Slave, Warrior, Queen (Of Crowns and Glory--Book 1)

· Of Crowns and Glory Book 1 · Morgan Rice
4.6
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“Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy.”

--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons)

 

From #1 Bestselling author Morgan Rice comes a sweeping new fantasy series.

 

17 year old Ceres, a beautiful, poor girl in the Empire city of Delos, lives the harsh and unforgiving life of a commoner. By day she delivers her father’s forged weapons to the palace training grounds, and by night she secretly trains with them, yearning to be a warrior in a land where girls are forbidden to fight. With her pending sale to slavehood, she is desperate.

 

18 year old Prince Thanos despises everything his royal family stands for. He abhors their harsh treatment of the masses, especially the brutal competition—The Killings—that lies at the heart of the city. He yearns to break free from the restraints of his upbringing, yet he, a fine warrior, sees no way out.

 

When Ceres stuns the court with her hidden powers, she finds herself wrongfully imprisoned, doomed to an even worse life than she could imagine. Thanos, smitten, must choose if he will risk it all for her. Yet, thrust into a world of duplicity and deadly secrets, Ceres quickly learns there are those who rule, and those who are their pawns. And that sometimes, being chosen is the worst that can happen.

 

SLAVE, WARRIOR, QUEEN tells an epic tale of tragic love, vengeance, betrayal, ambition, and destiny. Filled with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding action, it transports us into a world we will never forget, and makes us fall in love with fantasy all over again.

 

Book #2 in OF CROWNS AND GLORY is now available!

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4.6
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Critical Insights
March 17, 2023
This is a well narrated and enjoyable fantasy series with battle scenes with enjoyable and well described choreography, court intrigue, magical (or at least unseen on this Earth) beasts, and people with magical abilities. For free, or $20 for the series, I'd say go for it, it's fun, however, for what ends up costing closer to $100, I'd take a pass on this one. The main reason I lowered the rating is that this is really 2-3 books broken up into 8, in what seems likely to be a profit seeking scheme. The books end in the middle of plots, then pick up from that moment in the next book.. it's not even like cliff-hanger continuances, it purely seems to be economical. While the series is enjoyable through to the end, it begins to feel a bit forced at points as certain phrases are used again and again.. "At that moment, he/she knew he had her", "but he/she wasn't any man/woman" and such.. I know there are only so many phrases you can use in a given situation, but, while I enjoyed the flow of the story, these overused phrases stuck out as forced. The plot itself similarly followed a somewhat repetitive series of event where the actors shifted, but the actions are much the same. I found the antagonists in this series to be poorly developed, their actions not making sense even within their own story-line. (Spoilers) The king is portrayed as only looking down on peasants, and being needlessly cruel at pretty much every opportunity. The Queen shows similar psychopathic (or at least sociopathic) behaviors, and they intentionally raise and encourage their son to enjoy cruelty.. clearly a psychopath. Later, they repent how they acted, however, these repentances make no sense in the face of them being arbitrarily cruel individuals, and if they were driven to their cruel natures, the books give no hint of what could have caused that, so their repentance seems unnatural. My favorite part of this series was probably the choreography.. I train martial arts, and I could clearly envision the described aspects of battle, and could really get into the swing of it. It's very gory.. lots of death.. the whole world this series is set in is a dark universe where slavery and murder rule the land...
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Aysha Leonard
March 18, 2024
Very good story line. Excellent narrator.Question? Why are British narrators narrating American story lines. I was taken a back quite a number of times by this because when I'm listening I thoroughly immerse myself into the story only to find we actually in Chicago?
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Kevin N
August 27, 2019
In my opinion it was beyond awful. At first it was okay but then it slowly got worse till i felt like it was falling off a cliff. Towards the end of the book the main caterers act in an unreasonable emotional way that didnt make sense at all. I wanted to stop then and there but thought and hoped it would get better. I was wrong. I don't recommend this unless unless you like emotional book. I am sorry to the author for my review but i thought i should speek my mind.
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