Reviewed by Silvara on
I loved Raisa. She's smart and stubborn, she wants to be a good queen one day. And when she realized that things are being kept from her that she needs to know, so she can BE a good queen, she goes out and starts finding answers. She may not always have the best ideas on how to do things, and some of the scrapes she gets into could have been avoided if she had been less headstrong. But over-all, I really liked her as a character. And I really like her and Amon together.
I liked Han just as much as I liked Raisa. I guessed some of the mystery around his silver cuffs, but I didn't have a clue about the scope and his past. I liked how he tried to take care of his mother and sister, as well as his interactions with the clan.
I didn't like either of the wizards at all. But they were well-done bad characters. The progression of the reveals about just how bad the wizards are, was perfect. I also liked that there were more than just the main two, and that we got to see how the magic works. At least enough that it was understandable, and didn't leave you lost as to how everyone fits into the world. I love when magic has actual rules that need to be followed, I'm hoping for more details on it in the next book.
The world seems to be really well done. It's fleshed out enough that it feels like a real place, without being an info dump. All the characters feel real as well, none of them are cardboard.
This review was originally posted on Fantasy of the Silver Dragon
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 17 February, 2016: Finished reading
- 17 February, 2016: Reviewed