![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book takes place in the capital city of the nation of Vetia, a nation ruled over by Karolje, a despotic king moving into the twilight of his life and the end of his rule. That is an admirably well-chosen first sentence, because it does a lot of work, and really sets up the events of the novel impressively. The first sentence of The Vanished Queen is - spoiler alert - When Karolje became king, he ordered rooms in the library to be mortared shut. I suppose technically I also got a free ARC, but my hardcover has been preordered and will be here on the 18th when the book actually releases. Let’s start with some disclaimers: while Lisbeth Campbell and I have never met, we’ve been mutuals on Twitter ( you should follow her) for long enough that I don’t remember not following her, and I saw a very early draft– like, pre-alpha, where there were bits that said things like here and there, and I’m mentioned in the back of the book in the acknowledgments, which will never ever stop being cool. ![]()
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