Release Date: July 5th
Publisher: Penguin
Series: Legacy of Tril (bk. 1)
Genera: Fantasy
Subjects: Warriors, healers, soldiers, boarding
schools
Length: 394 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
Summary/ product description: “What's worse than being
blackmailed to attend a hidden school where you're treated like a second-class
citizen? How about nearly getting eaten by a monster when you arrive? Or
learning that your soulmate was killed in a centuries-old secret war? And then
there's the evil king who's determined to rule the world unless you can stop
him...
Meet Kaya, a young woman with the power to heal and the determination to fight. But struggle as she will, she remains tied to three very different men: a hero who has forsaken glory, a tyrannical ruler who wants to use Kaya, and a warrior who's stolen her heart. Kaya learns the hard way that some ties can't be broken...and blood is the strongest bond of all.”
Meet Kaya, a young woman with the power to heal and the determination to fight. But struggle as she will, she remains tied to three very different men: a hero who has forsaken glory, a tyrannical ruler who wants to use Kaya, and a warrior who's stolen her heart. Kaya learns the hard way that some ties can't be broken...and blood is the strongest bond of all.”
My Rating: êêêêê
My Review: Wow. I did not expect to like this book so
much. So different from other fantasy, yet familiar. The dialogue and narration
makes it seem like it could be set in the present, rather than some fantasy
world. It almost seemed dystopian, like it was set in the future where there is
no technology, but it’s not. This book reminds me of Vampire Academy because
it’s set in a boarding school for 2 kinds of secret, skilled peoples: The
Barrons and Healers. But whereas in vampire academy, the subservient class where
the half-vampire, warriors and guardians, in this book the warriors, or Barrons
are the more important class and the Healer are subservient. And Tril is the
world they live in. There are Unskilled people who have no idea that Barrons
and Healers exist, mostly because they don’t interact very much. This book had
amazing world building, but really, why would there be French toast in Tril?
The Japanese basis for this fantasy world included katanas and some names of
places/words. Barrons are sort of like
samurais.
Kaya is a strong, stubborn and witty character, a
healer who would like to fight. She doesn’t like be treated like a second class
citizen/delicate flower. She’d rather take care of herself. She end up at
Shadow academy as blackmail to her parents and is bound to Trayton, a Barron
(who’s really hot and nice), a few days after her arrival. Trayton is a
rule-follower, and never goes against Protocol, so Kaya seeks out someone else
to train her. Maddox, her guard, doesn’t know how to fight (because she was
never taught). Darius agrees to train her. Darius is a “dek” to Kaya. I
honestly knew who he was from the start, that part was predictable, though it
isn’t revealed till the very end. Darius reminds me a lot of Dimitri from VA,
but much younger, same age as Kaya. Their relationship doesn’t fully develop yet,
and I hope to see more in the next book.
This book had tons of action and romance. It is the
tough-girl-vs.-the-world kind of story. I recommend it to fans of Mead’s
Vampire Academy series, Armentrout’s Half-Blood series, or anyone who liked the
new book by Leigh Bardugo: Shadow and Bone (bk. 1 of Grisha triology). I love
the new modern fantasy genera. It’s like dystopian, but ever more creative.
Cover Art Review: Really awesome cover. Love the
metallic series name, and sword. Awesome sword. I love the photo of the girl
holding the katana. It represents the book well.
~Haley G
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