A friend. A father. A Kingdom. Which would you sacrifice?
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The
Poison Throne
Series: Moorehawke, book 1
Pub: 2008, O’Brien Press Ltd.
Author: Celine Kiernan
Cat: fantasy fiction (historical)
Format: paperback (mid); 468 pp
Age Range: YA
Synopsis
Wynter
returns from a five-year exile in the bleak Northlands to find her beloved
homeland in turmoil. King Jonathan's civilised, multicultural realm is no more;
the gibbets and cages have returned. Days of laughter, friendly ghosts and
gossipy cats remain only in Wynter's memory - the present confronts her with
power play, dark torture chambers, violent ghosts, and cats (those still alive)
too scared to talk to humans. The Inquisition is a real and present danger.
Crown
Prince Alberon is missing. There are murmurings of a 'Bloody Machine' of untold
destructive power. And as Wynter and her friends, Prince Razi and the
mysterious Christopher Garron, seek to restore stability to the fragile
kingdom, risking death at every turn, Wynter is forced to make a terrible
choice.
Set
in a fantastical medieval Europe, this is the first book in a compelling
trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance. It draws the reader in from
the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.
Thoughts
Man,
I love this book!!!!!! It has to be said, and you have to pick them up and read
them all and love them just as much as I do. Go now, do it! Yeah, this is how
much I love this book. It’s simple and quick to read and has depth and beauty,
especially in the characters.
They
had been away a long time and the series starts with them coming home and seeing
how different everything is, but there not too sure why. It takes a little way
through the book until we find out what’s going on, full find out. And in that
time we meet Razy, her brother of the heart a doctor that’s kind and caring to
all those around him—which is kind of a point—he’s also a protector.
We
also meet Christopher, and from the moment he smiles he’s cheeky smile we fall
in love with him, that doesn’t let up at all through the rest of the books. and
it isn’t a surprise when they end up kissing while waiting for Christopher to
leave...yeah, the story ends with them all heading out of the castle walls and
into a search for a prince they just can’t believe would abandon his father.
Oh,
and it’s a frigin’ great book, really, it hooks you in so fast and hard you
aren’t sure what the hell’s happening—and if it doesn’t then...well... I have
some really unsavoury things to say—nah, I’m joking; it just isn’t your thing. But,
you really should give it a try, especially being that I’m not a fan of historical novels and this is one of my favourite sets
of books I have on my shelf.
This read: It came to me, after I read the book
this time, that it hadn’t been all that long since I have reviewed this book. But
I’ve it in my head that I have to read this series for this particular posting.
Only there isn’t anything really to add.
Hell,
I could go on and on about the book, just anything mind numbing ramble about my
love for it.
I
could go on a chapter to chapter rant on what’s happening and why I loved that
chapter.
I
could do all this because I love this trilogy to a point of not being about to
say much more than, I LOVE IT!
Sorry,
but it’s true.
I
did find that this read I focused much more on the character aspect then the
story line, mostly because I knew that too much that it just didn’t matter
anymore.
I
really liked the three main characters.
I
liked the relationship between Christopher and Razi—that brotherly friendship.
Christopher
and Lorcan—respect and a fatherly son friendship
Razi
and Wynter—an old friendship
Wynter
and Christopher—the romance
Don’t
get me wrong though there is a romantic aspect to this trilogy, its’ light. These
book, I feel, are for a much younger audience, though not MG, but defiantly something
you could let your 10 year old read, if they were heading into the YA field.
Trilogy
☼☼☼
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