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I love this week theme! It’s no secret that I love ALL things even remotely related to the royalty. Royal family! Crown princes and princesses! Palace! The dresses and shiny ballrooms! Captain of the guard! I luuuurve ♥♥ Palaces and courts are beautiful and they are also the home of secrets and manipulations and all the cunningness. That’s why today’s post would be about ten books set in the palace (or at least featured a palace in it) ♦
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Although I’m not a big fan of the story, I have to admit that Roshani Chokshi painted one of the most beautiful palace I’ve ever read about! I mean yes, it is super quiet and lonely, but still exquisite ♥ A twinkling garden with crystal plants, the room full of stars with the moon on the throne, and the memory tree. Those are just too pretty! Also, all the beautiful and colorful sari that Maya can wear every day is just ♥♥♥
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
I was immediately WON OVER by this book because it has crown prince, a lost queen, and captain of the guard as the main characters! Dorian and Chaol ♥ it is also set in a glass castle, which is another thing to love no matter how creepy it actually is… there are also the balls, court meetings, escort, basically everything I adore! Come to think of it… this series is so related to the royalty!
Psst… are you excited for Empire of Storm? This series has also provoked mixed feelings in me. There was the time I disliked it, loved it, felt indifferent about it. I was kind of disappointed by Queen of Shadows, but I’m still excited for the fifth book! 😀
This book has all the royal elements, charming princes (#TeamMaven), evil queen, not-so-wise king, mean lady (aka Evangeline), ceremony to choose the bride, the tea party and brunch and every other royal activities, and lessons! I always love to see a royalty being tutored it’s just the best! I honestly really love the first book and everything kind of went downhill on Glass Sword… that’s sort of disappointing. But I still have expectation and hope (for Maven!) for King’s Cage.
Because of all the illusions, the lunar palace is certainly one of the prettiest palace ever exist. It is located on THE MOON! How can you beat that? And despite all the lies and manipulations in it, I love the soft and sweet Princess Winter, the handsome and brave palace guard Jacin, and the evil Queen Levana! I even love the thaumaturge, okay? They’re so cool! Winter is also my FAVORITE from the series! It’s tediously long and super complicated, but still, a beautiful closure to one of my most favorite fairy tale retelling of ever ♥
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Okay technically, it’s not set in the palace because most of the time, Kell and Lila were running around the streets and crossing Londons, but still. I love the fact that Kell is a member of the royal family! My black-eyed prince ♥ It is also refreshing to know that the members of Red London royal family are kind-hearted people! The queen, the king, and the prince are so sweet and loving and not at all manipulative. Manipulation, on the other hand, is all over White London. Their palace is creepy with capital C, but seems cool at the same time. It’s definitely one of my current favorite book 😀
The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
This book takes place from one palace to another palace. I was starstruck from the very first chapter. That garden of jeweled fruit is just so beautiful and magical ♥ here lemme pluck some quotes
The floor is carpeted in delicate blades of grass, each carved from purest emerald. Low, spreading trees with leaves of jade glitter beneath a high domed ceiling studded with glowing diamonds, like stars in a night sky. From the trees hang fruit: ruby apples, golden lemons, amethystt plums, sapphire berries. They glint and gleam, millions of jewels cut with a precision no mortal art could match. Below in the grass glitter delicate blossoms of topaz and lapis lazuly
Beautiful, isn’t it??!! And then there’s this palace where Caspida lives and all her watch maidens. I lurve! ♥ The Forbidden Wish is also one of my favorite fairy tale retelling so far.
The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
If you couldn’t tell yet, I LOVE this series so badly! It’s so heart breaking and I always love a good punch in the feels 😛 On this second book, Kestrel lived in the palace where she is to be married to the crown prince, Prince Verex. As far as I could remember, there wasn’t any overly beautiful description of the palace, BUT, there was some extreme dose of manipulation and cunningness! Other things I love from living in a court 😉 Kestrel played an extremely dangerous game with the king and it was INTENSE! The sake was just too high and as I said, intense. There were also some beautiful dresses and balls, if I recalled correctly 🙂
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
You probably have noticed that TWATD has made multiple appearances on my TTT. I’m honestly a bit embarrassed of myself, but what can I say?? This book is just too good! :’) My favorite retelling of ever! ♥ There’s a cold-hearted but super loving king, a sassy queen, charming captain of the guard, and a cunning hand maiden. If you by any chance haven’t read this, what are you doing now?? Go devour it right now!
This book is definitely for all of you who loves princess because it is very princessy! There are not one, not two, but twelve princess, as it is in fact a retelling of twelve dancing princess ♥ I love all the princessy elements of this book! Princess Azalea and Miss Clover are definitely my favorite and I love the gentlemen as well. The only thing I’m not too fond of is the fact that it describes all the dancing very thoroughly! I mean… I don’t need to know all these technical steps to dance, do I?
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Okay, I know that technically there’s no royalty in this series, but Night Court is still a court, isn’t it? And high lord is most certainly equal to king so I thought it had to be on the list. Also, I kind of run out of book but let’s pretend I didn’t 🙂 Night Court is FANTASTIC! Velaris is so beautiful and it’s majestic. There were also those twins who help Feyre with everything, so it’s very palacey isn’t it? 😛
Does any of you share my obsessions with palace and all things royal related? What are your favorite books set in the palace? What topics did you choose for this week TTT? Share me your thoughts and link me to your own TTT! 😀 as always, thank you so much for stopping by ♥
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Oh, The Winner’s Crime is a good one! I really love those books too. I’ve had Entwined on my TBR since it released. Maybe I’ll read it one day. 😉 Awesome list!
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It is the best! It’s probably my favorite in the series though, it was tear jerker </3 Entwined is pretty okay if you're in the mood for something quick hehe thank you for stopping by 😀
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Lovely list! 🙂 I loved Red Queen (#teamCal, sorry XD)
Can’t wait for King’s Cage. Also, once again, have to add many of these on my TBR.
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Thank you! ❤ that's okay you can have him while I have Maven 😛 it's still soooo far away though hahaha ahhh yes you should they're all great! 😀
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The palace from the first book you listed does sound absolutely lovely 🙂 TTT- Beam Me Up
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This is such a great list, I love your theme 🙂 I really want to read The Star-Touched Queen, too bad you didn’t love it too much
The Forbidden Wish has to be added on my TBR as well! It sounds fantastic and I love your enthusiasm about it 🙂
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I felt bad too 😦 it has such a great potential though…. I mean, a mash up of greek and indian myth! But there’s gonna be sequel and I hope it’ll be better than the first. The first was a little too rushed in my opinion. The Forbidden Wish is an adorable quick read which I thoroughly enjoy! I hope you enjoy it too 😀 and thank you! 🙂
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Oh well I’m hoping you will enjoy the sequel a little better! 🙂
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I love the glass palace in Throne of Glass, so creepy but so cool! And yes, ADSOM! I read that earlier in the summer and loved it, currently reading the sequel. I liked Red Queen but I wasn’t in love with it, I’ll see how I feel after Glass Sword.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-70/
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Super creepy though! Haha ADSOM is the BEST! I’m dying to read A Gathering of Shadows but afraid the wait for the last book will be insufferable :’) I don’t know… Glass Word was even worse, in my opinion lol but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless! thank u for stopping by 😀
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Yeah it is (but that’s what makes it so cool!). Ah I can kind of see that, I was just so excited, I wanted to read A Gathering of Shadows as soon as possible after finishing ADSOM. Thanks, I hope so too. No problem 🙂
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This was such a cool topic choice! I’ve only read Winter on this list (which I loved) but so many are on my TBR, so it’s great to see you enjoyed them!
My TTT: https://libroliv.com/2016/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-5/
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Thank you! 😀 All of them are GOOD (at least according to me :P) and you definitely should give them a go 😀 thank u for stopping by and I’ll make sure to check out your TTT 🙂
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Love a good palace setting! The Winner’s Crime was so good, it nearly broke me. I love the series so much too. The Wrath and the Dawn was so awesome as well, I can’t wait for Ahdieh to write another book! Great list!
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IT BROKE ME SO MUCH </3 but I lvoe books that gave me FEELS TWC was so good! I'm glad u like them as well 😀 Ooohh did u hear about her upcoming book Flame in the Mist? I've heard it's a mash up of Mulan and something I'm sure it's gonna be awesome! Thank you 😀
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Have you read the final book in the trilogy yet? I can’t wait for Rutkoski’s next project!
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I have! It was fantastic but I was kinda hoping for a more brutal and heartbreaking finale… hahaha </3 me too! Does she have any projects coming?
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How twisted of you! After the second book, I was sort of grateful it didn’t tear me to pieces.
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This is such a creative and unique take on the prompt! The Winner’s Crime and Winter are two of my favorite books, so I’m so glad to see them on your list. 🙂 Thanks for sharing and, as always, fabulous choices! ❤
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I was feeling rather princessy yesterday so I decided to choose this topic 😛 they’r SO GOOD! ❤ I'm glad you like them too! 😀 you're welcome and thank you for stopping by!
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I love books set in palaces. The palace in Star Touched Queen was my favorite for sure. And I looove the Lunar Palace. I just love Luna is general. Even though we had a 800+ page book set on Luna, I wish we got more! Great list, my TTT is here: http://glitteringreads.com/2016/08/16/161/
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Palaces are THE BEST! ❤ I'm excited for the sequel though, I hope it'll be better! Lunar Palace is gloooorious! It is laced with tricks and illusions, but still, haha oh yes Winter was so thick! Thank you 🙂 will check out your post soon!
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I really like the setting you chose. Rather unusual, but makes sense.:D
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Thank you, I always love anything related to royal family ❤
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I was racking my brain about what kind of setting to choose, but your idea was perfect. And I’ve even read about half of those books, so I can only agree with your choices 😀 great post!
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It was hard! I only got the idea at the very last minute though hahaha they’re great, right?! Thank you! 😀
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Hahaha I hear you. I think I posted half an hour before midnight or so.
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