Book Review: Six Savage Thrones by Holly Race — A Worthy Sequel in the Queens of Elben Trilogy
A book review of Holly Race's "Six Savage Thrones," the second installment in the Queens of Elben trilogy. The review discusses how the novel continues the alternate-history fantasy version of Tudor England, exploring dragons, dynastic intrigue, and the messy romantic and political obsessions of Henry VIII's world. The reviewer analyzes the book's strengths in world-building, character development, and how it builds upon the foundation laid in the first book, Six Wild Crowns.
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The first book in the Queens of Elben trilogy, Six Wild Crowns, portrayed an alternate-history fantasy version of England that was deeply invested in the history that we all think we know about the Tudor dynasty, Henry VIII, and his really messy romantic and dynastic obsessions.
But this trilogy takes that old memory and transforms it into something entirely new and magical.
Six Savage Thrones continues the Queens of Elben trilogy, a breathtaking epic fantasy of dragons, courtly intrigue, and power struggles.
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