The Shadow Queen
Ratings11
Average rating3.5
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Ratings11
Average rating3.5
In this retelling of Snow White follows the adventures of Lorelai, an exiled princess who is being pursued by a magic-wielding prince serving as the personal huntsman for evil queen Irina, who has charged him with bringing her Lorelai's heart.
Lorelai, an exiled princess, is being pursued by a magic-wielding prince serving as the personal huntsman for an evil queen. Irina has charged Prince Kol with bringing her Lorelai's heart, and he must comply in order to save his kingdom from an invading army of magic-wielding ogres. But neither Lorelai nor Irina is going down without a fight....
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4 primary booksRavenspire is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by C.J. Redwine.
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Drinking game: every time a “heart” is mentioned. Twice if it's “double heart”
Every time they say “I'm blood, death, whatever it was.” sigh
Her bloodred lips. Another sigh
All the repetition all the time. sighsighsighsighsigh
I liked the story. With some minor moments of irritation. “Just knock him unconscious, damn it!” “Just kill her, damn it!” But no. Easy solutions are easy, but there wouldn't be much drama, now, would there? :-D
I liked the idea of the witches using things hearts.
I disliked the sacrificing of animals. Why would it be totally fine to burn insects, wolves, all the animals at the castle, all dogs and cats and horses and what not, they have a heart as well, they were even more under the spell, more innocent than people.
Also, I wish she had written more about Viktor and somehow shown that his death actually was what killed Irina, that the fact that she lost the only one who actually loved her, costed her everything... as it was now, his love was pretty much "who cares". I wish C.J. had used the same twist as Neil Gaiman in Stardust... that Irina couldn't use Kol's heart, because it already belonged to Lorelei. :-)
