But the path to the crown is a dangerous one, and pushing the boundaries on Jules’ powers slowly begins to unravel her legion curse. Eager to throw the poisoner off the throne, warrior Emilia Vatros (who helped spirit the Queen’s away in the last book) tries to persuade Jules to lead the fight against Katherine and become the ‘chosen queen’. Meanwhile, Jules, who has been hiding with the war-gifted in Bastian City, finds herself roped into joining a rebellion. But when Arsinoe starts receiving visits from a ghostly Queen in her dreams who’s bony fingers point to the island, she feels it’s her duty to return to the Fennbirn. However, her rule faces premature threats when she learns of rumours claiming that she’s ‘undead’, and after the mist that surrounds Fennbirn begins acting strange and attacking fishermen, Katherine finds her people rapidly turning against her more than ever before.Įlsewhere, Mirabella and Arsinoe are settling into their new lives on the Mainland after escaping the island in the previous book. Picking up where One Dark Throne left off, the poisoner Queen, Katherine, has managed to successfully steal the throne from her sisters with the help of her lover, Pietyr. Jules is returning to Fennbirn and has become the unlikely figurehead of a revolution threatening to topple Katherine’s already unsteady rule.īut what good is a revolution if something is wrong with the island itself? Mirabella and Arsinoe, have escaped the island of Fennbirn, but how long before the island calls them back? Katherine, the poisoner Queen, has been crowned and is trying to ignore the whispers that call her illegitimate, undead, cursed. The battle has been fought, blood has been spilled, and a Queen has been crowned, but not all are happy with the outcome. I’ve been a huge fan of this series since the first book was released (I was gifted all three versions of the UK paperback edition for my birthday), so I couldn’t wait to delve back into this world. Today I’m talking all things Two Dark Reigns, the third book in Kendare Blake’s eerily dark Three Dark Crowns series.

To keep myself motivated, I’ve decided to shorten my reviews back down as my 2,000+ word posts were becoming a bit uncontrollable! So it’s been a while since I last posted – over a month to be exact – but after suffering a HUGE reading/writing/blogging slump I am officially back on the bandwagon. “You don’t threaten the life of a queen and live to tell the tale.” Kendare Blake, Two Dark Reigns

One dark throne two dark reigns