So I requested a copy as soon as I found out that Allen and Unwin were publishing and I was lucky enough that they sent me a copy.Īnd then I started the book.
And besides that, Four Dead Queens was combining my two favourite genres: fantasy and mystery/thriller. Australia has a few well known authors, but most of them got that way over time, so to see a debut author on the worldwide stage was exciting. I had been pretty excited for Four Dead Queens. It is NOT okay to kill off the only queer characters in your book. What possesses an author, and then agent and editor and everyone involved in the publishing of a book, to think that this is okay? Because it’s not. We can’t keep having books where the only queer characters are killed. Someone needs to start catching this and stopping this. I do not care if it’s ignorance or naivete or whatever the fuck reason there is that you have buried the gays in your book – you need to stop. I will start off with this statement:Īuthors, publishing: STOP BURYING YOUR GAYS.
I can’t believe I’m still having to write a review like this in 2019. I don’t actually know where to begin writing this review. And no one can be trusted in a world full of ruthless thieves, black markets, a golden palace, daring heists, royal intrigue, noble messengers, forbidden love, four queens – each with a secret, and, of course, murder.Īn enthralling fast-paced murder mystery where competing agendas collide with deadly consequences, Four Dead Queens heralds the arrival of an exciting new YA talent. But with Keralie and Varin each keeping secrets – and the lives of the queens hanging in the balance – everything is at stake.
Hoping to find the culprit, Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt. When Keralie steals a particularly valuable item from a messenger, she discovers she’s intercepted instructions to murder the queens. Four queens, one from each quadrant, rule as one. Her nation is divided into four regions, each strictly separated from the other. She steals for the black market in her quadrant. Keralie Corrington is a talented pickpocket. How: A copy of this novel was provided by Allen and Unwin for review.įour Queens.
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