Hi friends! So today I'm going to be doing a review on "The Priory Of The Orange Tree" by Samantha Shannon. This review is going to be short and sweet (like the title suggests) and spoiler free (however there will be the Goodreads synopsis in this and sometimes it can contain spoilers so please keep that in mind!)
"A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House Of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady - in - waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tane has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep."
So the reason I wanted to read this is because as y'all know I love a good queer fantasy, and this, by far is one of almost every person I've spoke to's favourites. I am not going to lie to you friends, I soft DNFd this book 3 times before I actually finished it. I even ended up having to listen to the audiobook whilst reading it on my Kindle to get my brain to take in what was happening. This book is so hard to get into, with jumping around between each and every character, sometimes even in between chapters. To all the (sometimes not needed) world building and knowledge it tries to give to you all in the beginning. If this book was not so loved, I would of 100% fully DNFd it. Now, am I glad that I didn't? Yes. Do I feel like I needed to read all of those 350 pages before getting to "the good stuff"? No. The important part however, is I fell in love with the 2 characters that possibly mattered the most. I cannot tell you, how much the second half of this book made me laugh, made me cry. I was gripped with everything that was happening and truly was rooting for Ead. The end of the journey was beautiful, suspenseful, and devistatingly bittersweet and I absolutely ended up loving this book. Could I recommend this book to everyone? Unfortunately not, not everyone would have the patience to carry on. However if you do love a good fantasy, and find yourself the time and the patience to do so. Please read this.
I gave this book a 4/5 star rating on Goodreads.
What did you think of this book? Who were your favourite or least favourite characters? Do you have any books you'd recommend for me to read and do a review on? Please let me know down in the comments below!
Have a wonderful day!
Love, Doe!
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