A Magical Story- "The Queen's Rising" by Rebecca Ross

Brienna has had a hard time figuring out what her passion is at Magnalia House since her grandfather dropped her off, but she decides to master knowledge with only three years left. As her seventeenth summer solstice gets closer, so does her need to have everything go according to plan. This plan includes only two things: actually mastering her passion and finding a patron, which is easier said than done. Let’s just say that the summer solstice doesn’t go well. A month later, Brienna gets an offer of patronage from a mysterious lord with a huge secret. This secret leads Brienna to the center of a dangerous plot to overthrow a ruthless, bloodthirsty king and maybe even figure out who her family is along the way.

This book is filled with mysteries and secrets galore! I like that you don’t realize you know something until you know it! You aren’t given family trees and character lists because it’s hard to keep track of all of the information. The reason is far more pleasing to figure out on your own and I feel like you would appreciate the amount of creativity that went into creating this world and these characters more if you make connections as you read as opposed to you getting a heads up from reading this review. If I try to explain this book, this post will be far too long and I feel like reading the book would take less time than me trying to do so in my own words.

This story is so intricate and everything is well-connected. Every little detail is important, you can’t afford to skip even when you just want to know what happens next! Ross forces you to pay attention to everything by giving all of her words a kind of magic that draws your attention. In your rush to find out what happens next, you aren’t going to skip to the dialogue like in a lot of other books, you’re just going to want to read faster. You’ll want to skip to the good parts, but the whole book is one big good part. The only thing that changes is the pace, the level of intensity. While you’re reading this book, you will undoubtedly find yourself up passed midnight because all you’ll want to do is find out what happens next!

I can’t wait for you all to fall under the spell of The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross, which will be on bookstore shelves in February 2018!