The broom plant or Plantegenest ( planta genista in medieval Latin), thus became Geoffrey's nickname; " Plantagenet". Well, my current work in progress started out as a trilogy that I was expecting to have finished in April. A kind witch invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. Note: Deep red colored leaves may be totally normal, as the new growth on many rose bushes starts out with a deep red coloration and then turns to green. Rose is being used as an allusion because in the song, growing a rose is like taking a chance to love.

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I read The Crown Tower and then the main series and now I can see when reading Revelations first is much better. Throughout reading Riyria Revelations, it was mentioned numerous times about what Royce was capable of during his much earlier days, but by that point in the overall story, it was almost all tell and no show as he has been tempered by his many years of friendship with Hadrian.In this one we got to see even more familiar characters with Alric and the Pickerings having strong turns while the King was extremely well developed from his brief mentions in the main series and this made his death at the start of the first book actually impactful. I also liked their budding partnership, which has developed quite a bit in the year since they first met. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his present one, even though he so badly wants to. On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.

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I stayed away from the series for a long time because of the covers and if it weren’t for my friends enthusiasm about the series, I would have kept procrastinating! Initially, I did feel a bit impatient because I wanted more of Hadrian’s POV; this is more of a Royce and Reuben’s book, and the Riyria duo didn’t have as many appearances as I preferred in the first half of the novel.

I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. In my view, The Crown Tower together with the The Rose and The Thorn form the origins duology of the Riyria duo. First, the cover artist has outdone himself; I thought the cover art he did for The Riyria Revelations and The Crown Tower was bad already. To sum up, I really enjoyed reading ‘’The Rose and the Thorn’’, it was fast paced, fun, intriguing, it made me happy and it made me sad and it does a great job of setting up ground for the ‘’Theft of Swords’’. Lately, I haven't had much time for reading, but Riyria is one of those series that you unconsciously make time for.