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# The Invasion of the Tearling: A Novel

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    While I merely liked the first installment of this series
  

*by K***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 1, 2016*

The Invasion of the Tearling is the second book in The Queen of the Tearling trilogy by Erika Johansen. While I merely liked the first installment of this series, I was genuinely surprised to find The Invasion of the Tearling take a complete 180 turn from its predecessor; it is a fast-paced, action-filled, genre-bending read that you CANNOT put down!!Genre-bending: noun, def.: the act in which an author takes a seemingly simple story and swipes it across a medium of several different genres, seamlessly flowing from one to the other without separation or transition, and consequently BLOWS THE READERS MIND!! What started as a cut-and-dry medieval fantasy novel has now morphed into this hybrid breed of fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian wünderbuch (that's German for FREAKING FANTASTIC BOOK... in case you were wondering).If I could narrow down a proper description of this book into one word it would be GRIT. From the lead character's disposition, to the no-nonsense attitude the author takes on intimacy between characters, from the sinister role the Church plays within political maneuverings, to the realistic illustration of domestic abuse, violence amidst war, looting, pillaging, and, in some instances, rape.. .Grit is everywhere, present at all times throughout this novel.Don't be fooled: this is NOT your typical YA fantasy novel. YA is probably an inappropriate label in this case. I would only refer this book to older audiences, in an effort not to wrongly influence anyone who still has pliable and/or unformed opinions on religion or violence against women. Hence my 18+ age recommendation above. As a reader, I respect the narrative voice that Erika Johansen chose to use. I felt that certain uncomfortable topics were used to drive the storyline in a horrifying and brutal manner, but the author never once romanticized, minimized, or in any way endorsed domestic violence or rape where it was written. You have been warned.What I liked:There are quite a few things in this novel that I quite enjoyed. To name a few:Kelsea's Character Development: We see a significant difference in Kelsea's maturity from what we witnessed in the first book. In The Queen of the Tearling, we witness a naive, shallow, conceited girl who places herself first before her people and her kingdom. Mind you, I gave her much more leniency then some, considering the circumstances of her ascension, her age, and proper lack of any sort of societal norms to base her actions on. However, in Book #2 Kelsea has, for lack of a better term, grown up. She's developed a hardness to her. A darkness. And it was delicious to watch!!New Characters (surprisingly): Normally, it takes me a while to sink into a new character. I spend at least half a book hating them, wishing the author would move on to our beloved leads. Not so in Invasion. Lily, from Pre-Crossing Connecticut (that's right...like in the USA...not so medieval now, are we?), shows us what the world was like before the Tearling, before Kelsea, before the Mort Queen... A life lived in a cage, where people were micro-chipped and monitored, women were nothing more then chattel, owned by their husbands, whose only purpose in life was to serve and birth offspring... (see quote below)Wicked Plot Twists: There are so many times that this book knocked me off my feet with insane twists. Without spoilers: a) We get to learn more about how the Queen of Mort came to power and WHO she really is. b) We're shown how the sapphires played a role in starting the New World, as well as what their true powers really are. c) So many questions are answered regarding what The Crossing actually is, how it was started, and the timeline for this whole world, which was so frustrating at times in the first book.“Being childless was a failure; she heard this message constantly, from her friends, from the minister, from the government bulletins online (the tone of these had grown increasingly panicked in the past ten years, as the ratio of poor to rich had quadrupled). There were even tax incentives now, deductions for people above a certain income level who had multiple children. To the outward eye, Lily had failed at her most important task, but she could only dissemble the shame that her friends would have felt.”— LilyWhat I didn't like:Again we are left high and dry as to the identity of Kelsea's father. Up until the last 10% of the book, I was convinced it was The Mace. But Erika Johansen has seriously impressed me with her plot-weaving skills, so I'll concede to the master and wait patiently for the third book to get my explanation.The pacing in the first part of the book is a bit cloddish. Coupled with the interchanging POV's between Kelsea and Lily in modern Pre-Crossing Era (which the reader DOES NOT know right off the bat, making for a very confused Unapologetic Nerd), it took me until about 40% in for me to find my reading stride. Once Kelsea's visions of Lily's were more fleshed out, I picked up a rhythm pretty quickly and blew through the rest of the book.Overall:There are so many questions left unanswered in this second installment!!  I can't wait to see what Erika Johansen pulls out of her bottomless bag of bobbins and trickery. I am a huge fan of cross-blending genres, and she has done a FANTASTIC job of it with this series.The last book in this trilogy, The Fate of the Tearling, is expected to release June 7th, 2016.I highly recommend this book to anyone who will not be offended and/or disturbed by scenes of rape, domestic abuse, assault, and/or be uncomfortable with negative implications towards organized religion. Again, I do NOT recommend this for younger audiences.I give this 4/5 stars.

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    Intriguing followup to Queen of the Tearling
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2015*

The Invasion of the Tearling is the second in Erika Johansen’s YA Tearling fantasy trilogy.  It continues the story of young queen Kelsea Glynn as she prepares to deal with the aftermath of her actions in the first novel, The Queen of the Tearling.I’ll start this review by stating that I hadn’t actually intended to continue with this series, given that I had significant issues with Johansen’s worldbuilding and character development in the first book.  However, I recently read the book blurb which indicated to me that Johansen was taking clear steps to address some of the issues with the worldbuilding at least and so I decided to give the series a second chance.What I likedAdditional point of view character.  For this second outing, Johansen has added a second point of view character, Lily.  Lily is a woman from the pre-Crossing era who has a strange connection with our protagonist, Kelsea.  Through her eyes we learn more about the history of the Tearling’s founding and what led William Tear to strike out to begin his utopia.I absolutely loved Lily’s story and, personally, I was far more engaged with her plight than Kelsea’s.  These sections were wonderful both from a plot point of view and character development.  Throughout, I really found myself rooting for her.  This section of the book reads more like a dystopian novel than the traditional fantasy of Kelsea’s section, but it worked very well.It should be noted that Lily’s section deals with some issues which are far grittier and more adult than those generally found in young adult or even new adult books, and was written in a more adult manner.  Lily is notably older than Kelsea and is in a different life stage.  It could well be that’s why I connected more with her, as I too, am older than your average young adult protagonist!Lily’s character development was beautifully written.Kelsea’s romantic life. Often in YA, this can be a particularly problematic area, with the romance either subjected to the inevitable love triangle or so overblown with stars and rainbows it becomes intolerable.  I get it.  First love can be awesome.  Too often though YA authors portray it through rose-tinted spectacles.  Johansen’s portrayal of this part of Kelsea’s life felt grounded in reality and was excellently written.In general I found Kelsea more consistently written in Invasion of the Tearling than she was in Queen.  I particularly enjoyed how the connection between her and Lily played out.The pre-Crossing history.  The promise of learning more about the founding of the Tearling was what drew me back in to give this series a second chance and Johansen certainly made good on that promise.  I loved what we got, but I’m not one hundred percent convinced, though, that she has allayed the concerns I had from the first book.  I still can’t see the logic in why Harry Potter survived the Crossing but the internal combustion engine didn’t.  We still have a lot to discover, so I’ll suspend final judgement on this aspect until after the final book.What I didn’t likeAdditional point of view.  Yes, I know I had this listed in part of my Likes; let me explain.  The two main point of view characters are in different worlds, and are at different life stages and more, importantly, are written as such.  It feels almost like two completely separate books, and I’m not certain that they are targeting the same audience.The audio narration.  I had a bit of a problem with the audio narration.  The book is narrated by Davina Porter, who, don’t get me wrong, does a great job.  My issue is that she is best known to me as the narrator of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series.  Ms Porter has a distinctive voice and half the time I kept expecting Jamie Fraser to come sauntering into the scene.  That was my personal issue though and it may not be one for you.In summary then, I found Invasion a stronger book than Queen of the Tearling.  That’s not to say it’s perfect by any means.  I’m still not completely certain Johansen can pull together a completely cohesive overall story arc by the end of the trilogy, but I’m invested enough that I want to read book three to find out.I gave Invasion of the Tearling 3.5-4 stars out of five.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Not quite what the first book promised...
  

*by L***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 4, 2016*

WELL. I absolutely loved the first in this trilogy, so much so I will definitely read the third book when it comes out. The overall concept is absolutely brilliant, and the writing is so compelling: a truly powerful, intelligent, relatable heroine, and a startlingly original premise and wonderfully worked-out world.However this second in the series didn't really follow through, for me. The main focus was on the very early part of the founding of the world we know from book 1, so it was set in the 'modern world' (really a futuristic dystopia, but not so very far removed from our own world today), and not in Kelsea's world. It's a very clever idea but I didn't love it in the same way I did the Tearling, and I was impatient to get back to what's happening in the Tearling, to be honest. It didn't feel like the stuff inside matched what was on the tin, which I know is sometimes just the case. I also found this very violent and really a lot of focus on the violence, particularly sexual violence, which I felt pretty uncomfortable with, and this comment comes from someone who has watched and loved ever series of Game of Thrones so I'm no Mary Whitehouse!Still amazingly written though, and I will definitely be buying book 3 and reading it in one gulp, when it comes out!

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