The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

Samantha Shannon

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A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.


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    There are so many things about this book that I normally love: a good magic system, world building, dragons, but the ending was far too rushed.

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    3.5 Stars

    Yeah this was alright! Very well written book with an interesting world and cool concepts. Loved the romance.

    Despite how long it is, I think the story had a lot of pacing issues, plot contrivances, instant solutions, and underwhelming resolutions. Some of the characters also fell a bit flat for me.

    Not a bad read by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe not the best version of what it could have been? I’m interested enough to start the prequel and see more of Shannon’s work.

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