Traitor to the Thorne (Rebel of the Sands Series 2)
Traitor to the Thorne
By Alwyn Hamilton
Rebel by chance. Traitor by
choice.
Damn it!!!! This book is so
good!!!! 
Gunslinger Amani al'Hiza fled her
dead-end hometown on the back of a mythical horse with the mysterious foreigner
Jin, seeking only her own freedom. Now she’s fighting to liberate the entire
desert nation of Miraji from a bloodthirsty sultan who slew his own father to
capture the throne.
When Amani finds herself thrust
into the epicenter of the regime—the Sultan’s palace—she’s determined to bring
the tyrant down. Desperate to uncover the Sultan’s secrets by spying on his
court, she tries to forget that Jin disappeared just as she was getting closest
to him, and that she’s a prisoner of the enemy. But the longer she remains, the
more she questions whether the Sultan is really the villain she’s been told he
is, and who’s the real traitor to her sun-bleached, magic-filled homeland.
Forget everything you thought you
knew about Miraji, about the rebellion, about Djinn and Jin and the Blue-Eyed
Bandit. In Traitor to the Throne, the only certainty is that everything will
change.
I hated the quiet. I could hear
my fears that much louder for it.
Everyone hates Jin’s leaving. I
hate it, Amani hates it, Ahmed hates it…What on earth are you thinking???? But I
forgive you. Well…eventually, I will. So…the book started with Amani survived
the terrible gun shot and wake up facing the fact that Jin had been sent away
from the camp. Umm…well…it appeared that Jin was lost almost the entire book. I
hate it, you hate it, everyone hates it…since Jin is one of the very reason why
I love this book so much. And I was originally so afraid that Amani will not be
back with Jin and blablabla. So much worry. But…the ship is still there. No
body move. Anything happened to my beloved Jin and Amani and I’ll kill. 
Please…I need them to survive the entire
battle in the third book…although I had a bad feeling that Ahmed might not be
the final leader that sits on the throne. Shhhh!!!!! Just guessing…I fear that
something happened in the Mockingjay, yes the Hunger Games series 3, will
happened here. But…as long as they all survive…it won’t be a matter…right? Oh
yes, Shazad should be the one sitting on the throne.
But there, standing at the
entrance to the garden, wearing a khalat the colour of a breaking dawn and that
faint smile that meant she knew she was outsmarting someone, was Shazad.
Shazad, Shazad, Shazad…I’ve loved this woman
more and more throughout this book. She is magnificent. She combined Ahmed’s kindness,
Sultan’s cruelness, Jin’s sarcastic, Amani’s skill…even better…and everything.
She is the only person in this book being so perfect without being a demdji.
Yes, we know demdji is going to rule the book with their magical fantastic
power…but Shazad needs none of it to stand herself out. At some point…it’s even
more interesting seeing her over Amani. Sorry, Amani, I still love you…but
Shazad is just incomparable…you’ll understand, I know. Why did I say that? Oh
my gosh…Shazad and Amani’s friendship is fantastic.
I thought of Shazad. My sister in
arms. We had recognised something in each other the first time we met and we
were tied. By more than blood.
They’re one and the same…and
now? 
As for Amani,
our blue-eye bandit. I love the change in Amani in this book…we seldom see her
using guns this time. She still did, but lesser…she somehow learned to control
her storm more and more and more and destroy everything.
I love her fearsome when she
gets hold of the guns…but I love more when she controlled the sand. There wasn’t
just fearsome anymore…but you can see she was no longer fighting for herself,
but for those she love. And that’s good, very very good. I love the change in
her…although that kind of lead to the future disaster. Umm…you can’t gain
without loosing? The other interesting thing is that Amani became a spy in the
palace. Not through her willing, but by force. But the twist…the twist!!!! It’s
so good! I love how Amani became the spy; I love all the people that were
brought into the story, even the bitches. Especially through the ending!!! The
betrayal!!! Damn!!!! I hadn’t seen that!!!! As usual, I’ve spoiled myself some
of the ending chapters, but I couldn’t guess that!!!!! Well twist!!!! I love
unexpected surprises!!!! Oh god…I can no longer contain…here comes the spoiler.
A new dawn. A new
desert.
And tomorrow the sun
would rise on the first day of a new desert.
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You always want something.
Gosh!!!! The ending!!!! I hate and love the
ending!!!! I have to wait until an entire year to know whether Shazad, Ahmed,
Delila and all the others survived? Noooo!!!!!! And that twist! How on earth
can Leyla became the traitor to her own flesh and blood!!! How cruel of you!!!!
I screamed so loud when the plan had fail because of her! The innocent, shy
little princess who was supposed to hate Sultan like her brother…turned out to
be the one betraying everyone. Especially when no one is expecting a
betrayal!!!! Damn!!! That got me!!! But I love the book for that. And Jin…how
can you leave everyone just to find Amani? (*Bravo) You know…I really really
love that the male character isn’t the one stealing the world…but as a supportive
character to the protagonist. Well…he isn’t that good…but that’s why we love
him, isn’t it? In some Chinese Romance story, when readers are always saying
that how nice it is for a handsome male character to choose the protagonist over
the ambition or power…but I was always rolling my eyes. You know why? Because
they were always born to be an extremely rich person or a prince…and
eventually, after their union, they still got all the wealth. But what Jin got
if he stick with Amani? Nothing…but he’s still with her. All of his actions are
out of his love for his family, his love for Amani…and in that case, I’ll
forgive him a thousand times for leaving Amani when she was shoot. (Of course,
with a good explanation.)
I love Traitor to the Throne with all my
little heart…and I love the twists, the schemes, the actions and everything.
(Well…the scheme isn’t that god…since Amani isn’t that good at playing with
others. But the Sultan…hum…is good. However, it’s not *that good for me to give
this book a five stars scheming point) Read the book if you hesitated after
reading Rebel of the Sands!!! (Although I must say…i was more surprise in Rebel
of the Sands and I hate the changing cover.) It worth all your time.
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