#Nisha J. Tuli

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Bloodguard by Cecy Robson

My Kind of Trouble by L.A. Schwartz

Defy by Sara De Waard

Heaven Official's Blessing book 1 by Tian Guan Ci Fu

Metal from Heaven by H.A. Clarke

Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas

Fortune's Kiss by Amber Clement

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Trial of The Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli 📿

book of the month moodboard September 2024

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Currently reading: Sight of Solace by E.K. Pomfret

A spicy, fantasy romance.

I’m also reading Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli on my Kobo and Lovely Violent Things by Trisha Wolfe because I’m a very indecisive person who gets bored easily.

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Title: Trial of the Sun Queen | Author: Nisha J. Tuli | Publisher: Forever (2023)

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Top 5 (read-from-before authors of 2024) Tuesday

I actually thought this post was just top authors of 2024 but nope, this is authors you’ve read from before and next week is next to you authors! Once again, all the thanks to Meeghan! 📚🚀📚 Megan Bannen – Glad that Bannen went back to the world of Tanria! And that we have another book next year 😍. Slowly getting more used to friends-to-lovers and this was one of them! M.K. Lobb – I would read…

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Trial of the Sun Queen - Nisha J. Tuli

4/5

i ate this shit up

incredible

it poses so many questions

BUT

its not frustrating

i hate when readers get posed questions that dont matter or wont get answered

not all questions do get answered by the end of book one but its clear that clues have been laid out so painstakingly, its a delight to grab onto a scrap and puzzle over it

the only thing i didn't LOVE is that the characters don't feel very fleshed out

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Fate of the Sun King by Nisha J. Tuli

Fate of the Sun King is an exciting continuation of Nisha J. Tuli’s breakaway success of a romantasy series. Lor is now an heir on the run from rulers who would love to see her dead or under their control. She is fighting to access the full extent of her powers to protect everyone she cares about. It doesn’t help that she is also battling her attraction to the Aurora Prince who is infuriatingly patient, kind, and helpful. Her future is close if she can survive long enough to claim it. This is an important novel that builds out Gabriel’s backstory as an orphan turned magic servant to the crown. He was raised alongside royalty without any standing to protect him and now he is magically forced to hurt the people he cares about. I too would be moody. That being said, there is a lot of flashbacks and history here building up what led up to this point. The rest of the novel is devoted to Lor and the prince’s relationship. I do like them together. The cliffhanger at the end serves as motivation to pick up the next book in the series. I will continue to recommend this book to people who like ACOTOR and other romantasy properties but are looking for more diverse characters and interesting socio-political conflicts.

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It is time.

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✩♥️🏰Review:

I’ve come to the unfortunate conclusion that this series just isn’t for me and that’s okay.

“Rule of the Aurora King” follows Lor as she teams up with Nadir, the Aurora Prince and her captor, to search for a lost item that holds the key to her past and her future. With the Sun King determined to reclaim her and the Aurora King looking to destroy her, Lor must keep on the move. But nowhere is safe and she soon learns that the future of Ouranos depends on much more than avenging her shattered legacy.  

I wasn’t really a fan of the writing in the first book and was hoping for a different outcome with this one, but that didn’t happen. As a fantasy reader that loves to experience the story through sensory details and actions, I got bogged down by the inner monologues, which were very heavy on exposition. Don’t get me wrong, this book definitely has its moments—I really liked how some chapters were written as flashbacks to show what happened to the Queendom of Heart—but they are ultimately overpowered by Lor and Nadir’s tumultuous relationship in my opinion, and I did not prefer their constant back and forth. I’m trying to get into the practice of putting down books that I’m just not loving, so I probably won’t pick up the next installment, but I think that those who are new to romantasy will enjoy this. 

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Les épreuves de la Reine Soleil de Nisha J. Tuli

Mon avis : J’ai brièvement entendu parler de ce roman et le pitch bien que court m’a donné envie de le lire. L’histoire se déroule dans un univers sombre et obscur où l’humanité semble dépendante des faes. Nous avons deux points de vue, celui de Lor, notre héroïne, mais aussi celui de Nadir, le fils du roi qui a emprisonné Lor et sa famille alors qu’ils n’étaient encore que des enfants, ce, pour…

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Literally the first line😂

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TRIAL OF THE SUN QUEEN by Nisha J. Tuli

“It means you’re the Final Tribute, and in nearly eight thousand years of the Sun Queen Trials, the Final Tribute has never once survived.”

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"Rule of the Aurora King" by Nisha J. Tuli

I have mixed feelings about "Rule of the Aurora King," honestly. I really liked the first book and was excited about this one, but it failed to deliver what I was expecting - and what it more or less promised.

Caution: There may be some spoilers ahead.

This book starts out shortly after the first one ends (with Lor being... rescued? Kidnapped? from the Sun King's palace by the Aurora Prince and his companions). "Rule of the Aurora King" initially advertises that Lor is being hunted by the Sun King and must stay "on the move." I just didn't get that in this book at all. We do not hear from the Sun King NOT ONCE. We know nothing about what he's doing or what his plans are. The Sun King is mentioned maybe twice altogether (as well as most of the characters from "Trial of the Sun Queen"), which is so strange because of how possessive he was over Lor in the first book. And from what we know, he really needed Lor. I fully expected him to be hunting her down, but he's hardly mentioned. I also wouldn't say that she spends her time "on the move" because of the Sun King, either. In my opinion, she's not "on the move" at all.

Lor and Nadir, the Aurora Prince, spend the entirety of this book pining for each other under the guise of searching for the Crown of Heart. Most of that search takes place in the Aurora Keep, where the royal family officially resides... and that's about the sum of this book.

The main focus of "Rule of the Aurora King" is definitely the relationship - or non-relationship - between Lor and Nadir. And I am left very wanting. I had so much hope for these two in the beginning, but I quickly realized that they were not two characters I believe are meant to be. Maybe it just wasn't my type of romance, but I cringed every time I read them together. When Lor thought she was being clever with her snarky-ness, when Nadir thought he was keeping his distance by being a complete ass - the more I read, the more I wanted them to never speak to each other again. Everything seemed forced, and I was pretty much confused the whole time about what they were doing.

AND THE NICKNAME. At what point is that going to stop? Because I can't read another book where he keeps calling her that. I almost put this book down every time I read that because WHY.

Like I said, maybe it's just me, but "Rule of the Aurora King" was not what I wanted or anticipated. The plot needed so much more attention and less repetition about how much the narrator hated the Aurora King because of this or that. The main characters are disturbing and cringey, and I do not get "romance" from them whatsoever. It's weird, it's insensitive, it's cringe. It's not for me.

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Desperately need anyone who’s a fan of Nisha J Tuli’s work to befriend me😭 I’m suffering atp and I need someone to talk to the Nightfire Quartet about. Halfway through The Artefacts of Ouranos and would love to talk about those too. I’ve read the Cursed Captor novellas. I just….AHHHHH. Really need to squeal about Rabin to somebody who understands😭

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Trial of the sun queen

Nisha J Tuli

386

Fantasy

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Review-

Spoilers ahead!

This felt like a mix of a lot of YA and fantasy books, like The Selection, Red Queen and The Hunger Games. I found it really easy to read, follow and understand and the characters were likeable and nice to read about. Not sure how I feel about not being sure who the main love interest is or what her big secret is. Overall i really enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to the next book.

Dms and Asks open for any questions, recs or anything.🙂

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Rule of the Aurora King - Nisha J. Tuli

DNF

Do NOT tell me "the content warnings are the same as book 1!"

don't FUCKING PISS ME OFF

either say NOTHING ABOUT CONTENT WARNINGs

or LIST THEM ALL OUT

MOST CONTENT WARNINGS TAKE ABOUT 2-3 LINES TO PRINT

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

if you're NOT going to TELL ME what your content warnings are

don't fucking bring them up.

just say something like "This is a dark book intended for mature audiences."

AND MOVE ON. WHAT. WHAT THE FUCK.

WHY WOULD I CONSULT BOOK 1 FOR THE CONTENT WARNINGS OF BOOK 2????? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE READING BOOKS 1 AND 2 CONSECUTIVELY WITH BOTH BOOKS IN HAND??????????????????

"oh she's just saying the vibes are the same, even if you don't remember the details, if you were ok reading book 1 you'll be fine reading book 2"

that's still NOT ok, to direct me to somewhere OUTSIDE of THIS book to find out what's IN this book. make it make sense.

Anyway.

It's clear from the very start that this is a VERY different book than Book 1. Understandable. But Tuli's strength seems to lie in writing challenging physical scenarios. This inter-personal tension and outright politics is NOT her strength, because it's boring as all shit.

I think she got away with in in Trials of the Sun Queen because the politics were much more subtle. Lor was just focused on surviving.

Boo, shame. I won't be finishing this series.