Reviews

The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin

wineywitch202's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

celib120's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

lucaengelhard's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

thereadingwren's review

5.0

5/5

I cannot believe how much I love this!!! It's so freaking good!!

Esofi is a new favourite character. She is soft and kind but a total goddamned badass at the same time. She will make an amazing queen and I would just continuously bow before her because she's that amazing. Also love a plus-size main character, even if she's a little self-conscious about it.

I really loved everything about this. The characters were really great, Esofi and Adale were individuals and had such a sweet chemistry between them. I also loved the clear differences in their friends/ladies in waiting, it further developed their characterization.

The world building was honestly phenomenal. I am so interested in all of the gods and goddesses of this world and all the little 'cults' within each temple. It's all so fascinating.

Obviously my favourite thing in this book was the equality. It seemed liked everyone was pansexual and that was totally acceptable and normalized. No one cared if Esofi married a man or woman or neutroi. That's the other thing, the third gender neutroi - kind of non-binary - is again totally normal, there's even a neutroi god. Homophobia was not a thing in this world at all and I wanna live there.

I could honestly have read a whole 400+ page book about these characters but it was also a perfectly sized book. I am so excited for the rest of the series as it delves into more of the religious organizations.

vlafreek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

kmfeeney's review

4.0

Dragons and women who love women?! Sign me up.

This was a quick and fun read. Going to scream at all my friends to read it.

raven_karasu's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

julie_tibbs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sgeared's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

skywalkerem's review

2.0

I really, really wanted to love this book. The concept was super interesting and wonderful, but the execution just wasn’t there for me. I didn’t really click with the characters and the characters didn’t seem to click with each other. Some of the conversations felt stilted somehow. Like I understand that it’s fantasy, but I just kept thinking, “people don’t talk like that.” Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Again, love the concept. Didn’t like the execution.