• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Complex palace intrigue may be too much for kids.

Why We Rated This for Ages 15–16

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  King Silas is beloved by his subjects, who see him as a wise and benevolent leader, but in fact he's a capricious despot. He manipulates everyone around him and has no qualms about imprisoning his enemies or ordering the assassinations of people he sees as rivals or threats. He clearly loves his family, though it's a poorly kept secret that he's fathered a child with his longtime mistress. Silas is also unwilling to accept that his son is gay.
• Violence:

  The kingdom is at war, and there are some battle scenes, though they show little actual fighting or violence. There are plenty of heated exchanges, some of which escalate to blows.
• Sex:

  Some flirting, and many characters speculate about who's going out with whom. The king's son seems to enjoy the easy access to women that comes with his position, but his party-boy image is actually a front to disguise the fact that he's gay.
• Language:

  Little salty language. One character refers to a woman as a "whore."
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Some social drinking and a few scenes of debauchery at bars and nightclubs as the king's son maintains his party-boy image.

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