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    The Crimson Crown

    By Cinda Williams Chima

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    The stunning final book in the critically acclaimed Seven Realms epic fantasy series from Cinda Williams Chima

    A thousand years ago, two young lovers were betrayed – Alger Waterlow to his death, and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, to a life without love.

    Now, once again, the Queendom of the Fells seems likely to shatter apart. For young queen Raisa ana’Marianna, maintaining peace even within her own castle walls is nearly impossible; tension between wizards and Clan has reached a fevered pitch. With surrounding kingdoms seeking to prey on the Fells’ inner turmoil, Raisa’s best hope is to unite her people against a common enemy. But that enemy might be the person with whom she's falling in love.

    Through a complicated web of lies and unholy alliances, former streetlord Han Alister has become a member of the Wizard Council of the Fells. Navigating the cut-throat world of blue blood politics has never been more dangerous, and Han seems to inspire hostility among Clan and wizards alike. His only ally is the queen, and despite the perils involved, Han finds it impossible to ignore his feelings for Raisa. Before long, Han finds himself in possession of a secret believed to be lost to history, a discovery powerful enough to unite the people of the Fells. But will the secret die with him before he can use it?

    A simple, devastating truth concealed by a thousand-year-old lie at last comes to light in this stunning conclusion to the Seven Realms series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateJul 4, 2013
    ISBN9780007498024
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    Cinda Williams Chima

    New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima grew up with talking animals and kick-butt Barbies. She began writing poetry and stories in third grade and novels in junior high school. These days she writes fantasy fiction for teens of all ages. Chima’s high fantasy Seven Realms series launched with The Demon King (2009), followed by The Exiled Queen (2010) The Gray Wolf Throne (2011) and The Crimson Crown (2012).

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    • 5/5
      For more reviews, gifs, Cover Snark and more, visit A Reader of Fictions.Take that, Seven Realms! I have defeated you! I’m shocked how quickly I managed to binge this series. I finished The Demon King on January 4, and I’m writing this review, having just finished The Crimson Crown on January 19. Binging series is really the best. I highly recommend it. Also, I highly recommend binging this particular series, since it’s all complete and such a good read. The Crimson Crown is one of the best series enders, bringing good and bad ends right where they were needed.I’m going to start this out with some general, non-spoilery comments, and then I’m going to go inside the spoiler tags and talk about the nitty gritty details.I’ve got this series spreadsheet in which I rate how good the ending of a series is. It’s not that complicated, just three levels: excellent, okay, and terribad. Very few earn a rating of excellent. To do that, I feel like the series ender needs to tie up most of the dangling threads, leave characters in an emotionally satisfying place, and match or exceed the proceeding books in quality. That’s hard to find.Speaking of girls like that, Raisa’s such a boss. She always has been, but she’s continually impressive, both because of her heart and her practicality. Its these two qualities that make her such a wonderful queen. She loves her subjects, but she can also make tough calls when she has to do so. It helps too that Raisa doesn’t get a swelled head and will listen to wiser council when the situation calls for it. Though she’s also prepared to throw down and override everyone, because she’s the queen. Chima managed to very convincingly create a teen character who seems ready to rule a kingdom.The plot is on point in The Crimson Crown. Like all the books but the first, I pretty much saw nothing coming ever, except for some very minor things. The big reveal at the end totally shocked me. In fact, in all of the chaos, I’d forgotten that point was still to be officially resolved. Though I’d never really considered that outcome, it fits really well and ties everything together in an important way.My reservations in the series have been pretty consistent. The fact that Chima uses food words to describe diverse characters and that there could be more LGBT+ representation has consistently been a small disappointment. More upsetting, I think, is that I still don’t care about any of the romances outside of Han and Raisa. I really should, even without third person POVs that follow them, but I don’t. As a result, I don’t get feels of the epic level I did with the Lumatere Chronicles, to which I can’t help comparing this series.Now to the spoilery things I want to talk about:Part of me feels like I should be unhappy with the somewhat cheesy ending, but also I’m just not. I’m very glad that Han and Raisa get to be together, and even that Hanalea and Alger do in some limited fashion. I think the sweetness is tempered nicely by the deaths (BIRDDDDDDDD!) and by the threat of more war with Arden.Speaking of deaths, I think that Bird’s death was tragic but perfect. She had been moving towards making a choice between Demonai/Nightwalker and what she felt was right throughout the whole series, and this ending fits. Gavan Bayar’s death was also beyond perfect. Fiona’s leaves me really sad, though it is fitting that it occurred at the hands of her father, essentially, since he didn’t deem the time it would take to save her worth possibly losing the armory. Still, I feel like Fiona perhaps deserved more of a shot at redemption. That’s life, though, I guess.I’m also super grateful there are going to be more books in this realm, because there are things I want to know. Did Mellony manage to convince Micah that he should be with her? Does Micah manage to become a true good guy, despite his romantic disappointment? Even if it’s years down the line, it would be cool to see how they’re remembered by history, since the rewriting of history by the victors element was one of my favorite things in the entire series.Seven Realms didn’t immediately become a tippy top favorite series, but it was wonderful. No doubt it will be reread many a time down the road, and it might achieve favorite status then.
    • 5/5
      And the tale was of the Seven Realms keeps going!!
    • 2/5
      2.5/5 starsI think that I should not have waited to read this book after bingeing the first three. I found after time, that Raisa and Han just annoyed me. I found the romance and all the back and forth about what Raisa should do about her romantic situation just freaking boring and annoying. The ending of the book and series was great, but the middle wasn't that great. I didn't enjoy how slow the plot moved and all the political intrigue, wasn't very intriguing. It was the same old stuff that was happening in the first three books. I didn't find that the characters developed very much in this book either. They just fell flat for me.I think if I had read this in my teens, I would have loved this. As an adult and having read so much YA fantasy, it wasn't anything new. I think that this is a good series, but one that I didn't much enjoy as an adult. I will not be continuing on with the extended series.
    • 5/5
      Great ending of a series.. A lot of action and suprises!
    • 4/5
      This was a good conclusion to the Seven realms series. I struggled to get into it at first because I was focusing a lot on the writing style. It is clearly a young adult novel and I had forgotten that just how much so, since it's been a while since I've read the previous books. But once the plot picked up I got sucked into the story. I read most of this in one sitting because I was interested in seeing how everything would resolve itself. I will probably look into Chima's other series at some point in the future.
    • 5/5
      Great last book to series. All problems brought up in earlier books are resolved satisfactorily and imaginatively. I look forward to more from Cinda Williams Chima.
    • 5/5
      Not spoilers so much as a general overview of the series as a whole.

















      Another ending series, the whole of which was altogether enjoyable. The Crimson Crown is the culmination of a lot of groundwork in the first three novels of the series. Raisa is now about to be crowned queen, both of the nobles and the clans. Neither side is sure of the other, as the nobles don’t trust the clans and the clans don’t trust magic, even the few of their own who have studied it and are accomplished wizards. All three sides compete to present a possible husband for Raisa, who only loves one man, who only loves her—Han Alister, a man taken in by her father, head of an important clan, who sends Han to learn to be a wizard. He doesn’t want Raisa to marry Han, he wants her to marry someone else he has chosen to take over the clan after him, Windwalker. And the wizards want her to marry Micah Bayer, another Wizard—the Bayers have been ruling over the Wizards for a very long time, and there are some that would be more than happy to see them overturned. The Wizards and the clan refuse to trust each other until they have no choice and are betrayed from within by their own commander, and then enemies to the East. Their leader also wants to, you guessed it, marry Raisa. She’s gotten to be awfully popular. She knows with fair certainty that the men, other than Han, want to marry her to use her as a pawn, and at times she’s not too certain of Han, either. When you end up under siege in your own castle, I’d be pretty suspicious of everyone as well. This is an excellent conclusion, where good pretty much triumphs and evil pretty much loses, but not without losses and a good deal of grey remaining. The air is so thick with lies at times it’s almost palpable, and while we’re reminded that Raisa is still queen with responsibilities to think of what’s best for everyone, she’s heartbroken at the same time, and it takes a lot of prodding from her friends to get her out of her sorrow and into a place where she can make decisions again. Raisa learns how truly difficult it is to keep peace, which is all she wants, when there are so many opposed to her who are ready to battle each other at a moment’s notice, even her own family. The writing is strong, characters are well developed (I actually did feel sorry for Micah Bayer in parts—I do think he wanted to break away from his father, he just didn’t have the strength), but changeable as they need to be in order to try to accomplish what they need to do, whether it be supporting Raisa or the enemy. Or an enemy that isn’t known to be an enemy who’s supporting Raisa—The Crimson Crown felt much more complicated than the ones before it in the series. It had to fill in a lot of gaps from the past, break long held beliefs on the clan’s part, and still end up with Raisa prevailing. Well, hopefully. One relationship that is definitely intriguing is the one between Han and Crow, which progresses significantly. Altogether, I feel satisfied with the conclusion, not left hanging anywhere, and will have to read them all back to back at some point so I get everything instead of having read them over the course of four years.
    • 4/5
      A good, satisfying conclusion to the series. The politics, schemes, and plots laid in the previous novels come to a head this one, as Raisa faces multiple forces vying for her throne as she and Han struggle to find a way to be together. Fun reading!
    • 5/5
      Perfect ending to a great series.
    • 4/5
      When I read my previous reviews, I was confused by myself too. I am such a fan of this series. I will start over, less fan gushing this time.

      The Crimson Crown is the final installment of the Seven Realms series by the author Cinda Williams Chima about the struggles of Han Alister who was born in poverty and found himself becoming an enemy against the great wizard family the Bayars and Princess Raisa ana'Marianna, an heir of the throne who was forced to fight for the future of her kingdom and is trying hard to unite her divided people against the incoming hostile enemies.

      At the start of the book, it followed the previous book where Raisa claim the throne after the murder of her mother, the Queen and by doing so, she was thorn between her legacy and her love for Han Alister, the boy who she fall in love with.

      Han Alister was heartbroken when he found out his love, Rebecca is the princess in hiding, Princess Raisa. But his ambitious quest for vengence against the Bayar for murdering his family drove him to assimilate himself in the politics as the guardian of the queen and thus gaining a lordship in process. Due to his own ambition, it troubled the Bayar who recognize him as a threat and constantly trying to hurt Han's reputation as possible and the Demonai elders who found Han being too unpredictable for their cause.

      With the threats coming from both Demonai and Wizard's prejudices, Raisa and Han found its hard for other party to reach understanding. Raisa who had to take up the throne began to notice her queendom's military strength is dwindling, loyalties divided among her people and the strife between Demonai and the Wizards is straining on her including the recurrent wizard homicides that all seemed to point to Han Alister.

      What more depressing about this novel is that everyone seems to be against Han. Its not Han's fault to be gifted nor for his past, he's young and its a cruel world to be poor. Double standards posh people.

      On the other hand, Crow revealed himself to be Alger Waterlow, the infamous Demon King who broke the world. However, according to the thousand years old Lucas, Alger's friend and Hanalea's consort, the Bayars had falsified history and blaming everything on the young Alger Waterlow. Because of this, the Demonai clan who had kept an eye on Han's ancestory had tried all their best to suppress the gifted descendent of Alger until Han.

      By claiming his birthright, Han finally have something to prove against the Bayars immense influence and cronyism. But this requires him to navigate his way around the intricate wizarding politics in the influential wizard council that was predominantly conquered by the Bayars.

      Being an epic fantasy YA novel, the book doesn't skimp on being a love story between Han and Raisa. I do find their naive relationship within this book doesn't change much from the previous book and the conflicts added are too convinient and easy for both of them.

      Half of the book is mostly about Han's battle against everyone and somehow it does left a bitter unresolved aftertaste on me on how slightly disappointed it was as a finale of a series. I do find some characters are undone and was resolved in a hurry like Micah and Amon. I do love the plot that involved Fire Dancer and the past but the abrupt ending for most of the characters is simplified and it does leave too much hanging.

      Honestly, four books is not enough to conclude the Seven Realms series. It deserve seven instalments and a tv series contract that rivalled Seekers or Game of Thrones. A lot of the world building was stunted due to letting the plot flows. In the previous books, the characters were sometimes travelling and constantly exposed to newer region and people. And there were less literary techniques and more 'cue epiphany' in it.

      The ending seems to be too fan-pleasing. I like it intially but after a while, it hit me. I became a bit skeptic with some parts especially how it get predictable and convinient for the main characters that somehow doesn't lift up to the expectation.

      Its a tad disappointment after a year of waiting but on the bright side, it could have gone worser.
    • 5/5
      The Crimson Crown completes Cinda Williams Chima's Seven Realms series in a wonderful, outstanding fashion that makes the reader not only appreciate the book by itself, but the series overall. Queen Raisa and Han Alister, friends and both distant descendants of the infamous Demon King and legendary warrior queen Hanalea, try to bring together the peoples of the Fells in their own ways. Raisa uses politics and her authority as Queen while Han uses his street smarts in an attempt to outmaneuver schemes of several Wizards, however both find themselves stymied or unintentionally ruining the other's plans. Then the mysterious deaths of Wizards on Han's home turf and everything points to him, things start getting really difficult.As Han attempts to keep his promise to the Clans, gain his revenge on the Bayars, and attempt to win Raisa's hand in marriage he continues to consult his magical mentor Crow, his ancestor Alger Waterlow and infamous Demon King, to learn his secrets and later the true events of a 1,000 years before. Even with all his plans falling apart, Han discovers the lost Armory of the Gifted Kings, only to fall into the hands of the Bayars just afterwards at the same time Fells is betrayed and invaded by Arden. Literally things go from bad to worse for both Raisa and Han, it looks like there will be no happy ending.However, it was then that Chima showed her talent as a writer as she crafted a believable series of events that resolved the various storylines set up not only in the first half of the book but in the previous three books to a satisfying conclusion not only to the book but the series as well. Not everyone the reader has met survives, not many "villains" get redeemed or die, betrayal by friends or family occur that result in either deaths or lose of trust, and the external enemies are still a threat. It is because the Seven Realms series doesn't end like a fairy tale that makes this book so outstanding, its about how two individuals from different backgrounds were able to confront a 1,000 years of history to be together and start changing their homeland in a lifetime of work.If you like good fantasy, or good storytelling, or good characters, or all three(!); I recommend this series to readers of all ages.
    • 4/5
      The fourth and final book in the Seven Realms series. The betrayal of two young lovers; Alger Waterlow and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, still impacts on the Queendom of the Fells new monarch; Raisa "ana'"Marianna. Her rule is plagued by the tensions between wizards and Clan and she is unsure who to trust. Former streetlord Han Alister is now part of the Wizard Council of the Fells and carried a secret dating from a thousand years ago. Can he use this to unite the people of the Queendom against their enemy before it is too late and will Raisa follow her heart, rather than her sense of duty?A great finish to the series.
    • 5/5
      Not spoilers so much as a general overview of the series as a whole.

















      Another ending series, the whole of which was altogether enjoyable. The Crimson Crown is the culmination of a lot of groundwork in the first three novels of the series. Raisa is now about to be crowned queen, both of the nobles and the clans. Neither side is sure of the other, as the nobles don’t trust the clans and the clans don’t trust magic, even the few of their own who have studied it and are accomplished wizards. All three sides compete to present a possible husband for Raisa, who only loves one man, who only loves her—Han Alister, a man taken in by her father, head of an important clan, who sends Han to learn to be a wizard. He doesn’t want Raisa to marry Han, he wants her to marry someone else he has chosen to take over the clan after him, Windwalker. And the wizards want her to marry Micah Bayer, another Wizard—the Bayers have been ruling over the Wizards for a very long time, and there are some that would be more than happy to see them overturned. The Wizards and the clan refuse to trust each other until they have no choice and are betrayed from within by their own commander, and then enemies to the East. Their leader also wants to, you guessed it, marry Raisa. She’s gotten to be awfully popular. She knows with fair certainty that the men, other than Han, want to marry her to use her as a pawn, and at times she’s not too certain of Han, either. When you end up under siege in your own castle, I’d be pretty suspicious of everyone as well. This is an excellent conclusion, where good pretty much triumphs and evil pretty much loses, but not without losses and a good deal of grey remaining. The air is so thick with lies at times it’s almost palpable, and while we’re reminded that Raisa is still queen with responsibilities to think of what’s best for everyone, she’s heartbroken at the same time, and it takes a lot of prodding from her friends to get her out of her sorrow and into a place where she can make decisions again. Raisa learns how truly difficult it is to keep peace, which is all she wants, when there are so many opposed to her who are ready to battle each other at a moment’s notice, even her own family. The writing is strong, characters are well developed (I actually did feel sorry for Micah Bayer in parts—I do think he wanted to break away from his father, he just didn’t have the strength), but changeable as they need to be in order to try to accomplish what they need to do, whether it be supporting Raisa or the enemy. Or an enemy that isn’t known to be an enemy who’s supporting Raisa—The Crimson Crown felt much more complicated than the ones before it in the series. It had to fill in a lot of gaps from the past, break long held beliefs on the clan’s part, and still end up with Raisa prevailing. Well, hopefully. One relationship that is definitely intriguing is the one between Han and Crow, which progresses significantly. Altogether, I feel satisfied with the conclusion, not left hanging anywhere, and will have to read them all back to back at some point so I get everything instead of having read them over the course of four years.
    • 5/5
      Its done. its done???
      ohhhh, best book so far this year.
      I'm feeling the afterglow of this book. Considering if I should reread from book one again right away... Or wait... So good!!! This series ranks close to the top in my best series ever list.

      The series is perfect for fans of series like Song of Ice and Fire (with the understanding that it is a YA series). It is a series full political drama, messy misunderstandings, robust characters you love and others you love to hate.
    • 4/5
      A book need not be perfect to be touching. Or enjoyable. As with the other series Ms. Chima has written, I'm sad to see this one come to a close.
    • 4/5
      The fourth and final book in the Seven Realms series. The betrayal of two young lovers; Alger Waterlow and Hanalea, Queen of the Fells, still impacts on the Queendom of the Fells new monarch; Raisa "ana'"Marianna. Her rule is plagued by the tensions between wizards and Clan and she is unsure who to trust. Former streetlord Han Alister is now part of the Wizard Council of the Fells and carried a secret dating from a thousand years ago. Can he use this to unite the people of the Queendom against their enemy before it is too late and will Raisa follow her heart, rather than her sense of duty?A great finish to the series.
    • 5/5
      (Note: The Crimson Crown is the fourth book in the Seven Realms series. This review may contain SPOILERS for earlier books in the series.)Raisa is now Queen of the Fells, and Han is her bodyguard and her appointee to the Wizard Council -- but neither of them are out of danger. The question of Raisa's marriage is fraught with tension, as both the Clans and the Wizards put forth candidates . . . and there are some who feel that they could do without Raisa at all. Meanwhile, Han's position gives him no protection from the other wizards, particularly the powerful Bayars, who would like nothing better than to have Han permanently removed from the picture. As war continues to rage in the kingdoms to the south, it appears that the Fells may fall to internal conflict rather than to invasion, though with the ambitious and ruthless Gerard Montaigne on the Ardenine throne, the southern kingdoms still pose a definite threat.This book was a gripping conclusion to the series -- I read it quickly, finding it extremely difficult to put down. The characters and worldbuilding are strong, and the plot and pacing keep the reader engaged, to say the least. My only small complaint is that Chima occasionally used the particularly modern convention of breaking up an emphatically delivered sentence with periods. After. Every. Word. -- and, while I can accept that usage in a modern setting, I found it completely out of place in high fantasy. Other than that minor syntactical quibble, I really enjoyed this book, and will, I'm sure, reread the series in the future. I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys high fantasy. Of course, if you are unfamiliar with the series, start with The Demon King -- this book definitely needs the context provided in earlier volumes.
    • 4/5
      Although this series concluded much as I thought it would, I enjoyed reading the finale. Williams created a host of characters who I will remember for a long, long time.  
    • 5/5
      In this final book in the Seven Realms series, Raisa is now queen and fighting to keep her fractious country united. Han, former streetlord turned wizard, has his sights set high: he wants nothing less than to marry Raisa, and he may take drastic action to make that happen.I have very much enjoyed the time I spent with Raisa and Han in this series, and discovering the history of the Seven Realms and Raisa's queendom. It's very hard to separate this book out and talk about it separate from the series, but I can say that I like seeing the ways in which Chima develops some of her secondary characters so that you are not always sure if they were more good than bad, or if they would do the right thing in the end. It's a typical teen fantasy in some ways (good versus evil, the young taking on the elders and teaching them a better way, a kick butt heroine and a romance), but because I absolutely loved Raisa and, I admit, especially Han, I would consider revisiting the series someday, and I found this a fitting end to the story.
    • 5/5
      Outstanding. Well written. Couldn't put it down. Completely Captivating. Fantastic series. The story and characters will stay with me for long time.
    • 5/5
      And the tale was of the Seven Realms keeps going!!
    • 4/5
      A large cast of well-developed characters that you will come to love and hate. Exciting political intrigue between wizards, clan people, gray wolves and more.
    • 5/5
      An excellent ending to a fantastic series.
    • 4/5
      The conclusion of the Seven Realms series does not disappoint. This series is highly reccommended for fans - boys and girls - of high fantasy.  
    • 4/5
      Yeah, this is the madcap energy I want from Elephant and Piggie! It's a pig party, woo, we're almost in Go, Dog, Go territory here (always a good thing).
    • 4/5
      I'm a bit surprised Gerald was slow to catch on, but that's ok, sometimes we all feel a little left out, even defensive. And besides, w/out his confusion, we'd not have had the big reveal. Of course, now I want to celebrate Pig Day! If I had kids, we'd definitely find a blank spot on the calendar and add that on.
    • 5/5
      An Elephant and Pig book that shows you can still be friends despite your differences. These stories are very engaging.
    • 4/5
      Piggie is so excited to celebrate Pig Day. His best friend, Gerald, is an elephant, and thinks he can't celebrate Pig Day because he's not a pig.Fun and cute, something I would recommend for early childhood as well as an early reader book. The illustrations are adorable, and the way every line is dialogue is something very unique, almost like an early childhood comic book. Sweet and interesting, though not as engaging as other Elephant and Piggie books. Still, the moral of inclusion is a good one, and this is an interesting way to learn it!
    • 5/5
      Pig Day should be a national holiday!
    • 4/5
      Piggie is very happy to celebrate Happy Pig Day. Gerald is sad because he thinks he cannot participate- he is an elephant not a pig. Then, Gerald discovers that Happy Pig Day is for "Anyone who loves Pigs!" Gerald is happy to celebrate with piggy and exclaim, "Oinky, Oinky, Oink!" (Happy Pig Day in Pig)This is a cute book by Mo Williams. This would be an excellent book to use in an early childhood education setting as a read around during a unit on emotions, friendship, and culture. Celebrating traditions with cultures that are different than ours should be welcome. I loved this book. It is sweet, engaging, and models good behavior without being preachy. I love how Gerald and Piggie always manage to solve their problems using words.