Review: Great Book, Could Have Been Awesome
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2012
*Minor spoiler*Like a lot of people, Vianne irritated me a little in this book. She seemed to whine or cry about everything and no matter how obvious Tristan was she didn't seem to grasp the fact that he was totally in love with her. And Tristan was always being cold. He would tell her what to do all the time, get angry when she didn't do it, he went behind her back and had his men kill two men who she strictly said she wanted to live, and then he'd turn around and be all worried for her and be loving.I think he might have been just a little bipolar.Other than that, I loved the mystery and action behind this book. The characters were interesting and had their own personalities instead of all being cookie cutouts of one another. Sometimes I had a hard time with the names, but after a while I gave up on pronouncing them correctly and just said whatever it looked like and said 'eh, close enough.'I really enjoyed the action in the book, but I wish I could have seen more of it. Since it was written from Vianne's perspective and she hid or refused to watch the fighting, I never really got to appreciate that aspect as much as I would have liked.Although, I did like the fact that Vianne grew as the novel prgressed. She isn't your normal, run of the mill heroine. She knows that she can't protect herself as she would like and that she's weaker than Tristan in the way of he is able to kill while she can't even sentence a man who wished her harm dead. But by the end of the novel it seems she has taken her role as Queen more seriously and is actually trying to do the right thing, though she still wishes to avoid bloodshed.And then there's the secret Adrien hints at. I was so frustrated when the book ended and I had only been afforded a little tiny peek into his story that seemed to be about a certain Consort. I can't wait for the next book to come out so I can discover the truth. I would suggest this book to any of my friends.