a look at sisterhood, family, and oppression
A River of Royal Blood is a fantastic debut. It opens up a series I am sure will thrill readers. I need book two right now, okay? A River of Royal Blood is a world building masterpiece. There's so much going on from the page one: a history of subjugation and power, sibling rivalry which results in a fight to the death, and a fear of what we can't control. There are gets set into motion from Eva's birth and the first pages. For me, my favorite elements in A River of Royal Blood was Eva's quest for self-acceptance and the conflict between the Khiamer and the humans - and the general history of the world.
Gifted with the dangerous magic the first Queen had - magic of blood and marrow - Eva grows up with the fear of those around her. Even more than that, Eva comes to see her magic as wicked and something she shouldn't use. In a fight to the death the fact that Eva cannot find a mentor and that she see herself as separate from her magic leave her severely disadvantaged. But everything changes in A River of Royal Blood after an assassination attempt shows that nothing is as it seems.
Gifted with the dangerous magic the first Queen had - magic of blood and marrow - Eva grows up with the fear of those around her. Even more than that, Eva comes to see her magic as wicked and something she shouldn't use. In a fight to the death the fact that Eva cannot find a mentor and that she see herself as separate from her magic leave her severely disadvantaged. But everything changes in A River of Royal Blood after an assassination attempt shows that nothing is as it seems.