Kill the Queen by Jennifer EstepMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Smashed it out of the park!
For a woman who grew up on David Eddings and those glorious fantasy coming of age novels this was both a flashback to those halcyon days and a fresh reboot.
Lady Everleigh "Evie" Saffira Winter Blair lives in the court of Queen Cordelia, a penniless cousin rolled out to do the dirty work that the royal family don't want to do (opening hospitals, baking cakes for visiting royalty etc. In a world where having magic is everything, Evie is a "Mutt" her only magical talet being an enhanced sense of smell. Unbeknownst to her family however, Evie is also immune to magic - a skill she has been warned to keep carefully hidden.
Like the Red Wedding in a Game of Thrones, a royal gathering to celebrate Princess Vasilia's betrothal to the Prince of Andvari turns into a massacre, Evie escapes and hides in a travelling troupe of Gladiators, but she can't escape her heritage or Princess Vasilia for long.
It's earthy and gory and there's magic and swords and ogres and secret passages and I LOVED IT.
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