#Nisha J. Tuli

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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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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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Trial of the sun queen

Nisha J Tuli

386

Fantasy

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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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Book Review|Rule Of The Aurora King by Nisha J Tuli

Genre: Fantasy romance Tropes/themes: Hidden powers and magic Slow burn Present past timeline Enemies to lovers Dual pov Diversity Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Release date: September 12th I liked this more than the first book. I think the romance in this book was so much better, the tension and slow burn had me good. The world building was also more understandable. I think the Serce povs really…

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“Curses can be tricky things. Sometimes they demand an impossible price, one you might not be willing to pay.” – Nisha J. Tuli

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"Dragons. Magic. Romance. The most popular romantasy books on TikTok truly have everything a reader could want. After all, it’s undeniable — romantasy has recently taken BookTok by storm.

Romantasy is a subgenre that combines the romance and fantasy genres. By now, other Book Rioters have discussed the budding Romantasy genre and offered their own recommendations. As a lover of fantasy, romance, and any combination of the two, I am fully prepared for the recent rise in popularity of the books. In the past, some romantasy books contained too much romance for the fantasy section and too much fantasy for the romance section. However, because the most popular romantasy books on TikTok sold so well, traditional publishing took notice. Now these books are coming out in droves, and BookTok is paying attention."

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yall i picked up some fae court romance books at target on a whim this week and started reading the first one, The Trial of the Sun Queen (by Nisha J Tuli), and i was Not Prepared to get immediately invested in the MFC, Lor. Girl is incredibly relatable, she literally went from "i want nothing to do with this [being kidnapped from a rival kingdom prison to join a contest to be queen that a human has never survived] fuck this fuck you" to "wait i get magic? that does sound pretty good actually hmmm" which is frankly. the most relatable heroine ive read in a while

also she has a guard named gabriel who is fucking massive, has angel wings, and grabbed her by the throat to slam her into a wall once when she was being a brat. i realize he isnt a love interest but can I fuck him? please?