Saturday, November 24, 2018

The Fire Queen by Emily R. King

genre: young adult fantasy

This is the sequel to The Hundreth Queen, so for sure read that first.

Kalinda has killed the Rajah, yes, but she is still not safe.  In fact, life is as complicated as ever when she arrives at a neighboring kingdom to try and get aid for her fleeing people.  With a warlord in her palace and a people who don't even know of her fire powers, Kalinda is forced to play whatever political games get thrown at her. Another tournament?  What can she do but say yes?  Be separated from her love, Deven, and have to work with Crown Prince Ashwin, the son of the man she killed?  How can she avoid it?  Kalinda has no choice but to step into the role she chose to accept: the kindred.

Okay.  So.  This was a fast read and there are a few interesting twists and turns - I liked the other characters that come into play with the tournament but I was, honestly, sort of annoyed by the fact that she had to do ANOTHER tournament.  I feel like that plot device has been played out now and sometimes while some things seemed super challenging and were - other things seemed super challenging and then just sorta...happened.  Where I had to suspend my disbelief a lot.  The ending made me intrigued enough to read the next one but I can't gush over this installment.

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