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Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
As always, I want to start thanking NetGalley and Orbit UK for the opportunity to review this title. I have just finished this book and I haven’t been able to wait to write the review. Without further ado…
⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5
I was promised that once you start reading this book, you couldn’t stop and how true that was! Presented as The Bachelor meets The Hunger Games, this book left me very intrigued.
“Ten women. A deadly contest. Only one can win the Sun King’s heart”. After enduring twelve years under the Aurora King’s rule, Lor’s only wish is to be free from the prison she’s in and get her revenge. “Lor is thrust into the spotlight when she competes against nine other Tributes for the role of queen. If she wins his heart, she’ll earn her freedom and finally get her revenge”.
Set up to be a spicier and more mature approach on The Selection by Kiera Cass, it was the perfect mix of romance and political intrigue, and I can’t wait to read more about this world. The characters were very interesting as well as frustrating. I couldn’t stop getting angry at Lor for how naive she was but just like she states, “his kindess is addictive”. Someone who has been denied freedom in every sense of the word, it is understandable that she feels the way she does about Atlas.
I feel certain parts of the plot were a bit cliché but others got me up at night thinking about them. It is quite fast-paced and got me hooked to the story from the very beginning. The characters have many layers as well as faces, and the reader can’t seem to trust anyone.
I can’t wait to read the next installment, Rule of the Aurora King, and if taking the excerpt included in the e-ARC as an example as to what to expect, I CAN’T wait to get my hands on it.
Goodreads: goodreads.com/book/show/61246394-trial-of-the-sun-queen
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