Priorato Del Naranjo / the Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon vever et nydelig teppe av tråder vi kjenner igjen fra vår kulturelle forståelse av konsepter som "Vesten" og "Østen", og forteller en vakker og majestetisk historie om kjærlighet, ære, politikk og ikke minst drager.

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Many interesting ideas and some strong leading female characters, but the plot felt contrived at times or needlessly confusing, with inconsistencies (like distance and travel time), and some parts of the worldbuilding felt too simplistic -- also I wasn't too impressed with the quests for magic objects. Edit : also worth mentionning is that in the 800 pages, there really isn't much happening at the Priory of the title.

Honestly, you don't know what you're missing in fantasy until you read this book. An author who genuinely succeeds in not recreating patriarchy in a fictional world, and then it's a fantastic, gripping story to boot.