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Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother's throne, learn to be a ruler - and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.
On her 19th birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and accompanying her is the Queen's Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will use every weapon - from crimson-caped assassins to the darkest blood magic - to prevent her from wearing the crown.
Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she never imagined. An act of singular daring will throw Kelsea's kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance of the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Red Queen, a sorceress possessed of the darkest magic. Now Kelsea will begin to discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her own guard she can trust.
But the quest to save her kingdom and meet her destiny has only just begun - a wondrous journey of self-discovery and a trial by fire that will make her a legend...if she can survive.
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Listening Length: 14 hours and 30 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: HarperAudio
Audible.com Release Date: July 8, 2014
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I went into this book not knowing much about it, which I think was best after seeing the reviews. It seems it was marketed as a Game of Thrones , YA sort of deal, and it really wasn't. It was very much an epic fantasy/sci-fi, character-driven story with an emphasis on the internal (character development) rather than the external (heart-pounding action). It wasn't what I would call a fast read, but I loved it nonetheless and recommend it to those who like character-based fantasies. It is not YA; it is gritty and violent and deals with some tough things. I thought it added to the world and the pressures on the new Queen of the Tearling.Kelsea is the rightful heir to the throne of a region called the Tearling. She's been hidden away in isolation with two foster parents for her whole life because there's a queen in a neighboring land that wants to take over the Tearling. Kelsea turns nineteen, the age where she can rule, and she's transported to New London, the capital of the Tearling. Assassins are after her and it's not an easy trip, but she meets her Queen's Guard, which holds two of the most interesting characters of the book, the Mace and Pen. She also meets the Fetch, another mysterious character. When she arrives, she realizes that taking her place as queen is not going to be easy. As the story progresses, she faces several obstacles while trying to do what is right.Kelsea is really an admirable character. She's got guts and an iron will and a dedication to make people's lives better, but she's not without her insecurities and vulnerabilities, which was awesome. I saw that some people doesn't like her comments about appearance and her self-consciousness, but I thought it was realistic. What 19 year old doesn't think of their appearance, especially one who's exposed to huge crowds when she's lived in a remote village her whole life? She pushed past it, and it made me like her more. Oh, and she adores books and wants to promote reading and literacy in the Tearling. Brownie points.As for the world, there wasn't as much explanation as I would have expected, with little hints dropped here and there. Although it feels like a medieval fantasy with horses and swords and magic necklaces, I believe it actually takes place in the future where a man created a utopia after a catastrophic event. There are references to The Hobbit and Harry Potter , which was really neat. I've heard that the world is better explained in the sequel. The mystery of it all didn't bother me, though.There is no romance in this book. As someone who likes a dash of romance, I actually didn't mind the lack of it because the character interactions were so well-done, and I see the potential for a little in the future books.And the hardcover edition is freakin' gorgeous. I love the cover, the binding, the cool map inside, the little ribbon bookmark. I can't wait to get my hands on the second book!
“The Queen of the Tearling introduces readers to a world as fully imagined and terrifying as that of The Hunger Games, with characters as vivid and intriguing as those of The Game of Thrones, and a wholly original heroine. Combining thrilling action and twisting plot turns; it is a magnificent debut from the talented Erika Johansenâ€I do not agree with the Marketing / PR statement.The intended hype:This magnificent debut, as the Marketing department insinuates, by the talented author, is already signed for a seven-book deal, film rights to the entire book series already sold to Warner Bros with “Harry Potter†producer David Heyman on board and best of all Harry Potter star Emma Watson signed on to play the lead in the saga.“Harper Collins will publish the trilogy, which has been described as a female “Game of Thrones†beginning in 2014.â€I particularly don’t care about this “female†bulls***, as if I (a woman) should not like GoT but wait for a female version of the same? Now if the responsible for this logorrhea reads my review: Dear Sir or Madam, I hate women's parking places, because I almost always see males parking there their big cars as they can’t be bothered to use the smaller parking lot 5 meters away. I don’t like being told that women can’t drive, spent endless time in front of the mirror or collect shoes en masse. If you read the book you’ll find out that our heroine is especially a character described as un-female-like.Apart from my personal misgivings with the marketing I’d like to refer to the four points mentioned in the blurb:1. A world as fully imagined and terrifying as that of The Hunger Games2. Characters as vivid and intriguing as those of The Game of Thrones3. A wholly original heroine4. Thrilling action and twisting plot turns1. A world as fully imagined and terrifying as that of The Hunger GamesWhy do we always have to compare things to “The Hunger Gamesâ€, “Game of Thronesâ€, “Harry Potter†or “Twilight†or whatever? This book is no copycat; the world building is “same same but differentâ€. It’s the typical fantasy world setup: a fictional European, feudalistic, medieval world with a backwards technological status.What makes it unique is the background history: William Tear, an utopist from our time, decided to cross an ominous ocean to an unknown new world on ships together with 2000 followers building a better world. His dream was that of pure socialism, leaving behind technology and religion (the false gods, so to speak). They land in a country of scarce resources. The great socialist vision of William Tear erodes after the Landing ending in a coup complete with assassination and finally initiation of a royal monarchy and the reawakening of religious fascism with some parallels to the National Socialism (->Cardinal Anders wore a small gold pin in the shape of a hammer, a memento of his time spent on the Regent’s anti-sodomy squads). The story starts a few hundred years after the Crossing. I was fascinated by this setup but found it rather disrupting to the flow. For example, a few times characters refer in dialogues to fictional or real characters: Caesar, Helen of Troy, Brother Grimm, Scheherazade or Leonardo da Vinci.“What exactly are you asking for, Scheherazade?â€â€œDevotion to your God and your church is more important than your understanding of the things of Caesar.â€Whatever those names should have achieved, they didn’t sway me. A lot of books are mentioned, talked about or read: J.K. Rawlings’ seven-book-bundle of Harry Potter, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings and the works of a historian called Barbara Tuchman.The mentioning felt out of place, superimposed and constructed like when the Red Queen tells us she is a geneticist, perhaps the most advanced geneticist since the Crossing, or when a normal talk is interrupted by the mentioning of plastic or transplant surgery, eBooks, etc. For me this always felt more like a waking gong. Bam! It just didn’t fit at all with the entire magical, medieval world.Having said that, there are also other references that I found totally awesome: A lot of well-known elements are integrated into the plot without being too obvious but still discernible: There is an almost Robin Hood like secondary character playing an important role, there is the “True Queen†element of the Arthurian Legend, there is of course the very plain addition of the Red Queen (no other name is known), a Lewis Carroll character from Through the Looking-Glass, we also have a lot of Scottish, Welsh, Irish mythology thrown into the mix. Names and nicknames are very important to the story. I won’t take your fun away looking them up. But I found this really a nice add-on. I like to look things up, and to see that an author has put some thought into naming characters and integrating folklore elements when it fits. Just a small example, the Robin Hood-alike is called The Fetch. This is a supernatural double or apparition of a living person in Irish folklore. It is largely akin to the doppelgänger, and sightings are regarded as omens, usually for impending death. The Fetch was easily one the most intriguing characters for me throughout the story.2. Characters as vivid and intriguing as those of The Game of ThronesNo, no, no. Simply said the characters were not that intriguing as those of GoT. A lot of the secondary cast was quite flat or one-dimensional. There were almost no characters with duplicity or hidden motifs. As with the world building sometimes also the characterization seemed too technical, straight out of the textbook. The Red Queen, even though we have her POV, is typical evil, ordering slaves killed for snoring. Arliss, the new Treasurer, is a bookie and black market business man, with a lame left side; tufts of white hear sprouting out of his ears and the acrid smell of old flesh. There are also spiderlike, cunning, evil characters, crazy albinos and self-pitying, fat and illiterate adversaries. It is overdone, in my opinion. You are simply not guessing long who is standing on which side. If someone claims those characters are as vivid and intriguing as those of GoT, then I simply have to say, no they are not. But I still liked reading about them. It would have been maybe better to integrate more POV like those of Javel, leave the Red Queen POV out and make some of the characters less obviously loyal and more ambiguous.3. A wholly original heroineI’ll keep that one short. Kelsea is original, I’ll grant that. She is intelligent, calculative so far so that someone even compares her to a computer, a machine who can compare many variables at once. It is not a too farfetched observation as Kelsea really seems very rational and even cold / offish at times. Outwardly she acts and thinks well above her 19 years. She was born and educated to be a (good) queen other than her vain, superficial and helpless mother. But her character is overdone. She is not only plain, but almost pudgy. This circumstance is being conjured a lot throughout the story. As if not enough she also has to wear an armor (that flattens her breast) and to cut her long hair at some point, which to me was not that necessary. At the end of the book she has almost no feminine qualities left and looks just like a chubby, young soldier. Can’t an intelligent girl be also kind of nice looking? She doesn’t have to be beautiful but at least leave her some female appeal. It disappointed me a little bit to see Kelsea’s character reduced to a virago.4. Thrilling action and twisting plot turnsI don’t complain, but this is a long read. There is a lot of introduction, set-up and bit of info-dumping in the beginning but not too much. The action is limited to a few chapters but it is thrilling, with a lot of blood and amputated arms and legs flying around the battle. Gory! But plot turns? Not much. I think this might get better in following books but in this one the plot flows fairly lineal and predictable.
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