The Priory of the orange Tree Review

Synopsis:

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

As a fan of Samantha Shannons bone season series I was very excited to read a book outside of the bone season world.

This book did not draw me in a much as I had expected it too, which was a shame as I absolutely love Samantha Shannon as an author.

What I liked about the book:

-Slow burn romance

-LGBTQ+ Rep

-Writing style

What I didn't like about this book:

1. The plot felt unnecessarily long for the amount of pages this book was. I felt that the story could have been trimmed down a lot more and made the story feel more focused and exciting.

2. The story had more dialogue than action and I wanted there to be more action scenes to balance these two elements out.

3.There were certain characters in this book that didn't really feel necessary to the main plot and that they could have been left out of the story.

4. I wanted more from Sabran's point of view as she is one of the main characters in this book and I felt that we saw more from the other two main points of view more than hers. I would have like to see parts of the story from her point of view rather than what we see of her from Ead's perspective

Overall this book kept me entertained enough but not enough to make me want to pick it up again which is a shame as I absolutely love her other books.

Rating:3/5 stars

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN:9781408883440