In Renthia, everything
has a spirit: trees, streams, wind, fire, earth, and every
single one of the spirits hates humans. Luckily a few Renthia
girls are born with the ability to control spirits and send
them away. And one, the queen, can control every spirit in
the land and keep the people safe. That's the legend and the
hope. But that's not always the way things work out. In the
first book in this series, we met a queen who chose power
over protection. In this book, we have a queen who seems to
have no choice at all. And a potential queen desperate to
choose anything other than duty to Renthia. Choice is a major
theme for this book and it results in a fascinating work filled
with complicated people. The stakes are high: the life of
every person in Renthia. And as each person makes choices,
we see how complicated a thing it is just to know who to trust.
I enjoyed the first book in this series, The Queen of Blood,
and found this one even more engaging. As with the first book,
we meet some amazing and complex female characters in this
installment of the series. I loved the way secondary characters
became so important in this book, but I would recommend reading
the books in order as this is a complex world, and the first
book really informs the second in very important ways. Still,
for anyone looking for a series with exciting world-building,
griping tension, and fantastic female characters, The Queens
of Renthia is definitely a good series to pick up, as both
the first two books are excellent, and I look forward to the
third.
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