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Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite
In L.A. Thompson’s The Trinity Crown, three princesses, Pryn, Helena, and Ryala of Marda, face the Selection Ceremony imposed on them by the Vanshian Company, a company that suppresses elemental magic through the use of strict “authorization” protocols and surveillance pods. The sisters secretly ally with a resistance group, called The Circle, that fights for the freedom of magic, and then discover a startling conspiracy that concerns the Trinity crown, a relic of incredible power. The Company uses its resources to investigate magical relics while forcing the sisters to compete against each other for the throne. They hunt unauthorized mages, and Pryn and her sisters must choose personal survival or collective struggle. While one of the sisters is believed dead and another is shut up in the palace, Pryn sets out on a daring journey to destroy the enemy.
The Trinity Crown is the first book in the Gods of Dyvarn series. L.A. Thompson cleverly writes about the cost of control in a magical world. The worldbuilding is effectively written, and the author establishes two distinct worlds in the story: one is dominated by power, greed, and manipulation of the rich corporation, and the other is the world of the suppressed, those with magical gifts who are forced to hide. The book explores magic and shows how the people consider elemental magic, where earth, fire, water, and air are personal gifts. The danger is when these gifts become political weapons. The author infuses the writing with a stark atmosphere and builds a world where mechanical “pods” stalk the streets of Sildore. This industrialized fantasy is a tale of survival in which magic and corporate greed collide. It was suspenseful, and I kept turning the pages, obsessed by the fates of the three sisters.
