Summary from Goodreads:Follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it.
When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing her ability to perform all seven kinds of elemental magic. The only people who should possess this extraordinary power are a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light and salvation and a queen of blood and destruction. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven trials to test her magic. If she fails, she will be executed...unless the trials kill her first.
A thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a mere fairy tale to bounty hunter Eliana Ferracora. When the Undying Empire conquered her kingdom, she embraced violence to keep her family alive. Now, she believes herself untouchable--until her mother vanishes without a trace, along with countless other women in their city. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain on a dangerous mission and discovers that the evil at the heart of the empire is more terrible than she ever imagined.
As Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world--and of each other.
My Review:
I held off on reading this new release because of mixed reviews but I'm glad that I finally decided to pick it up. I flew through this novel, even though it was pretty heavy fantasy and over 500 pages long because it was so well done.
What I Liked:
Would Building/Magic. I got lot a few times in the beginning, not knowing that of course the book had a legend in the back, but overall it was easy world to figure out. Legrand did a great job of crafting this whole new world. And she did amazing job with the magic system. Nothing felt forced or ripped off, it all flowed together into a great new fantasy.
Characters. As I always say, the sign of a good writer or at least one I will like is one who can create great main and side characters. Some tend to only focus on the main characters and the readers are left with unremarkable side characters. But not this time. Legrand created good characters all around. Every single one of them were important to the plot and as reader I connected with all of them.
Plot. The plot did have some predictable moments but I felt that Legrand spiced it up enough that it stands out against other fantasy series.
Writing Style. This is my first time reading Legrand and I found her writing style to be well-done. I only picked up the novel a few time before I flew through all 500 pages of it. The writing flowed and caught my attention all the way throughout it.
What I Disliked:
Format. The only thing I struggled with was the switching between past and present. It took a few chapters before I got used to the strange formatting.
I recommend checking out this epic new YA fantasy. It was a fun and intense read.
My Rating:
4.5 Stars Out of 5 Stars
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