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Book: Crimson Reign by Amelie Wen Zhao
Read From: 3rd March - 8th March 2022
Rating: 3/5 stars
Summary (Blood Heir): Ana, the Crown Princess of Cyrilia, is one of the Affinites: people reviled for their magical gifts, which allow them to control the world around them. After her father’s brutal murder, all evidence points to Ana. If she’s to have any hope of clearing her name she’ll need help from the infamous Ramson Quicktongue. Known for his reputation as a cunning, smooth-talking crime lord, Ramson has his own sinister plans - though he might have met his match in Ana. Because in this story, the Princess may be the most dangerous player of them all.
I can’t believe this trilogy is over! I had such an amazing time with all three of these books, whilst the second book was undoubtedly my favourite of the 3, I still really enjoyed this conclusion and I was happy where everything left off. I didn’t have any unanswered questions, and didn’t come away thinking there should have been more development - everything was great.
I definitely think this book was the slowest of them all, which almost seems unfair to say because there was still a lot of action and things were happening, it just didn’t feel as fast paced as the first two books. This was in no way a bad thing though, over the course of the series I’ve definitely grown to love these characters (Lynn, Kais and Ramson in particular have my heart). I won’t say who the villain is because that would be a spoiler for the first book, but I wish we could have seen more of them in this book.
If you liked Six of Crows or Shadow and Bone then I think you’d really like this trilogy, the magic systems are quite similar with people having power over specific things and it’s not unnecessarily complex - it’s simple and effective. And of course there are some ‘normal’ characters too that don’t have magic. I don’t have much else to say about this series that I haven’t said already, particularly because I don’t want to go into specifics about Crimson Reign which would spoil book 1 and 2. Just know that I highly recommend these books and are perfect for anyone wanting a fast-paced fantasy series to sink your teeth into.
If you want to read my reviews for the rest of the series: