I received a copy of an ARC though Netgally for a review.

I was glad to be able to read the third installment in The Hundredth Queen series, having really enjoyed the other two in the series. But this third book, really fell flat for me.
The pace was weird and slow, going from Kalinda's POV to Deven's POV. Considering it's a relatively short book, I ended up having to take breaks because I just couldn't connect to the pace. I wasn't getting that feeling I had from the rest of the series. The pace came and went, going from slow to connective by the ending.

We meet Kalinda and her small collection of friends after the fall of the turquoise palace, by the rebel group of Bhuta's, lead by Hastin. The Rajah Tarek who is dead, his semblance has been taken over by the demon of the void Udug, a minion of the dark god Kur, accidentally released by Prince Ashwin, Under his false lead, he's growing a vast army to overthrow his palace and bring about Kur to let the world rule in darkness.
Kalinda has been poisoned by his power's during their last battle and is slowly dying, the only thing tying her to the world is Prince Ashwin's heart's wish.
Ugug must be stopped or the entire world will be ended.

Kalinda deals with a lot of self doubt and struggle, personally with her burner powers, and her back and forth between wanting to be with the one she loves and her love of what's right for her country. Her anger over how one man's claiming of her altered her life, and the hypocrisy of her upbringing at the temple. Will she stay as Kindred? Will the life she sees for herself with Deven still be there in the end? Will she sacrifice everything of herself for her country?

The Hundredth Queen series has alot to enjoy about it, Kalinda is a wonderful, strong female character, I just wish maybe there was a little more time spend on fixing the issues with pace on this one.

The exciting third book in the Hundredth Queen series. Same as in the second book, this story is told in first person alternating between Kali and Deven. This story starts off a few days after the end of the second book. After escaping from a demon disguised as Rajah Tarek, Kali and her friends are traveling on the River Ninsar to the Southern Isles. Kali is still recovering from the injuries sustained during the tournament and her battle with the demon. The demon infected her with his cold fire and Ashwin’s warmth seems to be the only way to alleviate the cold fire, which causes tension between her and Deven. The ruler of the Southern Isles agrees to send his navy to help them fight the demon rajah and his army. Before they leave with the navy, Ashwin receives a message from Hastin asking to meet at the Samiya temple. While Kali believes they need all the help they can get to stop the demon from unleashing the evernight, but Deven thinks Hastin is setting a trap for them. Mathura and Rohan also arrive in the Southern Isles, but they were attacked by demon’s army and got separated from Brac and Opal. Kali and Ashwin decide to travel to the Samiya Temple with Indah and Pons to attend the meeting with Hastin. Wanting to save his brother and Opal, Deven decides to travel to the Tarachand border to find them with Natesa, Yatin, and Rohan joining him. Kali’s return to the Samiya Temple brings up both good memories like her time with Jaya and bad memories like the claiming. Kali also deals with the cold fire that is slowly consuming her and pulling her closer to Ashwin despite her feelings for Deven. When Deven and the others arrive at the Tarachand border they find no trace of Brac or Opal and think they were most likely captured by the army. To locate their friends, they pretend to be soldiers and travel with the army. With the fate of the world on the line, Kali, Deven, and their friends head towards Turquoise Palace to battle the demon and his army.
This third book keeps with the action and adventure of the series. The story is fast paced and keeps you entertained. The dual narrative gives you both Kali’s and Deven’s perspectives and since they spend most of the book apart the chapters do not repeat events. Both Kali’s and Deven’s parts of the story are interesting and pull you in. The characters are still well written and the new characters are great. The settings are also well described. The third book revisits characters and settings from first book. Characters from the first book like Sarita, Eshana, Shyla, Parisa, and Hastin return. Settings like the Samiya Temple, Vanhi, and the Turquoise Palace are revisited and we get Kali’s and Deven’s reactions to coming back after so much has happened. This story has some violent scenes, but nothing too gory. The story has romance scenes, none are too racy. This story resolves most of the conflicts, but leaves some plots open for another book in the series. I really liked this addition to the series and look forward for another one. Readers of the other books in the series will not be disappointed. Fans of Red Queen, Throne of Glass, Frostblood, and Rebel of the Sands would really enjoy this series. I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is the best instalment in the series yet. Any unevenness of pace has been smoothed out, the action is really kicking and now it's about the empire, rather than girls vying for the same man. A great series.

this third book in Emily King's QUEEN series is just as awesome as the rest. i love the intrigue and the setting. more, please!

Another great one by King. Action packed from start to finish. The characters were spread out and each fighting their own battles but that didn't take away from the story but added to it when they finally all got back together. The Kali, Deven, and Ashwin triangle is unscrambled. I would really like to read Brac's story. Once again I will be anxiously waiting for the next one. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.

I always find it difficult to review books like The Rogue Queen. I guess it's even more difficult with this one since I really didn't like The Hundredth Queen, but gave it a second chance by reading The Fire Queen and it was... alright. But not amazing by any means. To be quite honest, I found this on Netgalley, and since I got the previous instalments that way, too, I decided to request it just to see how it would continue.

The reason I find books like these so difficult to review, is because I'm just not sure what to say when I've already talked about the series twice before. It's just not that special Sure, I liked the second book better than the first and that's why I had more to say about it. With The Rogue Queen came another sort of feeling; It's right there, in between the first two books when it comes to how much I like/dislike it. Some of the deaths felt unnecessary and some just passed me by entirely, like... That just happened? OK. But there's good things too! I loved Kali's "fight" for change and equality between men and women. I felt like she sometimes took it a little too far, but it's also a powerful message.

I think I liked The Fire Queen so much better than the first book because it wasn't very romance-heavy. The Roque Queen has quite a bit of romance, plus a rather cliché love-triangle. Don't get me wrong, I love a good love-triangle. With the emphasis on good. If this had been released a few years ago, I think it could actually be interesting. Unfortunately, it's not and it's just... old. Or something. It really wasn't my thing. There's jealousy and petty drama between characters I just don't really care about.

The plot and settings were really interesting! It's quite an adventurous book, but I have to admit it might've been a little too adventurous. We got to know quite a few new characters who weren't important enough to really remember. This lead to some unnecessary confusion towards the end. For some reason it also reminded me of The Legend of Zelda? (Which I don't consider a bad thing!) Like, in Zelda there's the Zora Domain with fish-like people who use tridents and there's the Gorons who're like rock-people living near a volcano. All the different groups in The Roque Queen reminded me of that a bit and it was quite interesting!

The end was quite alright, I guess. I loved this big, epic battle. But at the same time, lots of details got lost in a sea or should I say lake... (hehe!) of action. I have to admit I'm not a fan of the final ending, though. "Unfortunately," there's going to be a fourth book and I'll be waiting for a full synopsis, but I don't think I'll be picking it up. A fourth book is great and all, but it ruined the perfectly wonderful ending! It was such a brave move on Emily's part, only to be "ruined" by the end, which will probably also be the plot for the fourth book.

I enjoyed reading The Rogue Queen, but it wasn't all that special to me. There are definitely some really wonderful elements to the story, but also a few I - unfortunately - didn't like. However, I do think fans of the series are going to love it.

I have enjoyed immensely Emily's story of Kalinda. The continuation of her story, from being bought as a wive to where she is now is something I keep looking forward to. In this installment Kalinda once again shows the reader, she is someone who is strong and powerful as well as being vunerable. We see her grow in her powers and watch as she isn't afraid of them anymore. It's bittersweet to know there is only one more story after The Rogue Queen, but I will continue to be a fan of Emily R. King's writing. Great work!!

"I am born of the stars, and I will see them shine again"

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The Rogue Queen does better than the second book; it has moved beyond the "tournament" style plotline of the first two books and tries to tackle a more "epic war" plotline between three opposing forces: Kalinda and her allies, the demon disguised as Rajah Tarek, and the bhuta rebels. I didn't find it particularly interesting, but the pacing, characters, and writing are all generally better than in The Fire Queen.

"Dutiful men are all the same - martyrs. You want for everything but take nothing for yourself"

Prince Ashwin has released the Voider to fulfil his heart's desire, and the demon has taken the form of Rajah Tarek, raised an army, and is storming the capital of Tarachand to reclaim the empire. Kalinda, Deven, Ashwin, and a few others oppose him; but their secrets, loves, and desires are tearing the trio apart. Deven thinks to give up on Kalinda, leaving her to take the throne and the role of Kindred; Ashwin thinks the best way to peace is to meet with Hastin, the leader of the rebels; Kalinda sides with Ashwin, further tearing her and Deven apart. Whilst Ashwin and Kalinda return to Kalinda's once-home, the temple of Samiya, Deven seeks his brother Brac and Rohan's sister Opal, whose glider crashed in the lands of the enemy. Time is short and the end draws near.

I love a good war novel. Something with high stakes and clashing kingdoms and warring armies and treaties and tricks and lies. I love something grand and ambitious and wild. But The Rogue Queen was tame and predictable; there's a few army camps and a bit of backstabbing, all well appreciated and part of what I preferred about this book over The Fire Queen, but it was never quite enough for me. Kalinda has a romance problem, Kalinda seeks allies, Kalinda runs into trouble, that trouble is then resolved in the nick of time. It's a well-worked formulae.

"Agony has a long memory and the cold inside me will not let go"

There's the reappearance of few characters from the previous books that people might be glad to see: Tinley, for one, and Mathura, Deven's mother. There's some airships and demon spells and magic otherworldly portals that give this story some spice. But what isn't spicy? The romance. It does finally choose a direction following a "shocking" reveal from Ashwin, and it was nice to see some firm decision making from Kalinda and attempts to make amends, but I still didn't care much for it.

The ending? Supremely ambiguous. I was under the impression that this was a trilogy, but the ending is open; it could reasonably be finished, in that the big overarching plotline of the three books is wrapped up and there's some sense of closure, but it also massively implied that there would be another book. I think this is the end of the road for me. I'm done with Kalinda and her story, it's suitably finished for me, though I might potentially consider reading more by King if it had a killer premise. I think she'd be quite good at a standalone - I really did enjoy The Hundredth Queen, but the sequels? Not so much.

A fantastic end to a wonderful journey. I was super excited to receive a review copy of this book. There was so much action and adventure. Please playing both sides, or having a hard time picking sides. It was an epic battle to the end. I wished there was more of the world building. All the wonders of Kalinda's world almost fell away with the action. I've always been on for description, but I know this is the third book in the series and some world building has already been done.

Gratz to Emily R. King for giving us a crazy ride inside a fantastic mystical world.

Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

This book was beyond amazing! I can't wait for the fourth book in the series. When Jessica asked me to review this for her I thought na I am not going to like this one but man three books in and I am hooked!!! This is one series that grows on you as you read it. Kalinda is a kick-ass main character and I love her to bits. I can't wait to see what King does with her for the last book and I am really sad to see it all end.

Go Into This One Knowing: This one won't slow you down at all!

I thought this was a triology...it’s not.

Kali, Ashwin, Devon and the team begin the battle for Vahni with the help of old friends and enemies united under a common threat...the demon rajah.

This book was a understandable continuation of the story. Surprising beginning. I felt this book dragged on a little more than the other two. I would have liked more time on the mythical island but life isn’t fair. It alternates between Devon and Kali’s viewpoints. I greatly disliked Devon and Kali in this book, it felt like they were both a lot “oh woe is me” this book. The final battle wasn’t surprising by any means but what happened was a twist I wouldn’t think would happen.

My couple ship sank badly. One of the new characters wasn’t sussed out enough for me to feel anything but great annoyance for her. It seems she’ll be matched with one of my favorite characters and I don’t know how I feel about that.

I’m both dreading and excited about the next book. Dreading because you can kind of see exactly where this is going but excited because they’ll be a conclusion.

I have been reading this series from the first novel and each novel has me craving for more. Ms. King does a wonderful job with her plot and keeping you enthralled with the characters and the choices that will impact the empire. You need to read the first two novels since each continues where the previous one left off. The. book is told from alternating first person points of view of Kali and Deven
Kalinda and her friends have escaped from the demon who disguises itself as Rajah Tarek, Kali's former husband whom she killed. The demon was released due to Prince Ashwin's wish and the demon must fulfill it. The demon plans on retaking the kingdom and claims the gods sent him to punish those against him. After all, people are still afraid of the burners. Kali has been "harmed" by the demon and it is slowly killing her and limits the use of her burner abilities. Kali struggles with her feelings for Deven and Ashwin, which creates much tension between them. Deven loves Kali but cannot understand why she "needs" Ashwin. He knows she only plans on helping him until the evil is vanquished, but he cannot help but fear she will become Ashwin's wife. Deven leaves and seeks his brother, who has been missing. He has learned about the secrets his mother kept. Kali and Ashwin plan on asking the rebels to form an alliance to stop the demon, but will they be able to reach an agreement? Everyone has a role to play to stop the evil and vanquish it back to its realm, but old prejudices still surface. Kali will do whatever is necessary to save the empire, even if it means sacrificing herself. I cannot wait to read the next novel in the series!!