Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin, 352 pages. Random
House, 2020. $18.
Language: PG (15 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence:
PG-13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
As a Nameless, the most 17yo Coin can hope for is to
not get caught pickpocketing today. But when the king dies and the tattoo
revealing his named heir appears on her shoulder, Coin has to face a new
reality: being named as heir means that she has a name and that those of higher
rank just gained another reason to dislike her.
All around, McLaughlin has crafted a splendid read. I loved
how there was so much adversity to overcome alongside the problems needing to
be solved and how McLaughlin brought things together in the end. I loved all
the different characters with their varying motivations and how they ended up
helping each other. I loved the messages of social classes and the definition
of family. I even loved the acknowledgements section at the end of the book,
which I don’t normally read. While McLaughlin has set things up to potentially
write a sequel, part of me doesn’t want any sequels because I am so content
with how great Coin’s story was and how satisfied I am with the ending.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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