If I'm being totally honest, each of the novels is slow for at least half the book. Character development is central to the plot. These are truly slow-burn fantasy novels and will not jump straight into action and excitement. Do not read this prior to books one and two if you do not want major spoilers!įor the most part, each of these novels starts off slow. Novel four ends on a cliff hanger and you'll want to jump straight into the final novel. Queens of Fennbirn (The Young Queens, The Oracle Queen) - I read this between novels 4 and 5, but I would recommend it here. I was really confused about this because they aren't in the order of the numbers in titles, and there aren't five novels (four novels plus two novellas). The Oracle Queen tells the tale of Queen Elsabet, the oracle queen who killed three whole families based only on a vision.įirst thing's first - the order of the novels. The two novellas (both combined to make Queens of Fennbirn) within the series are prequels - The Young Queens focuses on the sisters as children, before they were taken to their adoptive families. For the past several generations, poisoners have ruled. Each sister possesses a gift - Mirabella is an elemental, Arsinoe is the naturalist, and Katharine is a poisoner. The four-novel series focuses on three triplet queens, born to rule and on their sixteenth birthday, two must die so the other can rule. September was basically just reading the Dark Crowns series. So it was the perfect opportunity to pick up the others in the series. I'd wanted to read the series for a while, but had never gotten around to it. TW: Abuse, violence, death of animals, abduction, murderĪs part of the Booksparks YA Fall Reading Challenge ( #YAfrc2019), I was provided with a complimentary copy of the newest and final Three Dark Crowns novel, Five Dark Fates. PopSugar 2019 Reading Challenge Prompt: A book with a plant in the title or on the cover ( book one), A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, and South America ( book two)

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