Master of One by Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett Book Tour
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Diversity tags: lgbtqiap+ rep, gay, trans, disability
Publication date: November 10, 2020
Book Links: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Indigo, IndieBound, Bookshop
Book Synopsis
"Sinister sorcery. Gallows humor. A queer romance so glorious it could be right out of fae legend itself. Master of One is a fantasy unlike any other.
Rags is a thief—an excellent one. He’s stolen into noble’’s coffers, picked soldier’s pockets, and even liberated a ring or two off the fingers of passersby. Until he’s caught by the Queensguard and forced to find an ancient fae relic for a sadistic royal sorcerer.
But Rags could never have guessed this “relic” would actually be a fae himself—a distractingly handsome, annoyingly perfect, ancient fae prince called Shining Talon. Good thing Rags can think on his toes, because things just get stranger from there…
With the heist and intrigue of Six of Crows and the dark fairy tale feel of The Cruel Prince, this young adult fantasy debut will have readers rooting for a pair of reluctant heroes as they take on a world-ending fae prophecy, a malicious royal plot, and, most dangerously of all, their feelings for each other."
My Thoughts
Welcome to my stop on the book tour of Master of One with TBR and Beyond Tours! The full tour schedule can be found here.
This book was a fantastic fantasy adventure! There was so much to love about this book and I wholeheartedly love this book. I found myself dreading reaching the end of this book, I just enjoyed spending time with these characters too much. I found the overarching puzzle and adventure compelling and interesting. This story moved quickly and there never seemed to be a dull moment.
You start the story with Rags the Thief who immediately had me laughing at his gallows humor towards the situation he'd found himself in. As the story progressed you meet more wonderful characters such as a newly awoken and several hundred year old Fae prince, an ex-Queensguard knight, an exiled noble, and a banished kind-hearted prince. This story moved quickly through all their different perspectives but the transitions never seemed distracting. The world-building did not bog down the story either, which is something that I find frustrating in a lot of fantasy books.
I thought there was some wonderful representation in this queer fantasy. The main love story is a gay romance and it evolves in a very natural way that doesn't seem forced at all. If I have any areas that I wish were better in this book, is that it is overwhelmingly white. There is a single character described as being brown, and it would have been nice to have a few more around.
Hands down, I highly recommend this book! This is the witty, fast-paced fantasy adventure I needed at this moment. This book comes out on November 10th and I've already pre-ordered the book from Bookshop.org and if you preorder now, you can get some pretty sweet incentives from the publisher!
I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher HarperTeen and TBR and Beyond Tours as part of my participation in their tour!
Representation: gay, trans, disability
Content Warnings: violence, gore, murder, suicide (mentioned), character death
About the Authors
Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett are married co-authors (without wanting to divorce yet) who live in Brooklyn with 8 cats. Danielle is from Victoria, British Columbia, and works freelance as an independent editor, proofreader and plagiarism checker. Jaida is a native New Yorker. Their published work includes four novels from the Volstovic Cycle, in addition to their many twitter rants on intersectional feminism and the NYC subway system.
