Week 8 Review: Misrule

From Goodreads:

Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of "Sleeping Beauty" reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice.

The Dark Grace is dead.

Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart.

Princess Aurora saw through Alyce's thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But it is a love that came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce's vast power cannot seem to break. And the dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash.

Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means turning into the monster Briar believes her to be. But could Aurora love the villain Alyce has become?

Or is true love only for fairy tales?

My Review:
This was such a fantastic read! I loved the first book,, and I don't know why I couldn't pick this one up sooner. But I'm glad I finally did, I loved the conclusion to Alyce and Aurora's story! It was amazing, and I couldn't put it down! I enjoyed the pair of them so much! 

I honestly felt bad for the both of them. Alyce was afraid that the only person who ever loved her was going to wake up poisoned to her. Aurora woke up, and found everything completely changed, and she lost everything, including the Alyce that she loved. So the emotions there were fraught. 

All that Alyce and her court built in the century that Aurora was asleep, it was pretty fantastic! To have a space for these races where they're abhorred by the human and fae population...everyone should have that, and I'm glad that they did so! 

A bit theme in this book was about vengeance and forgiveness. That each side has bad blood, and retaliating against one causes the fued to continue and grow, and at what point do they stop, do they stop before everyone is gone? And that was really great! 

This was a really fantastic read, and I can't wait to see what Heather Walter writes next! 

Author: Heather Walter 
Series: Malice Duology #2
Read: February 20th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Loved the first book and it's a End of Series 2023 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: May 10th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars