The Orphan Queen

This book was just....okay.

I'm not really sure how I feel about it. It's just equal parts dull, equal parts boring, equal parts interesting, and equal parts cool.

There's nothing remarkable about this book but it's isn't the worse thing on the market.

It's mainly just mystery, dialogue, disguises, secrets and running through cities.

The writing was very awkward at times. You can really tell that this was one of Jodi Meadow's older books. I've read Before She Ignites and her writing has grown.

I didn't like Wilhelmina all that much. She made some stupid, impulsive decisions sometimes and was kind of selfish and pestimistic. I don't know if this is the writing, but every five pages she reminds the readers of the horrors she went through, and that her parents were shot in front of everyone. The book tries to paint her as some warrior and expert fighter but loses her daggers and attention often during fights. She didn't really act like a Queen or leader at all for the whole book until near the end. I felt she had little development, I felt like she didn't really change that much over the course of the book.

I don't know if I will be reading the second book, I'll probably just skim through to get some closure.

If you like slow-paced mystery fantasy books with a heavy focus on espionage then this is the book for you.