The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

 

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner 362 pages 📕📕📕📕
   Oh my!!! What a rollercoaster this book was....I read for hours on end, enthralled. It's so hard to exit a book once begun.

The Plot:
   Caught stealing information from the Attolian Palace, Eugenides is traditionally punished and sent back to his country. There Eugenides battles depression unsure if he can still serve his queen. But when war strikes, Eugenides finds that maybe he can still help his country even at the cost of his life.

What I liked:
1. Eugenides is finally learning to shut his mouth a little bit.

2. Helen, even if she's ugly she's such a sweetheart. Her thoughts are constantly on others and she will tell the truth no matter the pain.

3. Agape too, way to go, girl!

4. After King Sounis' navy explodes the Magus and Eugenides have the BEST conversation.

5. The Minister of War is so solid. I love him.

6. Phrisene, dear girl.

What I disliked:

1. Whoa! I never in my wildest of dreams thought Irene could be so cruel. Never! 

2. Nahuseresh drove me crazy. Even if he was trying to destroy Attolia I still greatly disliked him.

3. Eugenides' sacrifice to Hephestia was a little cringy.

4. Cursing, per usual. You'd think they would come of up with something other than the same 4 letter words they use. Think outside the box, does your vocabulary only go so far?

5. In the words of Owen Wilson, "If I had to name a fifth one, goofy, just goofy". That for the story of Hespira.
 
    Turner did such a good job for third person. 

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