Week 18 Review: A Curse of Queens

From Goodreads:

Discover an all-new adventure in USA Today Bestselling author Amanda Bouchet's thrilling, white-hot fantasy series, The Kingmaker Chronicles!

The queen has been cursed, and no one knows who's behind the plot to threaten the realm's fragile peace. Desperate to help, Jocasta hatches a plan to find Circe's Garden, a fabled island where she hopes to discover an antidote. But she can't do it alone. She needs the strong arm and unflinching bravery of the warrior she's loved since childhood—her brother's right-hand-man and captain of the guard, Flynn of Sinta.

Together they can do the impossible. Yet with treachery brewing on Mount Olympus, one thing is clear: Thalyria and its new royals are still pawns in an epic game of power—one that might end in a War of Gods.

My Review:
I had a fantastic time reading this book! I loved being in this world again, and seeing Jocasta and Flynn having their moment to shine, to have their story play out front and center! We saw snippets of them in the first 3 books in the series, but it was so great to have the focus on them! 

They both have their things that they need to deal with. For her, it's her discontent with her life, that she had a purpose as a healer in their village, and as a princess, there's nothing really for her to do. And for Flynn, it's the loss of his entire family, and how he never wants to experience that ever again, to the point that he doesn't want to have loved ones to fear losing. Watching them work though these things, and find their happiness together was so great to read! 

A big point that was brought up in this book is how unlikeable a lot of the gods are. There's a lot of, well, criminal things, and because of the power that they hold, it does lead to a lot of injustice, and I really enjoyed watching that topic come up! 

The way things left off in this book, has be so excited for the future of the series. I'm hoping the rest of Beta Team (they'll really always be known as that, even if they're technically Alpha Team now) get stories focused on them. Carver in particular, I'm really hoping that we get his story! 

We learn more than these characters with that one chapter. We know who's behind it, and why. And I can't wait to see it play out, because I can understand why, but the methods are what's making them a group to fight against. Let the fight continue! 

This was such a great book, and I can't wait for the future installments!

Author: Amanda Bouchet 
Series: Kingmaker Chronicles #4
Read: May 2nd, 2022
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca 
Expected Publication: October 4th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

/5 Stars