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The Crown's Game af Evelyn Skye
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The Crown's Game (udgave 2016)

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Fantasy. Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

"Gorgeous and richly imagined."â??Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series

"Teeming with hidden magic and fiery romance."â??Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes

Perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Red Queen, The Crown's Game is a thrilling and atmospheric historical fantasy set in Imperial Russia about two teenagers who must compete for the right to become the Imperial Enchanterâ??or die in the processâ??from debut author Evelyn Skye.

Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchantersâ??the only two in Russiaâ??and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown's Game, an ancient duel of magical skillâ??the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the tsar's most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanterâ??even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown's Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned withâ??beautiful, whip smart, imaginativeâ??and he can't stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai's best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crown's… (mere)

Medlem:rgruberexcel
Titel:The Crown's Game
Forfattere:Evelyn Skye (Forfatter)
Info:Balzer Bray (2016), 416 pages
Samlinger:Dit bibliotek
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Nøgleord:grade 8, fantasy, russian, romance, series

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The Crown's Game af Evelyn Skye

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HONESTLY...........it was fine. i wish the characters had been more fleshed out and had any sort of personality outside of "i can do magic" "i can do magic too!" "i don't want to be royal" "i'm really good at being royal!" there wasn't any real reason to root for any of them besides knowing we were supposed to. i hate- truly HATE- love triangles and i kept hoping that it would resolve itself as the story went on, maybe pasha and nikolai would realize twas THEY who were meant to be! and then.....well. they didn't. because they're brothers. which i DID see coming because of COURSE they were going to be brothers. but i'm going to continue being disappointed.

while i wish the magic system had been slightly more fleshed out as well (why can there be only one enchanter per country? yeah it makes them slightly weaker but isn't two decent enchanters still stronger than a regular person? why do they have to be kept a secret if every country has one? maybe only russia and morocco have magic since they were the only two countries mentioned? that would be weird but who knows. WHAT IS UP WITH NIKOLAI'S MOM???????? oh my god if there isn't more about her in the crown's fate i'm gonna flip a table she is by far the dopest character and she and yuliana deserve a badass ladies spinoff of their own where they just go around russia wrecking shit) i did really appreciate the differences in vika and nikolai's magic types based on how/where they grew up. i was really disappointed with the direction pasha's character went- it seemed like a bit of a cop out and a reason to make us root for the vika/nikolai endgame. i understand there were extenuating circumstances and he's a teenage boy but bruh. take a shot and chill.

OVERALL it was a pretty okay read, it was really slow and i spent most of it wondering when the actual game was going to start but the end DID drag me in and made me thankful i already had the second book on hand. i'm curious to see if all the loose ends left in this one are wrapped in the sequel. ( )
  changgukah | Aug 22, 2022 |
my heart hurts ( )
  alexisxnicole | May 12, 2022 |
I've been trying to read this book for months and I just can't get into it. I think a lot of it is the premise -- why on earth would you summarily execute a magic user that's already sworn to the throne? If you can have two, why would you pit them against each other and eliminate one? The pacing also just isn't drawing me in, and neither are the characters, despite the excellent Russian setting.

I will probably still recommend it to the teens who have read all the Selection/ Red Queen/ Dystopian titles and scrounging around for more.

advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss. ( )
  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
I liked the magic aspects, and many turns in the competition had a wonderful magical feel with fantastic descriptions. However, the love triangle annoyed me, and the necessity of the competition felt forced for plot reasons. I'm curious to see how it all resolves in the sequel. ( )
  hissingpotatoes | Jan 5, 2022 |
Beautiful imagery and a lush setting, but it was far too much like the Night Circus for me to truly engage with the story. I found myself drawing comparisons that distracted me from getting to know the characters.

The "romance" is very PG, so I would think this suitable for even young teens, and I bet those who haven't read the Night Circus will love it. ( )
  Cerestheories | Nov 8, 2021 |
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Fantasy. Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

"Gorgeous and richly imagined."â??Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series

"Teeming with hidden magic and fiery romance."â??Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes

Perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Red Queen, The Crown's Game is a thrilling and atmospheric historical fantasy set in Imperial Russia about two teenagers who must compete for the right to become the Imperial Enchanterâ??or die in the processâ??from debut author Evelyn Skye.

Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchantersâ??the only two in Russiaâ??and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown's Game, an ancient duel of magical skillâ??the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the tsar's most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanterâ??even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown's Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned withâ??beautiful, whip smart, imaginativeâ??and he can't stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai's best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crown's

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