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The Queen Necklace Teresa Edgerton 9780380789115 Books Reviews

I felt like this book couldn't decide if it was mainly a Romance novel or a Sci-fi/fantasy novel. The book's hero, Wilrowan, attempts to finally woo the woman he loves (Lili) -- 6 years after their forced marriage. I was really getting interested in this part of the story but felt that it was ultimately shortchanged when the sci-fi/fantasy part of the book took off. The author carefully adds more complexity to their relationship but then reconciles them too fast. I was looking for more of a payoff as the secrets that Wilrowan and Lili have kept from each other for 6 years start to come to light.
In addition, the way that the author jumps from past to present is confusing. Especially since she uses a calendar that she invented for this world. So I didn't have a good feel for the linear sequence of events.
Overall, I'd say that the first 50% of this book was very enjoyable, but then it started to lose focus.
Back when I was a lad, the release of a new fantasy novel would be greeted with an excited (if unimaginative) yelp of, "Oh, boy, a new fantasy novel!" Now, given the glut of works on the fantasy market, a new release only merits a yawn and a disinterested, "Oh, boy, a new fantasy novel." (Sadly, my way with words has not improved with the years.) This book is, unfortunately, not the one to inspire me with renewed enthusiasm.
It breaks away from the Dark Ages/valiant Celts and medieval England/oppressive church settings that have been so popular in recent years, I'll give it that much. Its particular milieu of stable and prosperous duchies and principalities is equivalent to, say, our own mid to late 1700s in terms of technology. There are guns and clocks and operas and newspapers and the like. There's also a small degree of swashing and buckling and scattered bits of magic, the latter mainly in the form of relics from the vanquished Goblin Empire of 1,500 years ago.
The plot centers on the attempts of the long-thought-dead Maglore elite to overthrow the human interlopers and resurrect their lost empire. To this end, they begin to pilfer the hidden Goblin Jewels that are magically supporting each of the hundred or so human kingdoms, while simultaneously insinuating one of their own as the consort of a vulnerable human king. Standing against this conspiracy are the usual valiant stalwarts, primarily an estranged husband and wife, the one a guardsman and the latter a magician. For the most part, though, the defenders of goodness are a drab lot, with the exception of Raith.
The villains are scarcely better, since they tend to explode in fiery ruin if someone looks cross-wise at them. Since Goblins instantaneously ignite if the slightest spark alights upon them, and they also shrivel up like slugs if they're exposed to salt, it's hard to take them seriously as foes. They're also self-indulgent and by their own admission lack all ability to plan much further into the future than the next morning, so they tend to be dumber than tree shrews. (Which poses the interesting question of how they ever devised the magnificent and intricate machinery of the Goblin Jewels in the first place.)
The author skips back and forth between some half dozen storylines that are separated in both space and time, gradually drawing them together into one neat whole. This bouncing around at least guarantees the reader a chance to move onwards to a new section if one has bogged down with dull characters or a bland sub-plot.
Now, I make this book sound atrociously bad. It's not really all that awful; but it's also not really all that good. It's simply chock full of undeniable "thereness".
The finale is open-ended enough that another volume might be forthcoming, although this one is self-contained and complete in itself, if completely unexceptional.
For millenniums the Magore ruled the world with humanity serving as slaves to whatever whims the Goblins had. The power rested in jewels that enabled the Goblins to rule with an iron fist. Mankind, tired of its servitude finally overthrew their oppressors. Almost every Magore was killed and the few survivors fled in exile into the shadows.
Fifteen hundred years after the successful uprising, the world consists of a hundred or so kingdoms, duchies, and principalities while the Magore have become mythical creatures that never existed. However, those who endured the purge plan to regain what they lost by having a Goblin princess marry a human king in order to recover the jewels of power. Only a brave few including Captain Wilrovan Krogan (he converses with ravens and his wife Lillian (a sorcerer-physician), stand in the way of success.
The world of this epic fantasy is Renaissance Europe complete with intrigue, political infighting, and scholarly learning. The characters are three dimensional and believable within a colorful complex story line. The numerous subplots cleverly tie back to the main theme yet leave some threads so readers can expect a sequel from Teresa Edgerton, a future force within the fantasy genre.

Harriet Klausner
great book and was in excellent condition