Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta

Quintana of Charyn (The Lumatere Chronicles, #3)

by Melina Marchetta

The climactic conclusion of Printz Award winner Melina Marchetta’s epic fantasy trilogy!

Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child’s right to rule. While in the valley between two kingdoms, Quintana of Charyn and Isaboe of Lumatere come face-to-face in a showdown that will result in heartbreak for one and power for the other. The complex tangle of bloodlines, politics, and love introduced in Finnikin of the Rock and Froi of the Exiles coalesce into an engrossing climax in this final volume.

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This was easily my favourite read of the week, and a reread at that.  I adore this series so much and I can't think of a coherent thing to say about it!  All I want to do is go back to the start and read it again, but that seems excessive when I've now read it twice in the space of 3 months!  I'm so annoyed with myself for not reading this series for the first time until August 2017 and missing out on all its goodness until this year.  For the longest time I put it off because I love Melina's contemporary books and I was scared her fantasy novels wouldn't live up to the hype, but clearly I was wrong and I should've known better!!

I must say, I love the narrator, Grant Cartwright - he's fantastic and very enjoyable to listen to, adding to the experience that is this book.  He also narrates Froi of the Exiles and he does a brilliant job in both, unlike the narrator of Finnikin of the Rock, who makes drives me nuts with his stupid pronunciation of character names and places.  Cartwright brings the characters to life and it was a joy to listen to - 5 stars.
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