The mist has always held some level of mystery in the Three Dark Crowns series. It’s as though Kendare brought us up to have a sense of awe about it. So once it is laid bare in front of us, we do not merely feel privy to the knowledge but we are also enthralled by its true existence. With that come plenty other questions I only wish will be answered in the fourth book. The third book in the series ends with a simple ‘To Be Continued’ which is how I am certain book four is underway or actually already completed. Maybe this year then? Kendare is the master of…
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ONE DARK THRONE|| Kendare Blake
This is the sequel to Three Dark Crowns and therefore cannot be read or reviewed in isolation. In this sequel, the real games begin. At the end of Three Dark Crowns we were left with a breathtaking cliff hanger and all sorts of questions unanswered. So, the sequel was a definite must. The triplets are still scrambling for the crown, and though we thought we had lost one, it turns out we thought wrong, and what is about to ensue is a twisted story of the need for family and the hunger for power. Blake adds dimensions to her world that we didn’t particularly expect. We finally also learn if…
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THREE DARK CROWNS|| Kendare Blake
Kendare Blake is definitely gifted in the art of world creating. The island of Finbirn as she paints it in her prose is vivid, pulsating and easy to imagine. Three Dark Crowns is the story of triplets of royal lineage living on a secret island where the ascension to the throne is determined by which triplet kills their siblings first. This Young Adult novel, fantasy of course, follows the lives of these three sister, Mirabella, Arsenoe and Katherine, each possessing their own magical gift. Mirabella is an elemental, she has the gift of the elements, she can instruct and command them, fire, water, wind, earth you name them. Arsinoe is…
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MAY|| Wrap Up
It became pretty clear to me in the first week of May that I had been over zealous and quite ambitious with my May TBR. If my life was set up another way perhaps I could’ve managed, but being full time employed, working on my Master’s research and a ‘single mom’ with seldom any weekends to herself, I played myself. I played myself strong. But it didn’t hurt really. All I’ve done is shifted to June the books I didn’t get to in May. Easy peasy. Now I know better though so hopefully (no guarantees here) I will do better. I only got through two books in May, and well…
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MAY||TBR
This is my first ever TBR, however what makes it even more exciting is how it has plummeted me out of the worst reading slump of my existence. So you should see how rapidly I’m devouring the first book, in between everything I do it’s always with me and I’m so pysched to finish it. We are about 100 pages away from the end. I cannot wait to do a wrap up for you guys, but for now, here’s what I have lined up on the TBR list this month: Goodreads Synopsis: When kingdom come, there will be one. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets…
