Genevieve
This book was so good, like, so good it actually had me conflicted by the end.
This was a dark fantasy that covered everything I needed out of a book this month. It does have a few slower moments, but for a debut novel, I was genuinely impressed.
We follow Wen, a village girl who’s desperate to help her family and community as they struggle through famine and death. She makes the ultimate sacrifice and offers herself to the royal family as a concubine in hopes of bringing food and stability back home. She starts off naive and kind hearted, but watching her transformation, Man! she turns into somebody you do not wanna mess with.
Then we’ve got Prince Terran and his brother Maro, both fighting for the throne. The tension between them, made me want to know more. Watching their power struggle unfold and the layers of their rivalry kept me turning the pages.
I’m trying not to spoil anything, but this definitely gave me Game of Thrones vibes. Check your triggers cause there are some.
And the ending, the last few chapters had me stressed, and wanting more. It definitely did not go the way I thought it would.
Just read it, y’all seriously a good one!
This book was so good, like, so good it actually had me conflicted by the end.
This was a dark fantasy that covered everything I needed out of a book this month. It does have a few slower moments, but for a debut novel, I was genuinely impressed.
We follow Wen, a village girl who’s desperate to help her family and community as they struggle through famine and death. She makes the ultimate sacrifice and offers herself to the royal family as a concubine in hopes of bringing food and stability back home. She starts off naive and kind hearted, but watching her transformation, Man! she turns into somebody you do not wanna mess with.
Then we’ve got Prince Terran and his brother Maro, both fighting for the throne. The tension between them, made me want to know more. Watching their power struggle unfold and the layers of their rivalry kept me turning the pages.
I’m trying not to spoil anything, but this definitely gave me Game of Thrones vibes. Check your triggers cause there are some.
And the ending, the last few chapters had me stressed, and wanting more. It definitely did not go the way I thought it would.
Just read it, y’all seriously a good one!