"The Shadow Throne" was appreciated by "Publishers Weekly" as an "audacious and subversive sequel" and by Liz Bourke at "Tor.com" as an "immensely entertaining" novel that unlike other male-written fantasy avoided the grimdark trend and featured a "central, significant, queer relationship between two women", but noted that Wexler relied much on coincidences to advance the plot.She also praised the third novel, "The Price of Valour", for surpassing its predecessors as an "explosive, action-packed" epic fantasy novel with complex characterization and, again, a wide variety of female characters.