ARA Review by A U 6 of The Queen of Xana

[A U 6]

[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, The Queen of Xana.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

What a refreshing take, 'The Queen of Xana.' I was drawn in by the concept and the cover photo but stayed for the intriguing lessons.

I enjoyed this book. i found the morals and values of Agatha very comforting. I wish real life was more lie this. i found the writing style easy to follow with no complicated plot lines. It was a nice enjoyable read. I read this whilst on holiday. I did find the authors comments throughout the story very strange. It was necessary to keep the reader on tract. It was a concept I was not familiar with.

Adult fantasy? Really more like political fantasy. It was just about how Agatha since her childhood wants to help poor people and decrease the gap between rich and poor. But she is an ineffective and impractical administrator and only because of her fairy godmother's blessing she is able to become a prosperous queen. Though she is compassionate at heart but mostly she relies on her council of administrators for advices and suggestions rather than thinking herself. She meets people yes, she meets her subjects, helps them with small grants and is kind. And she is engaging in intercourse repeatedly throughout the story with her husband, Olaf, that's the only adult part.

There is this description of naked whether its a metaphor or literal isn't even accurately known to the author. Agatha dresses in a naked fashion, whether she actually was naked or wore simple plain clothes compared to royalty is upon the readers to decide but much emphasis is laid on the former (with uncertainty)

Everything happened within the first few 30-40 pages that it felt like just dragging on the story. We get it she was kind and a loved ruler. No need to write a 100 pages about her kind and compassionate nature duh. Its a fantasy for god's sake. And from wherever the genre of sci fi was associated with this book? Lord only knows.

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