Le Prieuré de l'oranger

Édition draconique

992 pages

French language

Published March 1, 2023 by De Saxus.

ISBN:
978-2-37876-272-8
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4 stars (3 reviews)

La maison Berethnet règne sur l'Inys depuis près de mille ans. La reine Sabran IX qui rechigne à se marier doit absolument donner naissance à une héritière pour protéger son reinaume de la destruction, mais des assassins se rapprochent d'elle... Ead Duryan est une marginale à la cour. Servante de la reine en apparence, elle appartient à une société secrète de mages. Sa mission est de protéger Sabran à tout prix, même si l'usage d'une magie interdite s'impose pour cela. De l'autre côté de l'Abysse, Tané s'est entraînée toute sa vie pour devenir une dragonnière et chevaucher les plus impressionnantes créatures que le monde ait connues. Elle va cependant devoir faire un choix qui pourrait bouleverser son existence. Pendant que l'Est et l'Ouest continuent de se diviser un peu plus chaque jour, les sombres forces du chaos s'éveillent d'un long sommeil... Bientôt, l'humanité devra s'unir si elle veut survivre à …

4 editions

Lots to like here, but ultimately not as good as I wanted, and had hoped.

3 stars

It's been a long time since I dipped into the epic fantasy genre (I burned out on the meanderings of the Song of Ice and Fire after A Feast for Crows, and don't think I've been back since).

There is a lot to like about this book. It is epic, and it is fantasy, and the world-building is both rich and not beholden to the standard tropes of medieval (or even early modern/17th century-esque as this seems to be) societies. It's a world that doesn't have the typical misogyny or homophobia by which some authors announce the authenticity of their settings, and is better for it. Nothing about such things really adds realism to a setting, while realistic relationships between people certainly does.

The point of view characters are for the most part sympathetic and sometimes noble, though sometimes a little too much so.

While I welcome the overall positive …

Fantastic standalone fantasy

5 stars

I’ve long been intrigued by Samantha Shannon’s ‘Bone Season’ series, but couldn’t quite bring myself to start such a long, as-yet-unfinished saga without at least getting a sense for whether I liked the author’s style. Shannon publishing a standalone fantasy novel seemed like a good opportunity to find out.

Initially I got bogged down a bit by the intricate world-building and high number of characters in this book, but once I adjusted, I was hooked. Ended up devouring the rest in short order and loving it. Truly epic standalone fantasy novels seem rare these days; finding one I enjoy this much is a gift.

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