The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos)

This epic tale will forever be ingrained in my soul. Exquisite characters with harrowing arcs. I fell in love with this world. I dare say this story belongs in the upper echelons of high fantasy. With the likes of Tolkien himself. I can’t see how anything else I read this year will hold a candle to this masterpiece.

I kept losing the thread of the story. I had some difficulty differentiating characters. It is a beautiful world and a lovely book. I liked the romance and of course dragons. It was long and overly complicated but the writing was beautiful. If you like heavy world-building and a stand-alone story this definitely checks that box.

I LOVED every moment of this book. Not gonna lie it was a bit hard to get into at first because pronouncing everything was tedious, but I absolutely loved every second of it. One of my fav fantasy reads, PLUS there’s fucking dragons:)

If you love deep world building, multiple POVs and dragons, you'll love this. Don't get scared with the amount of names thrown at you! Just keep going. It'll pay off

I was simultaneously thrilled and let down by this epic fantasy. While it was an incredible sapphic fantasy, I was disappointed to not find more pages after reaching the end. Priory of the Orange Tree takes you on an incredible adventure while being female centered from the Reign of Queens to the Priory to the Riders to the Pirates, there are strong female characters everywhere. And the romance that blooms is a complete side plot that it does not...read more