Review: The Trident and the Pearl

4.5 stars

I enjoyed it a lot, what convinced me to jump into this one (besides the cover) was the mention of novels and authors like Juliet Marillier which I love. Also, it's a retelling of the Fisher King myth. A queen makes a deal to save her people: she promises to marry the first man who steps onto the pier, if her husband will save her. She is very loyal and proud, but she also makes mistakes and the gods play ping-pong with her, but she slowly gains independence and starts to learn how to play their game. Betrayals, many Gods, weak greedy evil humans, greedy Gods. My favorite Gods: The God of War the one of the Sea + Vesuvius. Towards the end, there is a bit of back and forth, but sets well the rest of the series. The scenes are vivid and some are powerful.

Totally recommend the audiobook pairing with the book

Book here

Hachette publisher / Orbit

Forced by the gods to be wed. Forced by their secrets to be enemies. A desperate queen and a lowly fisherman must join together to save her land in this spellbinding slow-burn romantasy from Sarah K. L. Wilson.

"Perfect for readers who love slow-burn romance steeped in lush fantasy!" ―Danielle L. Jensen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood

Queen Coralys, ruler of the Crocus Isles, kneels to no one. But when her kingdom is besieged by a terrible hurricane, killing her husband and destroying half her nation, she is forced to make a deal with the gods for salvation.

But the gods have a wicked sense of justice, and they demand payment for their help. Coralys must give up her titles and marry the first man to set foot on her pier: a poor, wounded fisherman with broad shoulders and dark power in his eyes.

Coralys keeps her promise and sets out with him in his dinghy, with only the hope of revenge against the gods to keep her from despair. But her new husband hides his own secrets: a link to the gods that may make him her enemy or her ally, and a mysterious list of impossible feats waiting to be crossed off. However, learning to trust each other will be their greatest challenge, because only together can they stop the enemies gathering at her kingdom’s shores.

"Intricately wrought and deeply imaginative ... the kind of delicious slow-burn fantasy that made me love reading." ―Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove King