Two Dark Reigns Two Dark Reigns

Publisher Description

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series! And while Arsinoe, Mirabella, and Katharine all have their own scores to settle, there is another queen stirring things up on Fennbirn Island. Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. But now that she finally has it, the murmurs of dissent grow louder by the day. There’s also the alarming issue of whether her sisters are actually dead—or if they’re waiting in the wings to usurp the throne.

Mirabella and Arsinoe are alive, but in hiding on the mainland and dealing with a nightmare of their own: being visited repeatedly by a specter they think might be the fabled Blue Queen. Though she says nothing, her rotting, bony finger pointing out to sea is clear enough: return to Fennbirn.  

Jules, too, is in a strange place—in disguise. And her only confidants, a war-gifted girl named Emilia and her oracle friend Mathilde, are urging her to take on a role she can’t imagine filling: a legion-cursed queen who will lead a rebel army to Katharine’s doorstep.

This is an uprising that the mysterious Blue Queen may have more to do with than anyone could have guessed—or expected.

Don't miss Five Dark Fates, the thrilling conclusion to the series!

GENRE
Young Adult
RELEASED
2018
September 4
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
464
Pages
PUBLISHER
Quill Tree Books
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
6.4
MB
AUDIENCE
Grades 9 and Above

Customer Reviews

Eleazar Hernandez ,

Fantastic journey

This series finally found its groove. Mirabella and Arsinoe run off to the mainland, instantly get haunted like the island set up ghostly push notifications, and then boomerang right back into danger. Because apparently trauma is their love language.

Queen Katharine? Officially crowned, unofficially possessed, and ruling like HR if it was staffed by demons. Pietyr—yes, the guy who shoved her down a cliff—is still hanging around, because apparently “toxic relationship” is also a gift on this island.

Jules graduates from loyal sidekick to “walking prophecy with glitches.” And Emilia keeps pushing her destiny like it’s a multi-level marketing scheme. Multi-level marketing. Like Amway—does anyone even remember Amway? Picture Tupperware parties with cult energy.

Billy and Arsinoe? Constantly in couples therapy. Billy’s mom wants him with a “nice mainland girl.” Arsinoe’s love language is knife threats. Honestly, Hallmark is missing out.

And the Mist? Forget creepy fog—it’s a serial killer with a curfew. Shows up, drags bodies, suffocates people, then disappears like it’s clocking overtime.

Verdict: Five stars. This book is basically The Bachelor if the roses were poisoned and contestants were legally allowed to murder each other.

DinaMcGuire ,

Loved it

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