{Review} The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

The Exiled Queen is the continuation of The Demon King
Series: The Seven Realms 
Publication date: September 28, 2010
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN-13: 9781423118244


Synopsis:

After finding out the marriage plans the Bayar's had installed for her Raisa decides to runaway with her friend Amon Byrne to Oden's Ford. Beliving it would be the safest place for Raisa to hide and the place where she could really get some world experience she seeks schooling in the Wein House, Oden's Ford military academy. In Wein House she will be met by an extensive curriculum that will keep her up from morning to dusk studying different subjects, her best bet to stay alive and not become anyone's political interest is to stay in the academy and forget about life outside Wein House for a while.

On the meantime Han Alister just discovered that he is a wizard with nothing to loose, so he accepts the offering of the clans to go to school on Oden's Ford with Fire Dancer to study wizardry. Both of them don't feel really welcomed in Mystwerk House with the Bayars trying to get the amulet back and having the cold shoulder from the rest of their classmates for not being blueboods, but that does not stop them and Han stumbles into a mysterious character named Crow, a wizard that promises to teach Han sorcery but for a price Han may regret.

Review:

I'm pretty much in love with the first part of this series as I am with the second one, she made me love and hate her while reading this book, it made me wished I had more patience in some parts where Han or Raisa could be in danger or the bits and pieces of what was happening didn't seem important to the story, but as non important as they seem they were always relevant to the story.

I like the fact that we get to know Cat, Fire Dancer and Amon better, and even tough we still don't get to read Cat's or Fire Dancer P.O.V. in a chapter or two it doesn't mean their contribution to the story isn't meaningful or that they aren't fun to read, because they are. 

It's really a good continuation, maybe it's not as intense as the first book, but that doesn't mean this book is lacking in any department, it compensates the intensity with more character and universe growth and with people keeping their own agendas.

Rating: 9 out of 10