Blurb:
Though Lilac’s birthright made her the Queen of Renovia, and marriage made her the Queen of Montrice, she soon learns that being a ruler does not mean making the rules. For Lilac, taking the throne means giving up the love of her, the kingdom’s Chief Assassin, Caledon Holt.
Worse, Cal is forced to leave the castle when a horrific set of magical attacks threatens Lilac’s sovereignty. Now Cal and Lilac will have to battle dark forces separately, even though being together is the only thing that’s ever saved them.
In the riveting conclusion to Melissa de la Cruz’s fantasy duet, love and magic are at war, and victory rests on a knife’s edge.
Rating: 4/5 stars
Side Notes:
- Genres: Fantasy Fiction
- Highly recommend for 12 years and above
- Second book in The Queen’s Assassin duology
- Romance Tropes: Strangers to lovers, enemies to lovers, secret identity, forced close quarters
Book Quotes:
- “If I could go back to my girlhood and its freedom, I would. But that’s never possible: life pushes us forward, into more complications than we ever imagined as children.”
- “Her mind’s always spinning, thinking about the next thing, the next danger. It’s a good quality, he guesses, but an exhausting one.”
- “Frustration. Cal knows all about that. His whole life has turned into a frustrated quest, and he’s been faced with one thing after another that he can never have or never find or never vanquish.”
- “I don’t know. I live day to day, waiting for the next terrible thing to happen.”