This book introduces a split POV for both Valen and Elise and while it does help give a little more character development for the two, I often found myself confused by whose internal monologue I was reading. So in order to get the Blood Wraith on their side the Agitator’s attempt to rescue Halvar and the fates of our two lovers are entwined again as Valen also has plans to rescue Halvar on the same night… Meanwhile Ari, the head of the Agitators, a Fae who has proclaimed himself the rightful King, has use for the “Blood Wraith” (not knowing Legion Grey is also the Blood Wraith AND the Night Prince) and knows that Elise would be the key to persuade him to join the Agitators. Through a stupid heist Halvar is captured and taken to the Fury Quarries. Since Valen basically chose his revenge over Elise, they went there separate paths which leads to Elise and Siv needing to prove their trustworthiness to the Agitators. Valen (god I hate his real name, Legion Grey is just soooo much better) does not want to be the King the land has chosen and instead has his heart set on his quest for vengeance and revenge against the Timoran’s. This book starts off almost exactly where book 1 ended. Slight spoilers from Curse of Shadows and Thorns I am not sure what the title means to the story as neither court really used Ice or Ash…but overall from a storyline perspective this sequel was better than the first book, but I’m a little underwhelmed and feel this is more a 3.5 than a solid 4 that book 1 was. Part Viking, part fairy tale, one-click to preorder a dark, swoon-worthy romance with the perfect amount of sweet and steam. But who will save Elise and Valen from a dark magic with the power to destroy their love forever?įor fans of The Cruel Prince and The Shadows Between Us, this tale of a rebellious princess and a seductive prince is wickedly romantic. The wicked game for the right to rule has begun. As their passion reignites, so too do the dangers threatening to pull them apart for good: a strange magical blight infecting the land, betrayal by one of their own, and a devastating secret not even a fae prince saw coming. Reunited in the rescue of a mutual friend, Elise and Valen are forced to decide where they stand in the battle of crowns. So when she joins the outlaw fae in their uprising against her own sister, all Elise wants is to forget the prince who holds her heart. But Valen left her to carry out vengeance for his slaughtered family. When Elise agreed to break a vicious curse over the man she loved, she never imagined he was a lost fae prince. But some choices have deadly consequences.

The broken kingdoms series