wake up the next morning talking herself right back into "he's his father's son" after she just found out about his own tortured youth. That just makes her annoying and as a reader, I can't imagine what is so appealing about her that he keeps pursuing her. She is feisty and speaks her mind, but just as often, she does something stupid like sneak away from the guards in a dangerous town and...oh wait, get kidnapped.
It was an interesting adventure, but Rogin's childish view of the world (yes, she is 19) gets annoying and not until the very, very end of the book that she looks at all the pieces and understands and shows signs of maturing. Wolfe at 22 was far more mature.
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