The Queen's Chair - The Library of the Uncommons

eBook, 406 pages

Published by A Horse Called Alpha.

ASIN:: B09NVML63V

(1 review)

A merchant's spare daughter disembarks to her new life in a city filled with pixies, elves, and magic.

Stasia Fielding-Horne has always loved trying new things, but Verida may be a bridge too far. Magic courses through the city, the whole place is run by a queen, of all things, and the creature out digging up the front yard is apparently not a gopher but a low elf. When she falls in with the king's guard at a bar one night, she's going to find out that magic isn't the only thing that makes this city complicated.

Now in the employ of the queen, give or take, Stasia is going to go up against thieves and magic and the natural forces of the city itself. She may not be bored anymore, but she's got a lot of work to do to figure out how to not only survive Verida, but …

A merchant's spare daughter disembarks to her new life in a city filled with pixies, elves, and magic.

Stasia Fielding-Horne has always loved trying new things, but Verida may be a bridge too far. Magic courses through the city, the whole place is run by a queen, of all things, and the creature out digging up the front yard is apparently not a gopher but a low elf. When she falls in with the king's guard at a bar one night, she's going to find out that magic isn't the only thing that makes this city complicated.

Now in the employ of the queen, give or take, Stasia is going to go up against thieves and magic and the natural forces of the city itself. She may not be bored anymore, but she's got a lot of work to do to figure out how to not only survive Verida, but make this her new home.

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nlowell reviewed The Queen's Chair by Chloe Garner (The Queen's Chair, #1)

Off the Wall

5 stars

It's the characters for me. Always the characters and a great setting never hurts. Garner's The Queen's Chair has both.

The city of Verida practically vibrates off the page with its unique neighborhoods and varying images. It's almost as much a character as Anastasia Fielding-Horne. When you add in the rest of the ensemble cast - Jasper, Collin, Babe, and of course, Queen Constance - the result is a rich stew of a story that needs little more than a good chunk of time to dig in and savor it.

I read widely and like a lot of books. I can highly recommend them without reservation, because they're that good. This one? I loved it, and I don't find that many books that make the extra grade.

Very Highly Recommended.