OK confession time; I couldn’t wait to start reading Queen of Shadows before writing my Heir of Fire review, so this is going to be a joint review of both books. For those of you unaware, Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows are the third and fourth books respectively in Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series. It is YA fantasy series with a kickass heroine and great worldbuilding. If you’ve not yet started it, I highly recommend checking it out. I listened to both books within a fairly short space of time and loved both of them. Because Queen of Shadows builds upon and develops characters and plot points raised in Heir of Fire, they are excellent to read together. Many of the cliffhangers in Heir of Fire are also resolved, which is very satisfying. What I liked Character development. We see lots of wonderful character development in our main character, Celaena. When we rejoin Celaena at the beginning of Heir of Fire, she is in a pretty dark place emotionally, reeling from the events of previous book Crown of Midnight. Throughout Heir she along with new character Rowan works to get her mojo back. This is a…
In the three weeks since I blogged, I have read several great – and some not so great – books. Check out my full (spoilery) review of Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb. Other books I’ve read are as follows. [book-info] One of the YA books generating the most buzz this autumn is Eleanor Herman’s Legacy of Kings. Herman is a respected historical author and Legacy of Kings is her first foray into YA historical fantasy. The blurb makes it sound along the lines of Alexander the Great meets Game of Thrones. I’m assuming minus the graphic sex and violence as it’s YA. Early reviews have been positive. I have not yet read/listened to Legacy of Kings (it’s on my TBR list) but I have read the prequel Voice of the Gods, which is currently free on major ebook sites. It tells the story of the prophecy, which, I assume, is at the basis of the series. it was… fine. The worldbuilding was great, as you’d expect from a historian. The characters were engaging, but in the space of a novella, it was more difficult to become overly attached to them. I liked the story, but it’d didn’t grab me as…