Crier's War by Nina Varela Published by Quill Tree Books on August 11, 2020
Genres: young adult, fantasy
Format: Paperback
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From debut author Nina Varela comes the first book in a richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls—one human, one Made—whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution.
Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and
Westworld
.
After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will.
Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family’s death…by killing the sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier.
Crier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father’s legacy. But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn’t the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla.
Now, with growing human unrest across the land, pressures from a foreign queen, and an evil new leader on the rise, Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war.
☂️ TRIGGER WARNINGS:
war, death of family members (no graphic details and in the past), death, abandonment, grief, blood, violence, self-harm (not in the context of self-harm, but may be triggering), slavery.
There are no spoilers in this review.
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I ENJOYED…
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- Crier’s War was one of the books on my backlist TBR that I really wanted to read. EVERYONE I know and trust really loved it, so I went in with Expectations. This book book threw my expectations out the window and made me SCREAM.
- I was hooked right from the start into this unique world the author creates, where Automae, humans re-made with better abilities, rule and Humans are inferior. The world-building is absolutely fantastic, with a complex history and rules of its own. I was curious from the start and, as I read on, I was fascinated. I couldn’t stop reading.
- It helps that I quickly grew attached to both the main characters of this story. We get to see the human side with Ayla, wanting to get into the palace to ruin the people who murdered her family, but we also get Crier’s point of view, the daughter of the current ruler and an Automae.
- Ayla was such a great main character to follow. Driven by revenge for her family, she’s having a hard time letting people in and her growth in the story was absolutely stunning. I loved the way she grows attached to Crier and seeing her dealing with all of these conflicted feelings, SO well done.
- Crier was wonderful, too. She’s curious about humans, humanity and questions a lot of things about the world in place. I loved how she wants to be heard, how she fights for it, too. Her attachment to Ayla was absolutely incredible as well.
- Oh my god the romance in this had me SCREAMING. It’s so beautifully soft, slow-burning and filled with TENSION and little moments and it’s the kind of torture I’m okay with because the yearning god.
- THE TWISTS and turns?!! I gasped out loud more than once while reading.
OVERALL
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A beautiful writing, a great world building, characters you’ll love and a romance that will make you scream : honestly, I love Crier’s War. You all were right and I can’t wait to read the sequel now.
FINAL RATING : 5 stars!
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Amazing review! It’s been on my tbr for ages 🙈
AHH Alienor please please read it as soon as you can and come SCREAMING with me about it afterwards 🙈
I WILL!!!!
I can’t WAIT 😀
Wow! I’m so glad you reviewed this and loved it. I’ve had it on my TBR for awhile and still haven’t gotten around to it. Great review!
Ah thank you so much, I’m so happy this review could be useful to you! I hope you’ll get a chance to read it soon and will love it 😀
You’re welcome and I hope so!
Ohmygod. This sounds epic!! I I have to get my hands on this book asap. Amazing review!
It is SO EPIC ahhhh I hope you’ll read it! 😀
Definitely will! Added it to my tbr and Amazon list. 😄
Yay!! <3
Great review! I recently read Shadow and Bone and enjoyed it. Loved world and characters.
Ahh thank you so much! I’ll have to give this series a try sometime 🙈🙈
Ahhh I’m so glad you loved this one! I read it when it first came out and ADORED it! Have you read Iron Heart? 😀
I haven’t had a chance to get a copy yet, no! I can’t wait though!!
As if I wasn’t already excited for this book you write this review! UGH, I really need to put it on my priority tbr, lol!
AH yes please do! I can’t wait to hear what you think of it <3
So have you read Iron Heart yet??? AAAHHH
I WISH 😭😭😭 I need to get a copy as soon as I can 😭😭😭
Yessss I still need to read this!! My sister bought it for me as a lovely surprise when I was having a rough week, and it was SO rough a week that I couldn’t focus on reading, and now it is over a year later and I still have not read it. Maybe your review can be the nudge that gets me to finally do it!
AHhhh yes you do! I hope you’ll get a chance to read it soon and will LOVE IT as much as I do <3
AHHH Marie, I’m so glad you enjoyed this book! I need to re-read it (and actually write a review this time) so I can finally read Iron Heart. Great review!
Ahhh yes! I hope we both can read the sequel soon, I can’t wait <3 Thank you so much!!
Omg okay I guess just HAVE to go and read this one if Marie gave it FIVE STARS?!?!? Love love loved this review so much eeeep. And indeed this one has been bumped up my tbr *wink wink*
AH YES please do!! I can’t wait to hear what you think of that one! 😀
AHHH I’M SO HAPPY YOU LOVED IT!! 🥰🥰 Your review is amazing, as always!! Can’t wait for you to read Iron Heart now!
I can’t wait to read it either, I hope I’ll be able to soon! 😀
I haven’t read that one yet but I have it on my kindle, waiting patiently!
The most recent fantasy read was the blood heir, which was enjoyable!!
AH yay! I hope you’ll enjoy it 😀
So glad you loved Crier’s War! I was hoping you would as it’s one of my favorite YA fantasy novels! I agree with everything you said, and I also had a really easy time getting lost in the book and becoming attached to the characters. I need to read the sequel asap – a lot of great sequels came out late last year, and then I didn’t read any of them, haha. Not sure why, but I wasn’t in the mood for sequels. :/ In any case, hopefully I can get to the second book soon. 😀 Great review!
I get that so much, I need to be in the mood for sequels, too 😂 I hope we both can read the second book soon! 😀 Thank you so much, Veronika <3