Hello!
This week has been pretty great in all aspects – food, exercise and reading.
P.S. Iron Flame’s hold on me and the desire to finally be able to read it is ridiculously strong. I’m patiently waiting for the audiobook version from my library and fingers crossed I won’t be disappointed.
Here’s my reading highlight for the week:
And I Darken (The Conqueror’s Saga #1) by Kiersten White
4 stars
I wonder why this book is categorised as fantasy alongside historical fiction. The book is focused on the Ottoman Empire and the Emperor’s pursuit to conquer Rome. I haven’t seen any ‘magic’ elements, so I’m unsure of this category.
While it was very engrossing, I waited so long for Lada ‘to come to her senses’ and for us to see her secure the Wallachian throne. It felt like Lada’s relationship with Mehmed and that romance distracted her from achieving her goals after she and her brother were abandoned in the Ottoman Empire by their father for power. I’m unsure if it was the author’s deliberate intention to present this or my reading of Lada’s struggle as a woman in a patriarchal world.
Furthermore, I don’t trust Mehmed at all. So, I’m excited about how Lada’s path goes in the next book of the series!
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