The King's 100

Full review on blog: https://bookswithnoel.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-kings-100-sci-fi-drama-with-secret.html

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own!


The cover of this book really caught my attention, so it piqued my interest recently. I requested to review it after reading the synopsis and finding it was a fantasy read which just sealed the deal for me really.
When it's summertime, I find myself craving fantasy or sci-fi reads more.

Let's see, where to start...

The novel starts by introducing us to our main character, Piper, who is a princess in a complex and very interesting kingdom (if not also downright pitying, I would NOT want to live there!). It was hard to not have instant compassion for the main character after seeing her life and the people in it that she had to deal with. While still being herself and mourning her parents!
Goodness.
Piper's parents died not long ago, and so her older sister became queen. However their kingdom is ignorant of everywhere else in the world really, and instead, its people pride themselves on being oh-so-intelligent and cold. They do not let emotions or sentiments have a place in their lives.

So the fact that Piper, their princess, grieves for her parents still and believes her mother might be alive is a big no-no to them.
Right after that was all made clear, I was all for Piper to go on an adventure to find her mother and get out of that suffocating kingdom!


While I use the term ‘‘suffocating kingdom'' it was still intriguing to read about. Their technology in the story and everything had me thinking it was a sci-fi novel and not a fantasy after all. I checked and it is in fact listed and marketed as a fantasy novel, but I digress.


I initially thought the novel was slow, and that it took forever for things to pick-up and get to where things actually happened. But once it did, crud, I was not putting it down!
Okay, admission: I'm a sucker for romance. So when that was introduced I HAD to finish it in one sitting. But anyway...back to the plot