However, it turns out that Four Dead Queens is actually a seamless blend of a murder mystery, high fantasy, and science fiction! I liked the world right away, and how unique it felt for me. Like I said, before reading this book, I thought that it would just be high fantasy. I think that it’s very difficult to blend genres, and it’s even more difficult to do it right. The cover of the book is what finally pulled me in, and I’m so glad that I decided to sit down and read the very first page so that I would see whether this book was for me or not. Luckily for me, Four Dead Queens is the Indigo Staff Pick for this month (in the teen category), and I received a finished copy. I was intrigued, but I wasn’t ready to fight an army or orcs in order to get his book in my hands and start reading it. When I first heard about it, I thought that this would be a typical high fantasy book about four queens who were dead. Hoping that discovering the intended recipient will reveal the culprit – information that is bound to be valuable bartering material with the palace – Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt, the Eonist messenger she stole from, to complete Varin’s original job and see where it takes them.įour Dead Queens felt so unique to me! I have been reading fantasy for a while now, and I find that coming across books that really surprise me, and that really really stand out, is very rare.

Upon watching the comm disks, Keralie sees all four queens murdered in four brutal ways. When Keralie intercepts a comm disk coming from the House of Concord, what seems like a standard job goes horribly wrong. Ludia: the pleasure quarter that values celebration, passion, and entertainmentĪrchia: the agricultural quarter that values simplicity and natureĮonia: the futurist quarter that values technology, stoicism and harmonious community

Toria: the intellectual quarter that values education and ambition Four queens rule together, one from each region: For in the nation of Quadara, each quarter is strictly divided from the other. She steals under the guidance of her mentor Mackiel, who runs a black market selling their bounty to buyers desperate for what they can’t get in their own quarter. These are the words Keralie Corrington lives by as the preeminent dipper in the Concord, the central area uniting the four quadrants of Quadara. A physical copy of this book were kindly provided by Indigo Books & Music Inc., in exchange for an honest review.Ī divided nation.

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