The Princess and the Orrery (The Pathway Tree Series, book 3)

By F.D. Lee

Blurb: 
Some people think that if their wishes were granted, all their problems would be solved. These people have never encountered a genie...

Seven, the last surviving genie, is out for revenge. Betrayed by the woman he loves, kidnapped, tortured, and separated from the source of his power, his only goal is to punish the people who have wronged him.

That is, until he is forced to work with Amelia.

Amelia is bright, precocious and does not have time for his vendetta. She is working on a machine designed to map the planets, an orrery, and has been promised a permanent home with the Sisterhood of Cultivators if she succeeds. The only problem is, the orrery is a lot more than a simple machine - it is also a doorway. And when a door is left open, anything might come through…

So when Seven realises what it is Amelia is building and the danger it presents, he must make a choice - the hardest choice he has ever faced: to act selflessly.

Can Seven put aside his own wishes in order to play the hero and save the world?

And, more importantly, does he even want to?

The Princess And The Orrery is the third novel in The Pathways Tree series. It heralds the return of the ever-charming genie, Seven, along with fan favourites Bea, Melly, Hemmings, Joan, Mistasinon and Chokey as they pit themselves in a race against time to save the world. Set in the spaces between fact and fiction, myth and modernity, The Princess And The Orrery will have you turning the pages to find out what happens next!

Review: 
I received this book as an advanced reading copy. This book is based from when the genie left after the ball and the reaction department attacked the party.

Throughout this book we discover more about the genie Seven and we go through his kidnapped life with these new people. He isn't treated well as you really expect him too considering he can make wishes come true. But I suppose that's because people don't trust him, this makes me feel sorry for him slightly, but then at the same time I don't feel too sorry as he deserves it in a way, as he is sly and deceitful towards others. This is because he can tell what others want before they even really know.

I then slightly got confused throughout the book because it jumped to the future as Bea has been to the Academy and left after the incident. So I found it quite disorientating at times. Bea seems to still like the plotter quite a lot and carries on with their relationship after the second book was quite good but the way that Mistasinon feels about their relationship is quite complicated. But then at the same time it feels sort of relevant because he has gone through a huge change in such a short time, so things will be a bit a muddled.


With this book generally I did like it, I liked meeting the new characters and discovering how they all linked together near enough by the end of the third book. The only thing that I seemed to think that it was lacking was the plot really, it just didn't really seem to get going or anything interesting really happen. I think this is why the rating is low compared to the other books in this series. It is still a great book generally but I just don't think it is what I needed at this time in my life sadly.

Favourite Characters: Mistasinon

Read: 30/12/18 - 07/12/18

3 stars out of 5

Written by Sammie