I don't normally review three books in a series all at once. That is because I usually take quite a bit of time to read and review them. However, I am participating in a reading challenge I created for my students while they are out of school for winter break. I let them set the minimum number of books I should read. They chose 20 based on my reading ability and the average number of books most of them chose. So with plenty of reading time due to the fact I told my family I was participating in a reading challenge so they would leave me alone, I've had plenty of time to read multiple books each day. These were read Friday the 26th.
Genre: Young Adult, New Adult, Adult, Science Fiction, Steampunk
Source: I received copies to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
Third Daughter
From Goodreads:
The Third Daughter of the
Queen wants her birthday to arrive so she'll be free to marry for love, but
rumors of a new flying weapon may force her to accept a barbarian prince's
proposal for a peace-brokering marriage. Desperate to marry the charming courtesan
she loves, Aniri agrees to the prince's proposal as a subterfuge in order to
spy on him, find the weapon, and hopefully avoid both war and an arranged
marriage to a man she does not love.
My Thoughts:
The author has done an
excellent job of fleshing out her characters and creating a world that
is both detailed and intriguing. I have to say that I’ve not been a big fan of
steampunk in the past. Why did I try
this knowing it was a steampunk novel? I
have read and thoroughly enjoyed the other books by this author. This steampunk
was different in that we have Indian characters. The third daughter is Aniri, who is unlike her other sisters. Nahali, the first sister, is expected to be
queen one day. The second daughter Seledri married a Samirian to form an alliance. Aniri
has few responsibilities or expectations as the third daughter. She has plans to marry Devesh a fencing
instructor, who is also of Samirian birth. Things don’t always go as
planned. Prince Malik, called “Ash” of
Jungali has trouble in his country. He
needs to form an alliance with Dharia. There is only one way to do that, marry
Aniri. Her mother approves of this with
the understanding that it is a marriage for the sake of alliance
and she is to spy for their country. No
one planned on Aniri falling in love with Ash.
Second Daughter
From Goodreads:
With plans for a second
skyship exposed, Third Daughter Aniri fears her sister, Seledri, will be caught
in a war between the three Queendoms. Seledri is the Second Daughter of Dharia,
which means she had no choice in her arranged marriage to the First Son of
Samir—a country with whom they may soon be at war. As Aniri fights to free her
sister from a husband and a country she does not love, she questions her own
rushed betrothal to Prince Malik, the noble barbarian who controls the
skyship—and whether a love pledged in the heat of adventure can survive the
looming threat of war.
My Thoughts:
This book begins where the
last one ended. In this second book, the eveing
before Aniri’s wedding to Ash she learns
her sister Seledri is in trouble.
Someone has made an assassination attempt. Aniri leaves to “rescue” her sister because
there are rumors that her sister’s new country is planning war against Dharia.
First Daughter
From Goodreads:
With the war begun, Aniri,
Third Daughter of the Queen, has to battle not only a prince with a deadly
skyship, but her own sister, the First Daughter, who finally sees her chance to
become Queen. With their mother gravely ill and the Second Daughter kidnapped
along with Aniri's husband-to-be, Aniri embarks on a desperate mission to save
the people she loves from a war that will tear all three countries apart.
My Thoughts:
We have a great conclusion to this wonderful trilogy. Aniri’s
mother is injured so her sister Nahali
must take the reigns of the country
until her mother has healed. This is a
complication. She has always been
jealouse of Aniri and therefore sees no reason to
rush to rescue Aniri’s love. Ash, Selendri,
and her husband Pavan have been kidnapped by none other than Pavan’s brother
Nathesh. Aniri’s sister Nahali readies
her country for battle while Aniri takes
a more direct approach. First she must
sneak into Samir and try to start a rebellion against Natesh. She gets help from
her former lover Davesh who is a Samirian, as well as others we are introduced
to. The author has thrown some
unexpected and unforeseen twists and turns into this third novel. Throughout the entire novel a them of love of
country and family was woven. She has
created strong women who do not fit the stereotypical damsels
in distress. This definitely has
the ability to change my mind on steampunk.
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Everything.
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Recommended: 15+
Ruth Silver is the best-selling author of the Aberrant trilogy. With a passion for writing and a love of story-telling, Ruth is actively writing multiple series under her name as well as the pen name Ravyn Rayne. Her interests include traveling, reading, and photography. Her favorite vacation destination is Australia. Ruth currently resides in Plainfield, Illinois.
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