Loved itThis combination of like a closed door murder mystery with the politics of this land and like literally a competition just makes for such an entertaining read that you're just not going to be able to stop once you start.
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The Raven Scholar (2025)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, the reign of Bersun the Brusque has come to an end. In the dizzying heat of midsummer, seven exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists compete to replace him. When one of them is murdered, it falls to Neema Kraa, the emperor’s brilliant, idiosyncratic High Scholar, to find the killer and fight for the throne. Neema believes she is alone. But we are here to help; all she has to do is let us in. If she succeeds, we will win an empire. If she fails, death awaits her. But we won’t let that happen.
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- 9781529339901
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- 680 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Loved itAlso from last year, one of my favorite reads was The Raven Scholar. This one has to do with competing and the training to compete and someone being in charge of their clan and then that clan being in charge of like everyone.
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Loved itThe highest one for that actually came as The Raven Scholar with a whopping 92% of people who read it saying that they would recommend it, and I have to agree. It's my favorite book of the year, of 2025 in general, outside of the book club, just overall.
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Loved itI think it has a great balance of plot and pacing, good characters, and again, it is a chunky book, but in my mind, because of the topping and the way it's handled, it's a narrative you will fly through and was just a really easy read