The Orphan Queen is an enjoyable, engaging, wonderfully-written high fantasy read full of action, magic, and secrets. In it, we follow Wilhelmina as she disguises herself as a dead Duchess to infiltrate Skyvale palace in order to gather the information she needs to take back her kingdom.

I was definitely drawn in by the world and the premise of this book. I didn’t want to put it down, and when I did I was still thinking about the possibilities of what could happen and how it would all work itself out. I imagined battles and arguments and mystery! That helped me overlook some of the flaws this book has, and so in spite of them, I enjoyed reading it.

The writing is light and dark, soft but loud. The characters each have a voice, and though some, namely the prince, are barely heard because they’re not all that interesting, others seem to scream and yell just to get their point across because they are that well written. I was eager to immerse myself in their world and explore why magic was banned and how they plan to take care of the Wraith. There were a lot of compelling discoveries and secrets that only made me want more and more.

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