The Queen of the Tearling Review
A novel by Erika Johansen Reviewed by Esmeralda Gutierrez
Unlike most Princesses, Kelsea had to save herself. She knew she would be imprisoned in her throne, where she would sit, hung with velvet and silk, until she was assassinated like many before her. (Johansen 6) Yet that all changes on her long journey to her Keep. Upon realizing the flaws in her mother’s system of government, Kelsea is forced upon herself to fix them all, one by one. This novel is gripping and twisting. It constantly throws on into shock and keeps us at the edge of the seat hoping for more. It is riveting from the beginning to the end. Being only the first book of the trilogy it incorporates politics, magic, swords, and a brave, smart, and reckless heroine. This did not start off plain. Nor did it end like that. Entwined with desire, lust, deep hate, and bliss, the book may not incorporate dragons or a hero in shining armor, it creates an environment in which the characters felt so real with their addictions and motives. They each played such an important role, yes some may be overlooked but the lesson you take from them are so real, so true. Who says a that a true hero comes in shining armor. The difference here, and …show more content…
But that did not matter because there was neither medicine nor medics to treat his son. But at his mad frustration at life came a man who claimed to be healer; his only price was a finger from the small boy. The father so no harm in this, for if the healer failed his will not get the finger. But in the end it all worked out. The man tried to go back to the deal yet couldn't since he scared to do so. So one night as his son slept the man cut off one useless fringer in payment for the boys life. Later, with no antibiotics, the wound became infected and the boy died all the
A novel by Erika Johansen Reviewed by Esmeralda Gutierrez
Unlike most Princesses, Kelsea had to save herself. She knew she would be imprisoned in her throne, where she would sit, hung with velvet and silk, until she was assassinated like many before her. (Johansen 6) Yet that all changes on her long journey to her Keep. Upon realizing the flaws in her mother’s system of government, Kelsea is forced upon herself to fix them all, one by one. This novel is gripping and twisting. It constantly throws on into shock and keeps us at the edge of the seat hoping for more. It is riveting from the beginning to the end. Being only the first book of the trilogy it incorporates politics, magic, swords, and a brave, smart, and reckless heroine. This did not start off plain. Nor did it end like that. Entwined with desire, lust, deep hate, and bliss, the book may not incorporate dragons or a hero in shining armor, it creates an environment in which the characters felt so real with their addictions and motives. They each played such an important role, yes some may be overlooked but the lesson you take from them are so real, so true. Who says a that a true hero comes in shining armor. The difference here, and …show more content…
But that did not matter because there was neither medicine nor medics to treat his son. But at his mad frustration at life came a man who claimed to be healer; his only price was a finger from the small boy. The father so no harm in this, for if the healer failed his will not get the finger. But in the end it all worked out. The man tried to go back to the deal yet couldn't since he scared to do so. So one night as his son slept the man cut off one useless fringer in payment for the boys life. Later, with no antibiotics, the wound became infected and the boy died all the