Author: Roshani Chokshi
Series: The Star Touched Queen #1
Pages: 342
Published: Apr 26th 2016
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
This book is so beautiful in every way thinkable. When I first sat down to read it I somehow didn't get further than one page. There was too much going on in my life. Then I brought it to a skiing holiday in the Alps and I feel like I may have favoured reading over skiing.
If you are looking for magic this book is the book for you. The more I read the more fascinated I got with how this story didn't run out of magic. It's endless. I do recommend you pay attention to the book, especially towards the end. The end is a little complicated in its own ways and I'm not sure there's a direct answer to how everything happened (because, magic) and I often reread a page looking for what I missed out, a little confused, but realised that I just had to accept, keep reading and it all makes sense later. Magic is complicated guys.
The Star-Touched Queen is based on rich Indian mythology and the Indian culture is so beautifully described it's impossible not to fall in love with it. I cannot recall reading a book based on Indian culture and so this was new and exciting for me. I'd like to find more books within this sub genre of fantasy because one truly goes in with an open mind, yet keeps getting exciting surprises.
If you like Caraval by Stephanie Garber you should definitely pick this one up as its endless use of magic is to the same standard.
Also it beautifully written and full of amazing quotes.
Plot Summary:
Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of death and destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected; as Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife she finds something else entirely: Compassion, protection, desire...
But Akaran has its own secret - thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most... including herself.
-Goodreads
Favourite Quote:
No matter where we are, we'll always share the same sky. We can always find each other in the same constellation.
My Rating:
10/10
Other Books in the Series:
The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen #1)
A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen #2)
Death and Night (The Star-Touched Queen novella)
This book is so beautiful in every way thinkable. When I first sat down to read it I somehow didn't get further than one page. There was too much going on in my life. Then I brought it to a skiing holiday in the Alps and I feel like I may have favoured reading over skiing.
If you are looking for magic this book is the book for you. The more I read the more fascinated I got with how this story didn't run out of magic. It's endless. I do recommend you pay attention to the book, especially towards the end. The end is a little complicated in its own ways and I'm not sure there's a direct answer to how everything happened (because, magic) and I often reread a page looking for what I missed out, a little confused, but realised that I just had to accept, keep reading and it all makes sense later. Magic is complicated guys.
The Star-Touched Queen is based on rich Indian mythology and the Indian culture is so beautifully described it's impossible not to fall in love with it. I cannot recall reading a book based on Indian culture and so this was new and exciting for me. I'd like to find more books within this sub genre of fantasy because one truly goes in with an open mind, yet keeps getting exciting surprises.
If you like Caraval by Stephanie Garber you should definitely pick this one up as its endless use of magic is to the same standard.
Also it beautifully written and full of amazing quotes.
Plot Summary:
Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of death and destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected; as Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife she finds something else entirely: Compassion, protection, desire...
But Akaran has its own secret - thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most... including herself.
-Goodreads
Favourite Quote:
No matter where we are, we'll always share the same sky. We can always find each other in the same constellation.
My Rating:
10/10
Other Books in the Series:
The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen #1)
A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen #2)
Death and Night (The Star-Touched Queen novella)
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