![]() At one point he suggests that Rose marries him to help settle country and they act disgusted at this. The girls learn that one noble in particular is stirring up dissent, so they bring him to the palace.Īnd what, you may ask, do these new queens do in their first act of diplomacy? Mock this dissenter and threaten him rather than talk to him, listen to his complaints, offer any sort of negotiations or concessions on their part. Their kingdom is in an uncertain time now because the girls want to reintroduce witches to society, when for years the people have been taught witches are evil and have terrifying powers. The readers were left with these two queens newly crowned, their grandmother captured and Wren’s lover rejecting her. My other issue was with the story itself. ![]() A period or semicolon would have done wonders.īut that’s a technical issue. Right at the beginning, there were so many sentences that went on and on. I don’t want to judge the editing too much since this is an uncorrected proof, but I couldn’t help noticing some errors right away. I haven’t gotten very far with it, so take my judgments with a grain of salt. ![]() ![]() I enjoyed the first well enough but I just can’t really get into this book. I hate to do this, but I’m putting this book on the DNF pile. My opinion was not affected by the free copy. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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