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The Star-Touched Queen
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
A lush and vivid story steeped in Indian folklore and mythology, Roshani Chokshi's The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no listener will soon forget. An instant New York Times best seller!
Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only 17?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire....
But Akaran has its own secrets - thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most...including herself.
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- riztastic
- 25-10-21
a beautiful ode to Indian and Western mythology
the book starts slow, but once you get to "the wedding" chapter the plot picks up. one of the reasons why I think this book is not as highly rated as it should be is because a lot of its marketing gave away its plot. as soon as the plot picked up, I knew that I had to buy the book for myself and read.
it's interesting how the author merges a relatively famous western tale with Indian mythology, which I think she does so successfully.
the flowery language may annoy some people, but I personally thought it really helped to add to its world building.
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- Jet
- 02-12-17
Excellent book, lovely setting
If you could sum up The Star-Touched Queen in three words, what would they be?
Refreshing well-written setting
Any additional comments?
The other reviewers, who comment about the lack of plot, do have a point: the plot starts relatively late, but in my opinion, the gorgeous worldbuilding more than makes up for the late start of the main plot. The world feels very real, and constantly shows that the story and world area not based on a pseudo-medieval Europe, which is very refreshing.
The characters are interesting people, with obvious inner turmoil and their own personalities.
Some of the plot feels a little stunted, but again, the worldbuilding is great and refreshing and that, in my opinion, makes the book completely worth it.
The narrator fits the story very well, and adds very much to the experience.
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