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Title: FurybornAuthor: Claire Legrand
Published: 2018
The Story at a Glance: When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable–until her mother vanishes. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain and discovers that the evil at the empire’s heart is more terrible than she ever imagined.
My thoughts…
Rating:
I really enjoyed this book. The worldbuilding is layered and immersive, no info-dumping, just a steady stream of hints and details that let you piece together how the magic and history work. It really shows rather than tells, which made the experience feel so much more rewarding.
The constant POV shifts, especially in the beginning, took a bit of getting used to. I found myself more drawn to one timeline than the other at first, which made it harder to stay fully immersed in both. But as the story progressed, I really came to appreciate how the two narratives built off one another.
There are so many clever developments and well-placed reveals throughout the book — it kept me hooked and guessing in the best way. And that ending? Let’s just say I’ll be reaching for book two very soon.
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