beneath the keep a novel of the tearling

I expected it to raise more questions than it actually did. I suppose it could be all of these things, but they were each touched on and then put to the side in a way that was wholly unsatisfying. Was the focus on the massive pay gap? The quiet desperation of the helpless? The better world? The careful ignorance of the government? The introduction itself hit harder than the message of the book, which was a little murky to me. However, the execution of these ideas was mediocre at best. In the author's introduction (see: below), she brings up a lot of great points about the divide between the rich and the poor, the casual cruelty in the way we treat people different from us, and the selfishness that runs our society. However, there were a lot of redeeming traits that made up for the shortcomings of Beneath the Keep.įor one, the ideas behind this book are excellent. I am not particularly pleased with the outcome of this book.

Many thanks to the publisher, who provided me with a free physical ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. It is only a matter of time before all three will be called into the service of something bigger than they have ever imagined: a fight for a better world. but Elyssa must choose quickly, before a nefarious witch and her shadowy master use dark magic to decide for her. In the Keep, the crown princess, Elyssa, finds herself torn between duty to the throne and the lure of the Blue Horizon, a group of fierce idealists who promise radical change. As the gap between rich and poor widens and famine threatens the land, sparking unrest, rumors of a prophecy begin to spread: a great hope, a True Queen who will rise up and save the kingdom.īut rumors will not help Lazarus, a man raised to kill in the brutal clandestine underworld of the Creche, nor Aislinn, a farm girl who must reckon with her own role in the growing rebellion. The Tearling has reverted to feudalism, a far cry from the utopia it was founded to be. The story of a decadent kingdom descended into darkness, alliances forged under fire, and a battle over a prophecy that will change the course of history.

Beneath the keep a novel of the tearling