KnittedMushroom rated Priory of the Orange Tree: 5 stars

Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
A WORLD DIVIDED.A QUEENDOM WITHOUT AN HEIR.AN ANCIENT ENEMY AWAKENS.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for …
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A WORLD DIVIDED.A QUEENDOM WITHOUT AN HEIR.AN ANCIENT ENEMY AWAKENS.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for …
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us …
I was hoping this series would be similar to Samantha Shannon's Priory of the Orange Tree. I was recommended this series by several friends, since it had battles and dragons that were written more akin to gods and less like pets. Which is something I appreciate in narratives. This was admittedly my own fault. As all of these friends are serial Romance readers.
That being said, this isn't a bad book! I thoroughly enjoyed the romance building and pay offs... But my GOD was this a thirsty book. The amount of objectifying of the masculine characters done by the feminine characters could bridge the gender pay gap. I felt like I needed to walk around with a spray bottle and blast all of the characters in the face with it every other chapter.
The world building seems to take second seat to the romance, which isn't unexpected given it's true …
I was hoping this series would be similar to Samantha Shannon's Priory of the Orange Tree. I was recommended this series by several friends, since it had battles and dragons that were written more akin to gods and less like pets. Which is something I appreciate in narratives. This was admittedly my own fault. As all of these friends are serial Romance readers.
That being said, this isn't a bad book! I thoroughly enjoyed the romance building and pay offs... But my GOD was this a thirsty book. The amount of objectifying of the masculine characters done by the feminine characters could bridge the gender pay gap. I felt like I needed to walk around with a spray bottle and blast all of the characters in the face with it every other chapter.
The world building seems to take second seat to the romance, which isn't unexpected given it's true genre. Not many battle strategies/cultural lore are backed up by solid reason... But I didn't lose interest at any point in the book. I love how the dragons and their relationships with riders are written. And I'm interested to learn more about the spoiler side of the world. So I will probably pick up the next book in the series at some point. Now that I'm fully aware this series is closer to erotica than it is high fantasy!
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