Trina's Reviews > The Queen's Rising

Wooooowwww. I loved this so much! This started out set in a boarding school, has a touch of hidden lineage and ancestral memories, morphed into a quest to reclaim the throne and restore magic to the land, and ended with a Medieval style battle.

The writing was beautiful. There is a heavy use of simile and certain wording that I feel some readers may find repetitive, but it just worked for me so well.

My favorite thing about this is that it's not following the chosen one. Brienna does have a big role to play, but she is the Frodo instead of the Aragorn.

I felt this story wrapped up so well and could be a standalone. In fact, I was surprised to see it will be a trilogy. Although I feel this is perfect as is and I don't need any sequels, I will definitely be checking them out because I loved this one so much.

There is a romance between characters who were previously student and teacher. Nothing developed while they were student and teacher, but I think you could tell something was brewing. Wanted to point this out because I know many people have triggers for this romantic scenario.