Queen of Blood: Book One of The Queens of Renthia --by Sara Beth Durst

 Fiction / Fantasy (YA plus)

361 pages / 1334 KB

5 Stars

 

 

Wow! Just wow! This is one of the most intriguing worlds I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting. It is so obviously not our earth, but is as equally obviously recognized, with just enough tilt to the axis to keep you a tad off balance. What a marvelous read!

 

The spirits and humans live in an uneasy truce, that is now and then broken for a variety of reasons. Both humans and spirits are necessary, and both have established their own niches in the ecosystems. As nature on our earth is neither good nor evil, it just is, so is nature in this series. Balance must be maintained. And that is not always easy.

 

The story is an old one. The current queen is not as good as people think, she’s traitorous and must be deposed, but how? By whom? At what cost? Read the book to find out ;-)

 

I can hardly wait to return in book 2, The Reluctant Queen. Trust me on this, if you like fantasy, buy all three at once so you won’t have to wait between books!