Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands, #2)

by Alwyn Hamilton

Review originally posted at Simply Adrift.

1%: Okay, this is starting off a bit slow
10%: That's more like it
20%: Wow, this is really ramping it up
30%: Oh god. oh god, oh god, this can't be good!
60%: I haven't been able to put this book down!
100%: :o Wholly crap! So many emotions!! How do I even...

- While reading Traitor to the Throne, I went through so many emotions.
- Traitor to the Throne stepped up it's game! This book was better, more intense, and had me on the edge of my seat.
- I had low expectations because I thought I would be reading more of Amani & Jin (Which I wasn't that keen on, their romance wasn't something I was interested in. Unpopular opinion?), but nope, that's not what this book is about and I LOVED that. So don't read this thinking there's a lot of love and romance and shizz, cos there isn't. It's all war and magic and spy stuff.

What I liked

-Everything. Honestly, I liked everything about it.
-The beginning started off slow but as the story progressed, it built up & up & up until the ending. There was so much going on, I was so engrossed in the story. I could not put it down.
-I love that Traitor to the Throne was not about about romance or how much Amani & Jin loved each other. This series has such an intense story to it, the romance is a by-product. After reading Rebel of the Sands, I wasn't sure where this story could go. This was a good middle to this series and I am very much looking forward for it's conclusion.
-The character relationships were more interesting in this book because half of them aren't there. There were new characters introduced, as well as the characters from the first book, I enjoyed the new dynamics. You feel what Amani feels, you get attached to the characters she gets attached to. So many things happened and I felt so much emotion, but I can't say what happened or why without giving it away. The character relationships are more of an emotional nature to Amani than in the first book. I'm not sure how to explain what I mean by that so I hope you get the gist...
- By the end of the book I was turning pages furiously (Well tapping (?) pages furiously since I read this on my kindle) to find out what happens. I was left gaping and so annoyed that I have to wait so long to see where this story goes next.

More Thoughts

The below may be a little bit of a spoiler to this book, so I've put it in spoiler tags. I don't spoil any major story lines, the ending, or plot points, only minor details which you find out within the first 20% so if you want to read it then go ahead!

I've read that a lot of people didn't enjoy Traitor to the Throne because half of the characters from the first book aren't in it that much and Amani isn't slinging a gun around shooting everyone. But to be honest, I loved this book because of that.

It was so very different to the first book, it kept me on my toes, and I got attached to the characters that were present. I connected more with Amani in this book. Maybe because she meets her father, or she has doubts in herself when she was so damn sure of her decisions before she was kidnapped. Or she's stuck in a place far away from the people she trusts where she can only do so much, yet she needs to make sure she stays alive. She feels helpless. So she tries to make good of a bad situation.

I felt so much when reading this book.

This is my first 5 star review for the entire year! I feel like I need to celebrate ha. I've found it very hard to give five stars to any books this year. Traitor to the Throne really affected me that much. This is one sequel I was surprised by.

Have you read this book? What did you think?

This review was originally posted on Simply Adrift