Author: Sarah Fine
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: January 5th 2016
Pages: 432 pages
Sixteen-year-old Elli was a small child when
the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields
infinitely powerful ice and fire magic. Since then, Elli has lived in the
temple, surrounded by luxury and tutored by magical priests, as she prepares
for the day when the Valtia perishes and the magic finds a new home in her.
Elli is destined to be the most powerful Valtia to ever rule.
But when the queen dies defending the kingdom from invading warriors, the magic doesn’t enter Elli. It’s nowhere to be found. Disgraced, Elli flees to the outlands, the home of banished criminals—some who would love to see the temple burn with all its priests inside. As she finds her footing in this new world, Elli uncovers devastating new information about the Kupari magic, those who wield it, and the prophecy that foretold her destiny. Torn between the love she has for her people and her growing loyalty to the banished, Elli struggles to understand the true role she was meant to play. But as war looms, she must align with the right side—before the kingdom and its magic are completely destroyed. |
OH MY GOD THIS BOOK <3
THIS BOOK GUYS ARGH.
I devoured the entire, wonderful thing and had next to no problems with it. SO WHY THE FOUR STARS YOU ASK? I wanted more of certain things guys.. I just wanted more.
Let's get to all the listing and the reasons *grins*
THIS BOOK GUYS ARGH.
I devoured the entire, wonderful thing and had next to no problems with it. SO WHY THE FOUR STARS YOU ASK? I wanted more of certain things guys.. I just wanted more.
Let's get to all the listing and the reasons *grins*
Things I loved:
- Elli, the main character is WONDERFUL.
- The relationship between the Valtia and Saadella is just ARGH SO LOVELY.
- Stereotypical love is thrown far out the window and is drowned in a nearby river
Elli isn't confused in the slightest about her sexuality and doesn't even question it which I find SO AMAZING.
I feel like authors should pick up on this more and change the way they write about sexuality, especially in Teen Fiction and YA.
- Oskar.
*coughs*
- The concept of ice and fire magic was ON POINT.
Maybe
I'm a naive little potato but I always assumed that having fire magic basically
meant you were able to set your
school stuff on fire and ice magic meant having the ability to
freeze everything around you. But in this book your basic fire and ice magic is
totally reimagined guys. I mean, you can move stuff (!) by focusing hot and
cold air on the object at once. There's so many other concepts but I clearly
found 'moving stuff' the coolest part. I can't imagine why. *clears throat*
Things I wanted more of:
- More kinds of magic?
Argh I'm kind of conflicted about this one. The
magic in this book is only ice and fire, and while I found it cool that
wielders of magic could do so much with those two powers alone, I wanted a
larger variety. But this is a totally 'it's me and not you' thing.
- More on the outcasts!
So have you read The Impostor Queen? What were your thoughts on it? If you haven't, do you plan to? LET ME KNOW! *grins*
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