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Riese: Kingdom Falling (2012)

by Greg Cox(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1442429690 (ISBN13: 9781442429697)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: This is a prequel to a series on syfy. Here we meet 15 year old Riese. She is a princess and heir to the throne of Eleysia but she is not all that interested in learning her royal duties. She would much rather ride and hunt than learn how to be a proper lady. While out one day, she meets a villager and she pretends to be a servant at the palace. She escapes her lessons whenever she can so that she can spend time with Micah. But when war breaks out, she must decide between her love of Micah and her duty as a royal princess.
review 2: Much like the web series (which we watched on Netflix) this seemed kind of... immaturely written, and at times downright silly. It felt like there was a Steampunk Checklist being consulted - airship? Check. Goggles? Check. Ord... moreinary objects with extra mechsanical devices in them? Check. Oh, and most importantly, random cogs and gears attached to things? Super check. That was the one that bothered me the most in the show - that the Sect members pretty much had gears glued to their outfits to make them seem more "steampunky." But the written description in the book made it sound the same - like they were gluing gears to themselves for the faith. I get that they were also replacing parts of their body with mechanical parts, which makes more sense, because... how do you replace bits of clothing with mechanical bits?It's not SO bad, but it's still bad. less

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