Early on, both Han and Raisa are in serious danger of dying. She’s done the bulk of her killing off screen, which makes it even more shocking when it goes down.Basically, Chima resists death fake outs, which is really awesome, since I don’t like that trope in most cases. Unless someone confirms that a character is dead, they’re not going to be dead. Generally, I’m used to being able to assume that if a remotely important character dies off screen, they’re totally going to be alive through some complicated series of events.

She’s resisted a lot of death tropes common to fantasy fiction. Personally, I’m hoping only a few of them die, but Chima does seem to enjoy character death, so it’s really hard to say.One thing I find really interesting about Chima is how she does the deaths. It feels like hurtling toward an ending that could be roses and could be a brick wall against which our cast will smash and die. The pace just rockets, despite the book being long. And, oh yeah, shit goes down.Perhaps because of the accelerated time frame, The Gray Wolf Throne goes really fast. Han gets to use all his fancy blueblood training. In The Gray Wolf Throne, Raisa levels up to a new degree of bossness. It’s funny how this book covers the shortest span of time but the most stuff happens. Read moreįor more reviews, gifs, Cover Snark and more, visit A Reader of Fictions.Things just keep getting more epic. The Gray Wolf Throne is an epic tale of fierce loyalty, unbearable sacrifice, and the heartless hand of fate. But with danger coming at her from every direction, Raisa can only rely on her wits and her iron-hard will to survive-and even that might not be enough.

She wants to believe it-he’s saved her life more than once. Her heart tells her that the thief-turned-wizard Han Alister can be trusted. With each attempt on her life, she wonders how long it will be before her enemies succeed. Meanwhile, some people will stop at nothing to prevent Raisa from ascending.

But if Han is to fulfill his end of an old bargain, he must do everything in his power to see Raisa crowned queen. And, as far as he’s concerned, the princess’s family killed his own mother and sister. He knows he has no future with a blueblood. The costs of his efforts are steep, but nothing can prepare him for what he soon discovers: the beautiful, mysterious girl he knew as Rebecca is none other than Raisa ana’Marianna, heir to the Queendom of the Fells. But when he finds his friend Rebecca Morley near death in the Spirit Mountains, Han knows that nothing matters more than saving her. Han Alister thought he had already lost everyone he loved. The third book in the critically acclaimed Seven Realms epic fantasy series from Cinda Williams Chima

The gray wolf throne