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The Hundredth Queen
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Series: The Hundredth Queen, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- Anonymous
- 08-06-17
Wanted to like it...
I found this story really boring. Couldn't wait for it to finish. I won't be buying any others in the series.
4 people found this helpful
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- C.A.W.
- 06-10-17
hundredth queen
interesting story, very well performed (read). I enjoyed listening to it. Calming in places, exciting in others.
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- Poppey
- 25-11-18
Good Start
This looks as though it may turn out to be a really good series. I look forward to Book 2.
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- Mum of four cheshire
- 31-05-18
Enjoyable
I wasn’t sure about this at the beginning as seemed to be dragging initially but definitely worth the listen very enjoyable.
Great narration was able to picture the characters and what was happening.
Can’t wait for the next book now.
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- Lesley
- 29-05-18
Not bad
I quite enjoyed this book, spoiled by the rest of the series having no audible.
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- The Red Queen Of Books
- 08-05-18
worrior woman standing upfor what she believes in
I loved this book
From the first page till the last the writing style flowed so beautifully, the main female character is strong and willing to risk anything for the people she loves
To me this story was one of self discovery to find out and be proud of who you are that even though your past has never been certain your future can be. seeing the main character fight her way through trails she was going through was amazing
she was fighting using her emotions her mentality and also with her new found abilities
finding yourself on a road to self discovery is never easy when u find out u where lied to all your life.
I can not wait to read book 2 I am so excited
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- Km
- 30-04-18
Loved it
I loved this book from start to finish. It had the perfect amount of intrigue action and betrayal.
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-04-18
brilliant vivid book!
loved the story and the world construction. a very vivid adventure with great pace .
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- Idadown
- 14-08-17
The hundredth Queen
I really enjoyed this book although it is the first of this genre I have read and cannot wait for the next one in the series.
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- Fantasia
- 29-08-19
too long
it started of exciting with promise of action. then midway till end nothing really happen. and everything was just so obvious and annoying.
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- LexiLikesLiterature
- 11-07-17
A mix of religion, politics, and magic
In this novel, The Hundredth Queen, we follow a young orphan raised in a temple that resembles a nunnery in our world. She is chosen to take the position of the sacred 100th Queen of the ruler.
Though I found the book interesting in some parts, there were also parts that annoyed me. For example: #1.all the women who were considered "Beautiful" were described as being small and petite. #2. Kalinda, or lead, had never seen a man until the night she was chosen. NEVER. She literally falls in love with the first man she has ever seen. Really? #3. The wives compete with each other to move up in rank. But what actually comes with the rank? A bigger room? The book doesn't tell us the purpose of them moving up in rank. It seems they are all treated the same no matter what and he already has his favorites. Also when some of the wives die in battle, wouldn't that automatically move everyone up?
I wish the magic had a bigger part in the book. The gifts that some of the characters had were interested but were more of the backstory to the politics. If you are interested in books about court life or stories based around religion then you'll enjoy this novel.
90 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-08-17
Predictable, flat, totally underdeveloped.
This book contains elements and plot points that could be interesting, but all of it is woefully underdeveloped in favor of a stupid, childish completely flat romance. In the span of a few chapters, the main character goes from never having seen a man in her life, to being completely and totally conventionally in love. It seems like most of the story exists as an elaborate casing for a stupid romantic fantasy. I was hoping for a lot more based on the description. What I got was a trussed-up romance novel that delivers on none of it's fantastical elements. The narrator is not great either; she often bumbles pronunciations of character names even halfway through the book. Avoid this one.
43 people found this helpful
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- Jacki M
- 10-11-17
Not what I thought
The thing to know about this book is that, depending on your definition, it either borders on or celebrates rape culture. Sure, the plot is about resisting the stronger parts of that culture and nothing is graphic, but it was just too much for me.
15 people found this helpful
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- MisterFrosty
- 17-07-17
So very long for no reward
It seldom works out that when you find yourself wishing the dialogs and monologue would just finish already that the whole story doesn't end up feeling that way too. So much to trudge through for so little story.
13 people found this helpful
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- K
- 26-03-18
Really lame, predictable, cliche/stereotypical.
This was recommended by a co-worker and I wanted to like it but couldn't get through it. I re-started listening at least half a dozen times, but the characters were extremely boring, predictable, cliche/cookie-cutter, and everything fit into over used stereotypes. Even the descriptions of things felt premade, cliche, and fit awkwardly. Heroine has a bunch of men in love with her for no apparent reason; unrealistic and disproportionate amount of devotion and risk taking, compared to what the heroine actually has to offer. Unbelievable in the way the characters interact; extreme but predictable and lame. God-mode for protagonists, without actual challenge to characters. One dimensional, and reads closer to a cheap romance novel than actual fantasy work. Returned this audio book because it wasn't worth keeping.
9 people found this helpful
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- C. Hampton
- 02-03-18
Just Average
I was really excited when I started this. I thought I would be reading about a kick-a$$ heroine who fought the status quo to change the world. Boy, was I wrong. I entered a world where women are bought and sold like chattel, and are forced to battle one another for their place in the world and for the entertainment of men. And do the women rail against this injustice? Nope...they train to fight one another and accept their fate like the pets they are. Ugh!
The main character is Kalinda, who appears to look down on the girl-on-girl fighting...but her heart's desire is to stay in the mountains and train other women to continue their legacy. Instead, she's selected to be the wife of the King D-Bag and must fight to win the "honor" of being the Rajah's 100th wife.
The only thing that was enjoyable about this was the scenery descriptions. King really brought her world to life in her descriptions. The way women were treated REALLY bothered me, but I appreciate how the author calls attention to the wrongness of it.
But the rest of the book was very disjointed. The romance was developed way too quickly, with no rationale or emotional buildup. The antagonists (the Kindred, the General, and of course, the Rajah) felt too scripted. They were fully one-dimensional...evil and selfish with none of that pesky moral ambiguity.
I don't have high hopes for the next two books, but I still plan to read them.
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- FloribundaMorosa
- 14-06-18
lackluster
The premise seemed promising, but the plot quickly devolved into numerous hours of the protagonist pining after some handsome forbidden fruit and long descriptions of woman-on-woman cruelty/violence.
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-06-17
A. Good Story
This was a good story, except that the heroine was very weak and indecisive until the end. She actually became. a bit trying with her constant weakness but the author made het strong in the end. For me it just took too long for the heroine to fight
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- Prime Customer
- 26-06-18
Simple and Predictable Story with Little Action
We're told the story of 18 year old Kalinda in first person, beginning with her being chosen to serve among the emperor's courtesans and 99 wives. She comes across a plot by the tyrant that threatens her, and she has to jump into action....but she doesn't. She talks, meets, thinks, and plans. There's some action in the end, but much of the book is Kalinda thinking to herself, pondering events and drooling over a man she barely knows. There's an evil family member, bad king, power hungry peer, and a simple twist near the end. I don't necessarily mind a simple story if there's a connection to the characters, but sadly there's none of that here. The characters are flat and unlikable, with little caring for them or satisfaction (other then the book coming to an end). There's MUCH better fantasy out there - skip this one.
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- Bonny Cormany
- 14-11-17
a good read for the young easily entertained
the story was good but written, I think, for a much younger audience. a very predictable fairytale
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