2.5/5
Not original at all. This is like every other sci-fi/fantasy book out there that's made it big. Sure, it has the components the successful ones do (secrets and murders, intense political situations, a prince and princess, magical powers) but the book is nothing more than that. I didn't feel any obligation to care about any of the characters because they were so cliche. It was all done before, and done better (please read Throne of Glass.)
Threats of Sky and Sea also moved incredibly slowly. INCREDIBLY slowly, and I knew what would happen about twenty pages into the book because it was so cliche...(psst! she founds out she has powers!) Not a surprise, and I was expecting that she'd have powers when I started the book and I would have been OK with her having powers, but unfortunately she did not discover them until about the last fifty pages of the book. So what were first 250+ about?? Nothing. Just her whining.
Would not recommend and will not be continuing. It was just average, nothing special at all. There are many books that did this kind of plot a LOT better (have I already said Throne of Glass? Or Grave Mercy? Or Shadow and Bone? And that's just to name a few!)
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