The Queens of Renthia Trilogy

Experience the Spellbinding Fantasy Saga. Includes The Queen of Blood, The Reluctant Queen, and The Queen of Sorrow

By: Sarah Beth Durst

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

The Queen of Blood

An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent magic, malevolent spirits, and thrilling adventure.

The Reluctant Queen

Filled with political intrigue, violent magic, and malevolent spirits, the mesmerizing second book in Sarah Beth Durst’s Queens of Renthia epic fantasy trilogy.

The Queen of Sorrow

The battle between vicious spirits and strong-willed queens that started in the award-winning The Queen of Blood and continued in the powerful The Reluctant Queen comes to a stunning conclusion in The Queen of Sorrow, the final volume of Sarah Beth Durst’s Queens of Renthia trilogy.

The world building

All three books were absolutely amazing! Highly recommend for the fantasy fans. the romance parts aren't the main focus and I appreciate it. I would love a prequel of the first queens story. Showing the similarities and differences of the lore passed down with each generation.

Heartfelt fantasy

I chose the word heartfelt because of the goodness of the main characters and the themes of family and love. Motherhood is a pretty big focus in the second and third book. I Loved the concept of a magic system that was inherently bad but used for good. Well done

Good story but STELLAR narration

The best thing about this audiobook was Khristine Hvam’s narration. She is incredibly talented and made me like this series more than I might have otherwise.

The storyline was interesting but SBD’s prose got a little overly effusive and boring at times. I got seriously tired of Naelin angsting about her kids and Daleina’s constant worrying about her country. Characters like Merecot and Hammond’s mom (I forget her name) and Hannah were what kept me interested. They uttered some pretty funny zingers.

As for the plot, the ending was rather disappointing. There were so many directions SBD could’ve gone and things she could explored that I was unsatisfied. I felt like she focused sometimes on the wrong things.

Overall, I liked it, I loved the narrator, but I wouldn’t read again.

Excellent story and world building

I loved this series! I enjoyed the world building and character development. There are romance elements to the series but I would not describe this as a romance.
Warning - there are some more graphic violent scenes throughout the series.

Lovely descriptions of a magical world.

Lots of death amidst the life, but an interesting story. I enjoyed the narrator.