I’m definitely going to be flying through my library stack so I can get the next book in the series sooner rather than later. By the end, I had my favorite queen, but only time (and the next book) will tell. Initially it seems like an easy guess, but as the story goes on, it was impossible to figure out who the frontrunner was. They all had strengths and weaknesses, and there were definitely some shockers throughout the story. I never really knew what to expect and which queen was the strongest competitor. Each queen has to make their own alliances, woo suitors, and refine their abilities to prepare to kill their sisters. There’s alliances to be made and politics to navigate. Long, repeated strikes that brightened the interior like day.”īut the crown isn’t won through powers alone. Gorgeous, bright bolts, crackling across the sky and crashing down in thick veins on all sides. “Mirabella has just filled the air with lightning. Mirabella controls elements, and her powers are strong:

Arsinoe is said to have abilities, but instead is relying on a dangerous form of magic regardless of the cost it will incur. Katharine is under pressure to gain the throne, and create a dynasty of poisoner queens as the fourth in a row. On their 16th birthday, they begin their battle to the death for the rights to the throne. They’re separated at age 6 and raised in very different environments that train and encourage their individual magical talents. In the female dominated society of Fennbirn, three triplets are born in each generation and raised as queens. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I started reading this, but this book rocked my world and left me wanting more … immediately. Plus, I got a lot of peer pressure from Susan at Novel Lives to ignore my towering TBR and read the next book in the series or face the consequences (aka have her send one or more cats my way and potentially die of cat allergies). The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. And it’s not just a game of win or lose … it’s life or death. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.īut becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born - three queens, all equal queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic.

Three dark crowns series