{"id":947,"date":"2020-03-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-25T22:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:42:25","slug":"a-book-review-of-queens-resistance-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-queens-resistance-by\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Review of the Queen&#8217;s Resistance by Rebecca Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2Bthe2BQueen2527s2BResistance2Bby2BRebecca2BRoss.png?resize=588%2C640\" width=\"588\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1473\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once disgraced lord, Davin MacQuinn. Though she\u2019d just survived a revolution that will return a queen to the throne, she faces yet another challenge: acceptance by the MacQuinns.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">But as Queen Isolde Kavanagh\u2019s closest confidant, she\u2019ll have to balance serving her father\u2019s House as well as her country.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Then there\u2019s Aodhan Morgan, formerly known as Cartier \u00c9variste, who is adjusting to the stark contrast between his pre-rebellion life in Valenia and his current one as lord of a fallen House. As he attempts to restore the Morgane name, he let his mind wander\u2014what if he doesn\u2019t have to raise his House alone? What if Brienna could stand by his side?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">But Brienna and Cartier must put their feelings aside, as there are more vital tasks at hand\u2014the Lannons&#8217; trial, forging alliances, and ensuring that no one halts the queen\u2019s coronation. Resistance is rumbling among the old regime\u2019s supporters, who are desperate to find a weakness in the rebels\u2019 forces.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">And what makes one more vulnerable than love?<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>Series:<\/b> The Queen&#8217;s Rising (Book 2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>Genre:<\/b> YA Fantasy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>Publisher:<\/b>\u00a0HarperTeen (March 5, 2019)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>Page Count:<\/b>\u00a0481 pages<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Ever since Rebecca Ross announced this sequel to <i><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2019\/02\/a-book-review-of-queens-rising-by.html\">Queen\u2019s Rising<\/a><\/i> I knew I wanted to read it but it\u2019s taken me almost a year to finally get around to it. Some may say that this book was an unnecessary sequel, but honestly, this completed the duology in a more satisfying way than the original book did. It\u2019s a wonderful sequel!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The Plot<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">In this book, the plot is split between Brienna and Cartier. Both are equally intriguing and held my interest. I haven\u2019t read a book that takes place in dealing with the aftermath of a great rebellion. A country isn\u2019t just magically fixed when an evil ruler is overthrown. There are many grievances and people who aren\u2019t satisfied with the new change in leadership. There\u2019s definitely plenty of work to be done to mend a broken country especially after a coup that failed so miserably.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Characters<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">This book is written in first person for both Brienna and Cartier. This is a definite hit or miss as books like The Fifth Wave failed miserably or King\u2019s Cage that actually managed to succeed at it. This falls into the latter category. Ross did a great job at making sure Brienna\u2019s and Cartier\u2019s voices were distinct.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Brienna is such a lovely protagonist. I just love her. She\u2019s brave, strong, and clever. I love how she advises the queen. Not many stories focus on the advisors to those in power. But man does Ross put poor Brie through the wringer. Poor baby!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Cartier has such a pleasant and tender spirit, but he also deals with intense grief and anger for what has been done to his loved ones. He has to deal with becoming a lord and helping his people recover from so much suffering.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">The villain Declan is creepy as all get out. Even as a child he would do things like paint pictures of blood and violence. He\u2019s scary and evil and you want him to pay for what he\u2019s done. There\u2019s also another character who\u2019s a traitor that I can\u2019t help but despise.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Other characters I really liked were Isolde, Jourdain, and Tomas. Isolde is a kind queen and her healing powers are so cool. Jourdain is such an amazing father and I just adore him. In one scene he lashes out because something terrible happens to Brienna and it&#8217;s so heartbreaking because he loves her so much. Tomas is just a poor sweet innocent abused cinnamon roll.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Setting<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Ross depicts this world so beautifully with her description. I love the special tradition she created where a man has to find a ribbon in a tapestry to prove he\u2019s a worthy suitor. I also like there are more types of magic than Isolde&#8217;s though most couldn&#8217;t be explored in just this one book. Sadness.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Epic Things<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">This isn\u2019t epic per se but it was refreshing. At one point in the book, Brienna is followed by a big man and she does all she can to avoid him. Ladies, this isn\u2019t cowardly. She may have had a dirk but she\u2019s also a small woman and this is a big guy and he\u2019s going to 100% overpower a woman. Men are stronger than women physically and that\u2019s just a fact.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">I also like that though this world is very pro-women as in they&#8217;re valued even over men that the men aren&#8217;t emasculated. My one gripe with <i><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/02\/writing-lessons-from-video-games.html\">Horizon: Zero Dawn<\/a> <\/i>was that many of the men seemed inferior to the women like they weren&#8217;t allowed to want to protect the women like that would make them seem like they think women are week. Good men want to protect women because they love us deeply. It&#8217;s not an insult. It&#8217;s a sign of devotion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Theme<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">One theme is resolve. At one point, Isolde just gets so overwhelmed by all of the rot in the land that was caused by the past tyrannical rule. She&#8217;s upset that she was raised in comfort and love while her people were suffering, so much so she wishes she was dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8220;You and I must continue moving forward. We must continue uprooting darkness and corruption and replacing it with goodness and light. It will take time. It will take our entire hearts and the breadths of our lives, Isolde. But we do not wish we were dead. We do not wish we were different individuals, despite what the saints or the gods have ordained for us.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">~Cartier<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Content Cautions<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Though there is no swearing or explicit sexual content there are a few things especially regarding violence to note. The most graphic described is a horrible death of a five-year-old having her bones broken with a mallet. Other things of note are mentioned child abuse, a woman\u2019s head being placed on a spike is mentioned a few times, mention of attempted suicide, a few people are beheaded publicly, blood from a stabbing, choking, severe nosebleed, exposed teeth from a cheek wound, attempted suffocation, torture, mutilation, and mention of cutting out a tongue and severing a hand.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">The only things to point out in the sexual department is characters kiss, rape is mentioned, and then a brothel is found where it\u2019s implied that a man has been sexually abusing a number of girls for years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What We Can Take Away For Our Writing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>1.)\u00a0Power Moves &#8211; <\/b>When Cartier arrives his manor he finds a stone with Declan\u2019s name carved on it. Even though Declan is in prison this puts a big impact on Cartier psychologically and Declan knew that when he did that. It isn\u2019t until the stone is dug up and thrown into a quagmire that Cartier feels that power release. Later on, a Cartier reciprocates when he visits Declan in his cell and carves his name his true name Aodhan in his cell. It was such a great scene.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>How this can be applied to writing:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">A character doesn\u2019t have to threaten the life of another character to unnerve them. Asserting dominance by visiting the MCs house and eating their food just because they can really scare the crap out of your MC and make a frightening villain. Power is making the villain feel in control and the MC not.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>2.) Family Lineage for Plot Twist &#8211;<\/b> In <i>the Queen\u2019s Resistance<\/i> there\u2019s a lot of lineages reveals and for spoilers sake I\u2019m not going to say who they are but there are at least three notable ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>How this can be applied to writing:<\/b> This is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">an old but good plot twist to keep in mind. I mean the first example that comes to mind is Darth Vader and Luke. Though it&#8217;s well worn there&#8217;s plenty of ways to make this trope not cliche like discovering children born out of wedlock from a relationship years ago. These things happen in real life. There&#8217;s no reason they shouldn&#8217;t in books.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">The ending made me smile and I just thoroughly enjoyed this book.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FiveInukshukRating.png?resize=640%2C228\" width=\"640\" height=\"228\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"501\" data-original-width=\"1396\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: none; position: relative;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RebeccaRossAuthorPhoto.jpg?resize=135%2C200\" width=\"135\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"638\" data-original-width=\"433\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">About the Author:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">Rebecca Ross grew up in Georgia, where she continues to reside with her husband, lively dog and endless piles of books. She received her bachelor&#8217;s degree in English from UGA. In the past, she has worked at a Colorado dude ranch, as a school librarian, and as a live-time captionist for a college.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccarossauthor.com\/\">Website<\/a>\/<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RebeccaRossAuthor\/\">Facebook<\/a>\/<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_RebeccaRoss\">Twitter<\/a>\/<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beccajross\/\">Instagram<\/a>\/<a style=\"color: #0b5394; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14926516.Rebecca_Ross\">Goodreads<\/a><\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2019\/02\/a-book-review-of-queens-rising-by.html\">My review of <i>The Queen&#8217;s Resistance<\/i>!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once disgraced lord, Davin MacQuinn. 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