Book
Review of - The Great Succession Crisis- Extended Edition By Laurel A.
Rockefeller
My overall
star rating - 4 stars
About the
book:
As
narrated by Queen Anyu using surviving historical records, The Great Succession
Crisis is the subtle coming-of-age story of Princess Anlei. Groomed from birth
to become queen after her mother, Anlei begins as a cold and irreverent
adolescent keenly aware of the harsh realities of gender politics in the feudal
monarchy into which she was born.
Not
surprisingly, the politically astute heiress never noticed her grandmother’s
protégé, Lord Corann, loved her – not until her world was turned upside by a
fateful ruling by the Beinarian parliament creating the “Great Succession
Crisis.”
Now a pawn
in a power-grab for her mother’s throne, Anlei must find a way to embrace her
heritage – and Corann's love – before it is too late to save the Gurun dynasty,
to become the leader she was born to be.
The
choices made will haunt Beinan forever and tear the planet apart three
generations later.
Book
creation ratings:
Overall
total -- 22 out of a possible 30
-- Story
& characters -- 7
-- Cover
& title -- 8
-- Editing
-- 7
* based on
a 1-10 scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good;
8-10, very good.*
The review:
1- The
storyline in wonderfully thought/ written out and draws on into this world that
Rockefeller created.
2- The
main characters are well developed so much that you will be eager to see what
happens to them.
3-The
supporting characters were not as developed in the story but written in the
extras at the back.
4- The
cover and the title perfectly describe this story and give a simple glimpse
into what is inside.
5-Since I
read this on a kindle I did have trouble with understanding the
time/distance/ages for this new world as well as their backgrounds. The
information is provided as extras in the back but I had trouble with flipping
through the kindle edition to find where it was.
Reader
Recommendations
Genre –
Young Adult
Age
recommendations – late teens and up
Sex
content rating –There are some sex scenes and an ‘almost’ rape. Lots of
flirtation.
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