Rather than being primarily about survival and escape, Theo is striving for alliances to free her country. This book has a far greater political fantasy slant than the first book, which I loved. I certainly loved this book, but would I have loved it even more if I’d been been more awake? I’ll have to re-read in a few months’ time to know the answer to that. Did this impact my reading of it? I don’t know. Reading a book while very tired in the evenings is never helpful. I feel like I’ve been reading this book for ages, which is ridiculous considering I Goodreads shows it’s only been 3 days – three very tired days to be sure, which is probably why. Theo knows that freedom comes at a price, but she is determined to find a way to save her country without losing herself. Something an Astrean Queen has never done. And according to Dragonsbane, an army can only be produced if Theo takes a husband. Only, securing an army means she must trust her aunt, the dreaded pirate Dragonsbane. But her people remain enslaved under the Kaiser’s rule, and now she is thousands of miles away from them and her throne. She has taken back her rightful title, and a hostage–Prinz Soren. He didn’t realize that a sharp mind is the deadliest weapon. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak and defenseless. He took Theo’s country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess–a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. The Kaiser murdered Theodosia’s mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six.
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