Long May She Reign

Jessica Guht

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I was going to. I love the character arc of Freya as she stops trying to be what she thinks is expected and instead tries to emanate who she really is. I think that's a powerful message for everyone to understand and try to incorporate in our own lives. I also love that the main character is a female scientist!! As someone who loves science it was exciting that not only did Freya like experimenting, but it was also what ultimately helped her prove herself to her people. 

The world building wasn't great, basically I felt like I knew nothing about this world, but I really enjoyed the plot and I couldn't wait to get to the end and figure out what happened.

Tânia Borges

Okay, it wasn't that bad. I am still disappointed, I expected something a little bit more... I don't know. More. I knew exactly how the story was going to end, it didn't surprise me that much in terms of development, plot and even characters. But I guess it was a nice book. It wasn't awful or anything like that. Cute and light if you wish to read something simple but still good enough to be worth it.

laura

I thought this book was such a soild read. I loved this book was at the heart a mystery. I loved the main character was very science minded and also dealing with alot of anxiety and depression. This book was also set in a fantsay world but not heavy. I also thought this main character suddenly becoming ruler and all the complications that come with that. It also dealt with a lot of political drama and also a fun cast of side characters that really captured me. It was a great fast pace read. I thought this book was really unique and it was such a engaging read!! Def would rec!!

Wren Hardwick

WrensReads Review:

I have mixed feelings about this book.

The main character was a pretty great main character. I loved that her passion wasn’t something artsy like most young-adult heroines are; it was science and her thought process was like someone who would be a scientist. 

So the whole story starts with someone killing basically all of the linage to the throne, including the king and his immediate family, with a poisoned cake. Only the bastard of the king, our main girl Freya, her best friend Naomi and her father lived basically. 

After being moved to a safe house, everyone is scared to eat anything because no one knows who poisoned and killed the line to the king. And no one even knows anything about this new “queen” and if she is even worthy of the throne. 

I will say that this was a good read. Do I find myself reading it again? Probably not. And I’ll tell you why: there wasn’t any real action. The plot is super driven by the mystery of who killed everyone and Freya becoming the ruler she has to be. But there wasn’t a huge war, there wasn’t a love-triangle... there was only deceit and mystery and a girl coming into herself. 

For me, that isn’t really enough for me to absolutely love a book. But it was an interesting read and it did keep my interest for the time that I read it. 

But... like, where were the dragons? lolol



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I have a theory..... who’s read this? Is it predictable or am I going to get slapped by a twist? 

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Buddy read with The Roommate who Keshaed with me because it's been a week since we did a buddy read.

Long May She Reign

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