Tag: Kendare Blake

Welcome to 2025!

I’m grateful for the start of the new year. I connected with friends, and we shared our gratitude for 2024 and our wishes for this year.

I’m also getting into a new and better routine and sticking to it.

Here’s my reading highlight:

The Young Queens by (Three Dark Crowns #0.2) Kendare Blake
4 stars

After so long, I’m finally continuing the series in the new year.

I’m glad I read the prequels before getting into the series. They’re great at providing context for the history and characters. I just hope they haven’t set my expectations high, especially for certain characters, such as Mirabella, who will likely be the Queen and who I expect to be a strong female lead.

I’m excited to see how politicking plays out in the rest of the series.

Hello!

I spent this week baking, returning to my workout schedule and exploring a new town.

It is often said that perspective changes everything, especially how one sees one’s situation. This week, I’ve been reflecting on this saying as I’m testing whether it’s time to adopt a new perspective or if such emotions call me to change my current situation.

Here’s my reading highlight:

The Oracle Queen (Three Dark Crowns #0.1) by Kendare Blake
4 stars

I began another fantasy series. I guess this is a consequence of watching The House of Dragon and wanting a story about taking the throne that is not so messy or scandalous.

This prequel novella about the Three Dark Crowns introduced the Oracle Queen, and it was quite a riveting read. Elsabet is a strong character, and I’m hoping we get to see her resistance to the takeover and other similarly strong female characters in the other books.