by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Pub Date: April 25, 2024
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Magic
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
Book Links: Goodreads Amazon
Twin queens Rose & Wren survived the Battle for Anadawn and brought back magic to their kingdom. But danger lurks in Eana’s shadows.
Wren is troubled. Ever since she performed the blood spell on Prince Ansel, her
magic has become unruly. Worse, the spell created a link between Wren and the
very man she’s trying to forget: Icy King Alarik of Gevra. A curse is eating
away at both of them. To fix it they must journey to the northern
mountains—under the watchful guard of Captain Tor Iversen—to consult with the
Healer on High.
Rose is haunted. Waking one night to find her undead ancestor Oonagh Starcrest
by her bed, she receives a warning: surrender the throne—or face a war that
will destroy Eana. With nowhere to turn and desperate to find a weapon to
defeat Oonagh, Rose seeks help from Shen-Lo in the Sunkissed Kingdom, but what
she finds there may break her heart.
As Oonagh threatens all Rose and Wren hold dear, it will take everything they
have to save Eana–including a sacrifice they may not be prepared to make.
My Review: After reading the first book, I knew this series
was going to be one I had to finish. These twins have had such great steady
growth through each book, that it showed in the end just how far they have come
and quickly became characters I wont soon forget.
Now...
It's nice to see a sweet new start for these ladies. Back from their royal tour and settled back home. These queens have made such great progress from how its all started. The kingdom is thriving, its safer now for all to live. Settling to royal life and finally having that peace they always wanted.
All is well with the celebration until a spell they
practiced well had gone out of control. Not because of Rose or Wren...but
Oonagh behind it.
The celebration ends and days pass when Wren has to leave to go meet the King and finally reveals to Rose the scar. The scar which Rose tries to heal and reveals poison. To make things more intense, the mirror the prince "found" in the library lead Oonagh to come out and give Rose a message.
From finding peace to a new threat in such a short time, it looks like they will have to remove this threat and maybe then these sisters can finally rule their kingdom in true peace. They also finally got their ever after person, and it was about time.
I love how the authors went about writing this book in the way that it didn't feel like anything was rushed or leave me with a million questions. It was done so well that I felt like the series was complete. Even though I do wish there was more.
