Title: The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen #1)Publication Date: March 10th 2015
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Part of a Series?: Yes, Book One of Two
I Got A Copy Through: I bought it!
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Blurb Description: Wilhelmina has a hundred identities.
She is a princess. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne.
She is a spy. Wil and her best friend, Melanie, infiltrate Skyvale Palace to study their foes. They assume the identities of nobles from a wraith-fallen kingdom, but enemies fill the palace, and Melanie’s behavior grows suspicious. With Osprey missions becoming increasingly dangerous and their leader more unstable, Wil can’t trust anyone.
She is a threat. Wraith is the toxic by-product of magic, and for a century using magic has been forbidden. Still the wraith pours across the continent, reshaping the land and animals into fresh horrors. Soon it will reach the Indigo Kingdom. Wilhelmina’s magic might be the key to stopping the wraith, but if the vigilante Black Knife discovers Wil’s magic, she will vanish like all the others.
Jodi Meadows introduces a vivid new fantasy full of intrigue, romance, dangerous magic, and one girl’s battle to reclaim her place in the world.
AAAAAHH.
This is my The Orphan Queen re-read which was initially
done to serve two purposes:
1)
Prepare myself for the GIANT BEAUTIFUL THING
that is The Mirror King
2)
To Write a Comprehensive Review for it BECAUSE
IT IS AWESOME.
At this point it seems like I’ve also succeeded in breaking
my heart yet again. I’m halfway through my FIRST read of The Mirror King (57% according to Goodreads. WHAT.) AND. UM. WELL.
I’m just reading and reading and reading and not at all processing because
that’s what I do with good books and wait for everything bad to hit me after.
YOU, HOWEVER, ARE HERE FOR The Orphan Queen, SO WELCOME.
What is The Orphan
Queen?
Oh, it is only the book that will get you SO BLOODY ADDICTED
you’ll need to have The Mirror King
to open and devour right away.
Wilhelmina is a spy in the palace in the Indigo Kingdom.
She’s the long lost princess of the Aecor Kingdom that stole her homeland and
slaughtered her parents. Wilhelmina HAS MAGIC (which is illegal, just so you
know).
And now, almost ten years later, IT IS TIME TO EXACT REVENGE
AND SAVE HER HOMELAND.
Except in politics, sly games and vigilantism NOTHING IS
BLACK AND WHITE. Especially a young queen’s feelings, and her magic.
Wil is, as I was told, A
BADASS HEROINE! What makes her stand out SO MUCH in my head though is that
the fact that she’s NOT ALWAYS RIGHT. Or holier than thou. Or anything of the
sort. She’s scared, she makes mistakes, she pays for her mistakes and she’s
ALSO BRILLIANT. She just seemed an all-around REAL character with her fear and
insecurities and everything. I love Wil.
Another aspect I ADORE about TOQ is the Osperys (yes, even
controlling Patrick) and the fact that they could just get things done. THERE
WAS NO WAITING ABOUT IN THEIR MISSIONS, nothing less than true grief when they
lost one of their own for they are family and all understanding all the time
about who the other person is.
Also, BLACK KNIFE. AAAH.
I did love that there wasn’t a lot of importance given to
court drama and social niceties because well, that happens in EVERY book and it
would’ve just dragged this piece of gorgeous literature on.
I think the ONLY thing I didn’t like (in my first read) is
the fact that I predicted a certain reveal about a certain character and it was
kind of disappointing because I was hoping I wasn’t right.
All in all, A BEAUTIFUL BOOK THAT YOU SHOULD ALREADY BE
READING.
If you had a group of fictional rebels, who would you choose to be in that group? Have you read this series? What did YOU think? Should I be reading the novellas?
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