Vivian L. (samuraibunny) - , reviewed on 8/25/2011 + 33 more book reviews

With a title like this one and the blurb that it has, I was expecting a tad more magic to be involved. But that does not negatively affect the book's performance. There is certainly plenty of political intrigue involved, for those who enjoy it (I certainly do).

I think this book does a great deal of justice to the development of the "minor" (or shall I say, "less major") characters. I found it hard to hate some of the characters, even though everything they have done have warranted that feeling. Although, of course, there are some exceptions whom we can channel our strong feelings toward without feeling the slightest remorse.

At the end of the day, the difference between a five stars rating and a four stars rating is my own personal bias. There is one "plot mechanism" (I'm not sure what else to call it) that I really dislike, but by no means does that make the book bad.

One warning though, make sure to have the second book on hand before finishing this book, it will make you want to read more!

In short, great book! I would recommend it to people who like political intrigue and fantasy readers who like magically based worlds.

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