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Review of Lady Smoke



I gave this book 3.5/5 stars. 

 Lady Smoke is a great book, and I would recommend reading it to those who liked Ash Princess because it doesn't change its atmosphere, and it feels very similar to the first book. It doesn't change in any of its formatting, style, etc., unlike other books.

 It is very much like other middle books where there are times when the book is more interesting than other times, but I found it easy to power through it. I think this was because I knew it would be getting interesting again sooner than later. 

 There's character development shown throughout in multiple characters, and it definitely adds a special spark to each of them, and the story. It was nice to see them develop more. Slowly, but surely.

 I found a few phrases that continually kept being used, which kind of bothered me because I would be momentarily pulled back to reality when I realize it was used two times before. 

 The love triangle continues and I still don't know who she will choose. She goes from one to the other, more than I have seen in the last book. 

 There were still a few questions left unanswered from the first book, and it also added to those questions. I am hoping that the final book will answer those questions well.
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Synopsis:
The sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that was "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle), Lady Smoke is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.

The Kaiser murdered Theodosia's mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took Theo's country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess--a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. That era has ended. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak and defenseless. He didn't realize that a sharp mind is the deadliest weapon.

Theo no longer wears a crown of ashes. She has taken back her rightful title, and a hostage--Prinz Soren. But her people remain enslaved under the Kaiser's rule, and now she is thousands of miles away from them and her throne.

To get them back, she will need an army. Only, securing an army means she must trust her aunt, the dreaded pirate Dragonsbane. And according to Dragonsbane, an army can only be produced if Theo takes a husband. Something an Astrean Queen has never done.

Theo knows that freedom comes at a price, but she is determined to find a way to save her country without losing herself.
Reading log: Jun. 18, 2019 - Jun. 20, 2019
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