I feel like Bring Me Their Hearts should have launched straight into the shifting politics of court. That being said, it’s only a very short stint which brings us to my first issue with this book…
She’s dark and complex and I pretty much worshiped her crass attitude.īring Me Their Hearts opens with Zera arriving at court, posing as a Spring Bride. Actually, despite feeling very reminiscent of Celaena Sardothien, I think it’s Zera who really carries this book. After just twelve pages, Zera could have stabbed me in the heart and I probably would have thanked her for the honor.
Right off the bat, Zera is established as this sassy, sharp-witted QUEEN. let me tell you – Bring Me Their Hearts has a very promising premise and the characters, especially our protagonist Zera, are downright hilarious. So while, Bring Me Their Hearts is a lot of fun, unfortunately for me, it just doesn’t hold up in the crowded genre.īut despite its flaws, I still trudged along, cackling at the delicious banter.
At this stage, the YA fantasy market is flooded with an abundance of snarky, sassy protagonists. But instead, I found it to be simplistic, sometimes bland and very trope-y. Well, according to Sara Wolf’s acknowledgements anyway. Literally.īring Me Their Hearts set out to be sweeping, grand and ground-breaking. So begins a game of cat and mouse between a girl with nothing to lose and a boy who has it all. The Prince’s honor has him quickly aiming for her throat. She’s inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood. No one can challenge him – until the arrival of Lady Zera. Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a Prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy her heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles.Ĭrown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him – every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. Zera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch.
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