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Empress of the World

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Book is COMPLETE and FREE. From a young age, Aurora wanted to be different than her domineering mother, Empress Zephyra. When Aurora unexpectedly inherits the throne, she is left behind with two words: be better. And she tries. But just as things seem to have settled, Empress Aurora of Valiant receives a vision: the entire world will be destroyed. Along with her friend Devrim, Aurora makes the bold decision to travel to the Fates in the land of magic to find the answers she seeks. To be better, the new Empress must place her own life on the line to stop the coming doom.

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Chapter 1The Announcement

The palace was bathed in sunlight like it was every day in Valiant. Aurora sat on a bench and picked at the flowers of the garden, when suddenly the sky went dark.

A figure, shrouded by the eclipse, appeared in front of her with a sword in his hand. She could see them hesitate as the shadow lifted the blade. The scared little girl held her arms up and tried to block the blow. Just as the sword was set to split her in two, the princess tumbled out of her large bed and onto the floor.

"Your Highness!" A lady-in-waiting rushed in to help the girl off the ground. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, Anna," the heir to the throne answered. "It was only a bad dream." Though somewhere deep down, Aurora felt it was more than that. She knew somehow it was a warning.

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That afternoon, Aurora looked out at the bustling crowd, praying that she would not fall because of the tall heels her advisors had made her wear. The large heavy clothes and thick make-up made her feel like a clown, but the Council had insisted she needed to look older than her actual age.

They were right; Aurora no longer looked ten-years-old. She looked much closer to eighteen, which was their goal. It had been a tall order, but somehow they had managed it.

Beside her stood a boy, looking equally ridiculous as she. Instead of a long, flowing gown as she had, he was wearing a tunic and wide trouser to conceal his own elevated shoes and a purple robe covering his shoulders to make them look broader.

Devrim, that was his name. He was only two years older than Aurora, and now he, too, had the weight of the Empire on his shoulders.

Devrim waved awkwardly to the crowd below. They were high up in the palace on a balcony overlooking the capital city, Valiant. Many wars had been fought over the years, but today was a different kind of battle.

Today was a battle of politics, and both Aurora and Devrim hoped it would not end in bloodshed. The chief of the Council, Cafer, stood on the edge of the balcony with his arms raised to address the crowd.

Silence fell.

Cafer cleared his throat, "Empress Zephyra..."

"Glory to the Empress!" cried the crowd in unison.

Cafer expected their response. He paused before continuing. "Empress Zephyra is dead!"

The crowd exclaimed, murmured, and mumbled, but generally most seemed to have already understood this fact. "It is the Princess Aurora's and the Council's deepest desire to honor her death by observing a week's mourning."

A hush ensued.

A week's mourning was a short time for a ruler to be memorialized. Empress Zephyra had been a firm and mighty ruler, but also cold and distant.

She had conquered the world with her fierce army, and many would not be sad that she was gone. The short duration of mourning would mean that few would have a chance to show open defiance before it was complete.

"After this time of mourning, we shall begin a new era by crowning a new Empress, Empress Aurora!"

"Glory to the Empress!" the crowd shouted again, this time for their new ruler.

Aurora gasped. Their fervor was overwhelming. Devrim grabbed her hand to steady her. His grey eyes were comforting in the midst of the chaos.

Turning his head back to the crowd, Devrim regained his most regal pose.

"Are you ok?" he whispered through the side of his mouth.

Aurora couldn't help but smile. Even though he had been put in an impossible position, Devrim was still thinking of her. He was a good friend. She had chosen the right person to accompany her.

"I will be fine. Are you sure you want to be here, to a part of this deception? If you make your escape now, I will not stop you."

"I am here to serve you, Empress." the boy said, a hint of playfulness in his young voice.

"Please don't call me that...at least not for another week."

The pair were called back to Cafer's speech. He had been going on about the merits of Aurora, most of which were exaggerated for effect, but now his focus had changed.

"Good people, Empress Zephyra was a private person. She did not allow you to experience the joys of her life. Even we, as a Council, were not allowed to attend the marriage ceremony of the future Empress Aurora..."

The crowd was suddenly loud as many questioned how this could be so. Speaking over the multitude, Chief Cafer went on, "Nor could we be present when the future Empress had her first two children only this past week."

Cafer's lies worked; the people erupted in indignation. If they had known she was only a child pretending to be grown, pretending to be married, and pretending to have children…how much more angry would they have been, Aurora wondered. Lies upon lies to protect the empire.

As it was, the councilmen lining the back of the palace balcony grew uneasy. It was not clear if the crowd was angry at the late Empress or at them.

Aurora grasped at Devrim's hand, her anxiety growing each moment. Finally, when the noise had reached its apex, Cafer held up his hands dramatically.

"You are right to be angry," he comforted them. "But we will make this right. After our mourning, we will hold a celebration and declare a week-long public holiday in honor of the new Empress, her marriage and the heirs to the throne."

Those listening cheered so loud it was deafening. Aurora applauded Cafer's cunning move inwardly. He had let them be angry so that their joy would be that much more pronounced. And a week of no labor was unheard of in Empress Zephyra's reign. Already, Aurora's popularity was growing.

"And now, good people, I will delay you no longer. May I present, future Emperor Consort Devrim, and Aurora, future Empress of the World and all that is within it!"

The children stepped forward, working very hard to appear as the eighteen and twenty-year-olds that the royal records would indicate. They waved to the welcoming crowd, many chanting their names in turn. It felt surreal.

"They love you," Devrim said encouragingly.

"No," Aurora responded, "They love that I am not my mother."

"Do you plan to follow in her footsteps?" Devrim asked over the din of praise.

"Definitely not," the ten-year-old said with conviction.

The boy squeezed her hand. He had not let go through the entire ceremony, though whether it was to comfort her or himself she was not sure. "Good." Devrim said with a grin.

"You aren't waving enough!" Cafer hissed as he leaned over toward them. He had been too far to hear their musings and he had no mind for 'idle prattle' anyway.

"Yes, Chief Cafer," the children dutifully responded, redoubling their waving efforts.

"Much better," Cafer said, satisfied. "And don't forget to smile."

Through his plastered smile, Devrim could not help but add his final thoughts, "Don't be anyone but you. Forge your own path. It's not every day you inherit a planet."

Aurora chuckled, "Inheriting it was easy. Ruling it will be the hard part."

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Been a long time since I had such a good read. *Writing Quality: Excellent Delivery, although a little long, paragraphs are well structured, I'd usually not put myself more than a single dialogue per paragraph unless a dialogue it's accompanied by an inner monologue, but that's a personal preference, everything else is genuine, the story is easy to follow, there are no flamboyant terminologies that someone with average English can understand, 10/10. *Stability of Updates: It has a firm schedule, hence, 10/10. *Story Development: Surreal, it gives an accurate description of the background of the world, the royal court, the MC's status, how she lives and her feelings, it develops slowly into the promised premise (Become a fitting Queen) while giving it the surrealism of how actual monarchy would work, it's marvellous, 10/10. *Character Design: I have to say I was flabbergasted with the relationship between the family trio at the start of the series, never expected to identify myself with the FL to the point that I felt bad for her, after reading so much, such self-identification substance is lost, but I truly felt bad for her and hated the Empress to the core, in mere chapters, that speaks a lot of how characters are portrayed, their dialogues and the subtle details that speak louder than words and insults, still... here is where I find the only flaw in this novel, Devrim. His inclusion was too abrupt to the point it felt heterogeneous to the entire development prior, Aurora's reaction shouldn't have been to readily accept a candidate (even if she's choosing him herself) after having her mother reject her in such a way her entire life while her father was hopeless to protect her, she'd have trust issues. After her father, the only person that could salvage her, moved on, she'd enclose herself and trust no one, she'd eventually open her heart to Devrim and call him a friend, but perhaps after several tests acknowledge friendship, this is the only matter that ended up being 'surrealist' to me, compared to the rest of what I read. *World Background: Accurately described, the only thing I'd probably improve is to use the scenery description to boost the relevance of a scene, if a meeting is casual like spring and floating grass or as torrential as the rain which thunderstrikes, a dusty meeting with feelings in between, the atmosphere description will always enhance the perception of a scene, among other description such as geography and etc... which I can't touch upon as those depend of the scope of your novel. Overall, one of the best stories I have read on this site gave me a vibe of Les Miserables for some reason with the father being Jean Valjean, but that's my opinion. Best Regards!

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Alright fellow readers, the time has come for another Ash review! Let me start off by saying this review is totally not aimed at promoting the author's other novel called The Guardian of Rynlee cough cough. If you haven't read it already, then what are you waiting for? Otherwise I will hunt you to the very ends of the earth- ahem I mean I will kindly recommend you to read the book cough (whistles cheerfully). Now onto the actual review! Having already come in to this novel with the experience of reading one of the Author's work, I was excited, expecting great things and looking forward to what would happen. And boy was I proved right! I don't want to spoil anything really but let me dive into a few key things I would like to say. (Clears throat and taps the microphone) The writing quality is superb (if there was a word for the very best I would have used it). Next the MC Aurora is a bright ray of sunshine even though the earlier chaps are not the happiest for her. She is a relatable character (which I as male btw 👀) was able to emphasise with. The author added a bigger twist when she was suddenly thrust into the deep end at such a young age. Alright time for the sidecharacters! What can I say really that hasn't already been said? As with all the sidecharacters across the author's two works, the ones in this book are not one dimensional. They each have their own personality (whether good or bad) and have a clear motive as to why they did certain things. From what I have read so far the plot progresses smoothly and the mysteries surrounding everything slowly get revealed the deeper you tread into this work of art. Although I haven't read that much, I felt that a review was due. So for any of u readers seeing my comment and hesitating whether to read the novel, I say go for it and you will not be disappointed. Instead you will be in for a captivating ride with the author's amazing storytelling. Finally this is a note to the author herself: Keep up the amazing work! I'm rooting for you! P.s. this novel is definitely a 10/10 :)

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