Week 47 Review: The Queen's Resistance

From Goodreads:
The highly anticipated sequel to The Queen's Rising!

Finally, Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is settling into her role as the daughter of Davin MacQuinn, a disgraced lord who returned to Maevana to reclaim his house. Though she'd just survived a revolution, one that will finally return a queen to the throne, she faces another difficult challenge. She must prove herself trustworthy to the MacQuinns. But as Queen Isolde Kavanagh's closest confidant, she’ll have to balance serving her father’s house as well as her country. And then there's Cartier, a wholly separate but desirable factor in her new life.

Aodhan Morgane, formerly known as Cartier Évariste, is adjusting to the stark contrast between his pre-rebellion life in Valenia as a master of knowledge and his current one as the lord of a fallen house. During his castle's restoration, he discovers a ten-year-old boy named Tomas, whose past and parentage are a complete mystery. So when Cartier's former pupil Brienna is as taken with Tomas as he is, he lets his mind wander—what if he doesn't have to raise him or his house alone?

As the Lannon trial rapidly approaches, Brienna and Cartier must put their feelings aside to concentrate on forging alliances, executing justice, and ensuring that no one interferes with the queen's coronation. But resistance is rumbling among the old regime's supporters, who are desperate to find a weakness in the rebels' forces. And nothing makes a person more vulnerable than deep-seated love. 

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I loved the first one, and I couldn't wait to jump right back into this world again with these characters! And a bonus for this book, is that we get Cartier's perspective, so we get to see a lot more of this world!

The cast of characters grows in this book, but only one or two of them are what I'd consider main cast, most of them are supporting. But I think all of them have a role to play in this book, for good or for ill, so I enjoyed meeting all of them!

One thing that we really explored in this book, were the families. Sure, Brienna's birth family was bad, but she got adopted into a good one. And Cartier learns more about his family's history, which causes him to question who he is. It was so great to see their different perspectives!

This is the book were we learned more of the smaller cruelties, or the cruelties unreported, or the ones that happened to those that were considered insignificant. Some of these were important because of how they made people feel and react to them, others were important because they were directly impacting what was happening now. But they were all important.

Such a great read, so enjoyable! Just like The Queen's Rising, I don't know what the sequel will hold, but I'm excited to find out!

Author: Rebecca Ross
Series: The Queen's Rising #2
Read: November 23rd, 2018
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Expected Publication: March 5th 2019

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars