This Kingdom will not kill me

Review of arc #thiskingdomwillnotkillme

5 plus

Fantastic. This book changed my mind about avoiding portal fantasy and isekai protagonists. The authors lean and mold these features to serve the plot, rather than merely serving as a means to discover a new world.

Maggie is from our world/contemporary society and she ends up inside an incomplete fantasy series that she has reread over and over to the point of knowing all about the characters. She goes from naked in the mud without a thing to a very cool female version of Game of Thrones Varys. We get a book within a book because she will change the lives and destinies of these characters and the outcome that is still not written (this is just the first book, ends with a new danger situation).

For those who have always heard show not tell, the authors use exposition to inform us constantly of what was in the original series and show us the changes through action masterfully breaking the too much exposition rule. Found family, gore, violence, action, magic, humor, and political intrigue, combine many of my favorite elements.

Awesome narrator choice for this one.

The publisher is marketing as Outlander meets Game of Thrones, and it's a great way to put it.

⚔️Levels:

Romantic scenes stays kiss level

Violence, Torture and death level

👉 The Broken Binding edition is so beautiful so sad I can't get it.

❓️What tropes you usually stay away?

Me: portal fantasy, time traveling, love triangles, but I am always reading them to find one that changes my mind.

😊💜Which did?

Time traveling : Double Shadow (Indiana Jones meets time traveling, meets mystery)

Love Triangle: Hunger Games & Twilight (more or less) still not convinced with this trope

Portal Fantasy: This Kingdom will not kill me

Thank you for reading 👆