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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
3.0

Ead has been tasked to protect Queen Sabran of Inys. Sabran must marry and bare a child to keep her line going so the Nameless One won’t return. People are trying to kill Sabran. Tane is a dragon rider, but has guilt and doesn’t find herself worthy of her dragon. Niclays has been exiled and is a doctor. He is sent on a journey to find eternal life. Will they all come together to defeat The Nameless One?
I’m finally done!!!! Dobby is free!!! Okay, let me preface I preordered this back in 2018 or 2019 and this book was delivered to my kindle on release day in February 2019. I was so excited to read it and actually started it right away and I got around 80 to 100 pages or so in. I was majorly confused on what was happening. I stopped it because I’m horrible at finishing books at times because other new books come out. Anyway, fast forward to this year I decided in April or May that I would read it, but didn’t get to it until the beginning of June. It took me most of the month to read it because I was only devoting an hour to two of reading on my kindle while focusing on physical library books. As I started this I was once again confused and had a hard time keeping up with who. I finally got it around 300 pages of what was going on and who was who. I found parts to be great, but parts to be slow. The ending felt rushed and the battle only lasted maybe 30 or 40 pages and that was disappointing to me. I think Samantha Shannon may not be for me because I found the Bone Season to be meh as well.