The Priory of the Orange Tree

It's like...Avatar the Last Airbender had coitus with Studio Ghibli and begot a child, and the child is a millennial -- fierce, fantastic, and just a wee bit gay.

I have been looking for something entertaining to read. I don't often read high fantasy. Correction. I do not read high fantasy. I prefer to watch movies of them. But I have been reading non-fiction lately and needed something light and easy. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon was recommended as something to fill the void left when HBO's Game of Thrones ended.

Uhm.

Game of Thrones, this is not.

But the world is rich. The characters are interesting. The stakes are high. But I never once felt that any of the main characters are in danger. And that's the problem.

Still, it's a good read. I impulsively ordered a hardbound copy of it from Amazon. It's a pretty-looking tome though with just over 900 pages. It's gonna look humongous but pretty on my coffee table.

I think this could work well as a Netflix or a TV series. They'd have to add more grit though to make it more compelling as a series. The characters would lend themselves well for a streaming-service series.

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