Goodreads Summary:
Lying in a magic-induced coma, the King of Thyrsland is on the brink of death: if his enemies knew, chaos would reign. In fear for his life and his kingdom, his five daughters set out on a perilous journey to try to save him, their only hope an aunt they have yet to meet, a shadowy practitioner of undermagic who lives on the wild northern borders.
No-one can stand before the fierce tattooed soldier and eldest daughter Bluebell, an army commander who is rumoured to be unkillable, but her sisters, the loyal and mystical Ash, beautiful but unhappily married Rose, pious Willow and uncertain Ivy all have their own secrets to keep from her — the kind of secrets that if revealed could bring disaster down upon not only them, but the entire kingdom.
Waiting in the wings is stepbrother Wylm whose dealings with Bluebell’s greatest enemy, Hakon the Raven King, would end Bluebell’s dreams of revenge on his mother and propel his own desperate grasp for power.
My Review:
Okay, so this book had some pretty nice betrayal, which was my favorite part. There are a lot of POV’s, especially because there are five sisters, and each one has their own stuff going on in the book. I liked that I could tell them apart—the warrior, the romantic, the seer, the flirt, and the crazy. Bluebell reminded of Xena, because she was the ultimate fighter. There were times when I wanted to disagree with her, for example the stuff with Rose, but I could always see from her POV that she makes the best decisions for her kingdom.
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Now even though there were five different sisters, I couldn’t really connect with most of them. I didn’t expect to either, but I did like Rose and her daughter Rowan. I actually preferred the “villain” Wylm the most. Also sweet Eni! I felt so bad for Eni, and you have to read the book to see why. Also Willow was just a big freak of nature!
The story itself was good, and I was glad to see the F bomb dropped instead of made up curse words. I just wanted to love the characters more, which I hope will happen in the second book. But regardless, the book was very much entertaining!
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