Antonia Hodgson's The Raven Scholar
Normally I’d be like, a book with a bunch of trials to determine the future ruler is sooo 2010, but that's really just the backdrop to everything ELSE going on in this book. There’s plotting and politics! There’s a murder mystery! There’s interpersonal dynamics! There’s revenge missions! There's mystical spirits! There's factions all named after animals! There's twists I did NOT see coming. Not to make this sound silly or overly dramatic—it’s actually really good, great writing and an engrossing story. The protagonist is the eponymous Raven Scholar, a commoner raised up by the current emperor due to her extreme nerdiness, but on the eve of his retirement/the start of the trials to find his successor, things are falling apart for her. Soon she’s in the middle of all sorts of intrigue and I was here for it. (I should note all the major characters are adults—the protagonist is in her thirties.) This is the first in a trilogy and I cannot wait for book two, I hope this is a huge hit. A.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in April.
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