Always Pouting's Reviews > The Queen of the Tearling

This was a long one and I spent all day today reading it and wow I'm so upset that it's over and if I didn't have such a ridiculous amount of books already I would buy the sequel and read it now. I've seen a lot of people reading the third one so I'm not sure how many people haven't read this one or aren't familiar with it, but the book is about Kelsea who was hidden away as a child for her own safety and is now being taken back to the kingdom to reclaim her thrown. The writing unfolded slowly and the build was excellent. I appreciate the whole premise of history repeats itself and it's nice to have a female protagonist who's not attractive but is smart and capable. I even started to feel slightly sorry for the Red Queen at the end there. The book left me with so many questions, especially about the whole use of magic and of course about Fetch and Kelsea's father. I would've rated it four stars but even though the ending was adequate it felt kind of less impactful then I was expecting. I was reading the book waiting for the inevitable to happen that everyone keeps freaking out about but then it doesn't happen except we're just given some mysterious bullshit which was interesting and I really want to know how it's going to unfold but still made the ending feel off I guess so four stars not five but it's up there. One of the better fantasy books I've read.