Book Review: A Queen this Fierce and Deadly by Stacia Stark

A Queen this Fierce and Deadly by Stacia Stark
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

WELL.

This book was more painful than Kingdom of Ash--and that's saying something if you know how that book went. This was a really fun time, but at the same time, it was also kind of painful to read when you read what each character went through, like Lorian dying and then coming back to life, Prisca feeling like she's going through hell without the lovely reminder that she's at war with King Renger, and oh at the same time the Queen Kaliera is also planning on killing her so she and her son Jamic can take the throne.

Like...eww, brother, ewww!

And reading Asinia's POV and seeing her and Demos fall in love is cool, but I did get scared when she took the orb from Madinia and did the thing. I thought she died, and that Mrs. Stark wasn't going to do that. But then the more I kept reading, the more I got excited when Asinia was brought back to life thanks to the white light, and the fact that she had the "pure of heart" when she took it from Madinia and destroyed the evil mirror.

I did cheer a bit when Prisca stopped time and she killed Regner, and I was also glad that Zathrian told her that the Queen was up to something, but what happened to her when she was close to killing the king? Painful. I really didn't like how the queen went--I wanted her to live long enough to try and get through the stupid plan of killing Regner, turning around and killing Prisca, and then taking the throne with her son, but it didn't work and she had to die that way.

Lorian felt a tiny bit like Heero Yuy from Gundam Wing a little bit--he's focused on what he has to do, he doesn't care how he does it, and at the same time, he reminds me of Prince Carsilie from The Age of Arrogance and how he cuts down his enemies and is actually sometimes a smartass when he's in a fight. The wedding he and Prisca had was very cute and adorable, and like at all weddings, I almost cried.

But the beginning was the one that nearly killed me. I hated the way Cavis died--I wanted him to live on with his brothers and see Prisca and Lorian become the Hybrid King and Queen. I wanted Taelean to see it as well, but then it didn't go down that way, and I was sad about that. To me, this book had a mixture of Throne of Glass mixed with a tiny bit of World of Warcraft and I enjoyed myself IMMENSELY and I'm so glad I read this series.

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