State of Sorrow

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464 pages

Published by Scholastic.

ISBN:
978-1-4071-8863-8
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(3 reviews)

Sorrow all but rules the Court of Tears, in a land gripped by perpetual grief, forever mourning her brother who died just days before Sorrow was born.

By day she governs in place of her father, by night she seeks secret solace in the arms of the boy she's loved since childhood.

But when her brother is seemingly found alive, and intent on taking control, Sorrow has to choose whether to step aside for a stranger who might not be who he claims to be, or embark on a power struggle for a position she never really wanted.

2 editions

reviewed State of sorrow by Melinda Salisbury

Review of 'State of sorrow' on 'Storygraph'

The beginning hadn’t really convinced me, so I dropped it and only picked it up a year later. But a few pages later, and I was gripped. Once again a proof that I shouldn’t judge the first pages and give it another try (happens to me a lot, apparently I judge too fast.)

The were a few scenes, which I marked, that truly got to me and I even teared up. As emotional I am, I don’t often cry while reading, so that should be seen as a compliment.

I don’t in particular ship Rasmus and Sorrow as lovers, but I find their romance quite well and accepted it, which isn’t easy for authors to write that good to satisfy the readers. However, I do have my preferred ships and I’m eager to find out if they’ll come canon in the 2nd book.

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Subjects

  • Young adult fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Grief, fiction