A Conspiracy of Kings
Ratings41
Average rating3.9
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Ratings41
Average rating3.9
'Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down' Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince Sophos, the unwilling prince of Sounis, has disappeared without a trace. Eugenides has never stopped wondering what happened to his friend. Nor has the queen of Eddis, who once offered Sophos her hand. As time goes by, it becomes less and less certain that they will ever see their friend again. Across the small peninsula battles are fought, bribes are offered, and conspiracies are set in motion. Darkening the horizon, the Mede Empire threatens from across the sea. And Sophos, anonymous and alone, bides his time. Drawing on his memories of Gen, Pol, the Magus and Eddis, he sets out on an adventure that will change all of their lives forever . . . Praise for Megan Whalen Turner 'The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me' Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer 'Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy' Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom 'Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever' Garth Nix, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Old Kingdom, Keys to the Kingdom, and Seventh Tower series 'Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing' Cassandra Clare, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight 'The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods' Kristin Cashore, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series
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This is probably my least favourite book of the series.
Firstly, it's a bit boring, nothing really seems to be happening and even when it does, I'm not terribly interested in it. The political machinations and twists that I usually enjoy in this series were really minimal in this book and I honestly felt cheated.
But perhaps more distressing than the books mundanity was how uncomfortable some of the messaging was. As other reviews have mentioned, the final point of this book seemed to be that it was good to enforce things by violence if you were sure you were right. While I think that this could be an important critique of war in general, and how it can warp people's mindsets and decisions, the book didn't seem critical of its own message.
Another thing that truly bothered me was that by the end of the book Eugenides was considered sovereign of both Attolia and Eddis, countries that were ruled by women. The book is still unapologetically feminist in other ways but I couldn't help being irritated by the fact that the women in this book had yielded a bit of their sovereignty to a younger, arguably more inexperienced ruler (however much I and they may personally love him). I know I'm nitpicking and probably overreaching here but I wished Eddis did not have to swear fealty to Eugenides.
I reviewed this series as a whole under the final volume, [b:Return of the Thief 40650301 Return of the Thief (The Queen's Thief, #6) Megan Whalen Turner https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1603971521l/40650301.SY75.jpg 16439607].
An excellent sequel. In each book, the characters are real and very complete, even the supporting cast.
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6 primary books9 released booksThe Queen's Thief is a 9-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Megan Whalen Turner.
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