The Emperor’s Arrow by Lauren D.M. Smith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Emperor’s Arrow ~ a unique twist featuring Amazonians where we get a strongass heroine, a crafty emperor sprinkled with intrigue, betrayal, and….a Bachelor-style contest for the Emperor to find a wife !!!
So Evony enters the contest, but she’s doesn’t fit in with the rest of the contests. being a badass princess warrior.
She’s too outspoken, too wild, too big, and not very lady-like! *oh wow. the horror. the absolute horror.*
“The way everyone reacted to her was beginning to make her feel like some kind of beast, as if she was a wolf that someone had let into the flock and that everyone was hoping would pass them by.”
But, that’s not all! Evony doesn’t a shiiiit about the contest. she doesn’t wanna become an Empress; she’s just looking for a … STUD!!! And she starts a list of potential fathers of her future child by scooping out how powerful all the guards are
Evony’s POV was hilarious and realistic on how an Amazon who believes in equality of women when suddenly thrust into patriarchy would react! She was so brutal and I loved every witty line
She has strong opinions and doesn’t give a flying shit about titles
“Rakin studied her for a moment. “This was by order of his imperial majesty,” he said, stressing the title the tiniest bit.
She took a step closer so that there was barely a hand’s difference between the two of them. “Then tell his imperial majesty that he is an idiot!” she snapped”
but now… my main complaints:
Secondary characters… they were just not memorable… like at all.
I can’t even think to name a single one. which sucks ass cuz I like my character dynamics ! I want some banter dammit. I want Evony to make friends and enemies with the contestants who have actual characteristics for me to remember them by.
The world building it was kinda weird because the concept was really unique but the author just chose not to .. build off of it *bitch why*ノಠ_ಠノ
i was actually really interested in this world with a crazy warlord and female warriors !! but we never really left the settings or dynamic beyond the throne room. bummer man
Overall it was a good story with action and adventure, mixed with a sweet romance, to have me satisfied till I closed the book. Evony’s character was a breatheee of amazon glorious air that I just friggen loved and looking back… she was just way 2 much a baddie for these punks. it was pathetic how underpowered the enemies were in comparison that I would love to see Evony taking over army to be first female commander there or some shit in the next one, I mean can you FuCkInG imagine how funny that would be?? Amazon baddie becoming a leader and having to fight with ego pricks soldiers. someone write that shit down and send it to me to review
“They were straining, but holding. But she didn’t know how long that would last. She wished she had more arrows, more people, more time to prepare. This was the hand she’d been dealt, and it was the hand she was going to have to play. And more than anyone else, she wanted to win.”
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