Week 19 Review: Cursed Crowns

From Goodreads:

Bestselling authors and real-life sisters-in-law Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber join forces on a compelling YA fantasy bursting with high-stakes adventure, romance and humour. Two queens, one throne. What can possibly go wrong . . .?

Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns . . . but not everyone is happy about witches sitting on Eana's throne.

Cool-headed Rose sets off on a Royal Tour to win over the doubters, but soon finds herself drawn to the Sunless Kingdom. Here secrets are revealed about those closest to her, and Rose finds her loyalties divided.

Meanwhile rebellious Wren steals away to the icy north to rescue their beloved grandmother, Banba. But when she accepts King Alarik's deadly magical bargain in exchange for Banba's freedom, the spell has unexpected - and far-reaching - consequences . . .

As an ancient curse begins to arise from the darkness, the sisters must come together and unite the crown. Their lives - and the future of Eana - depend on it.

Break the ice to free the curse,

Kill one twin to save another . . .

My Review:
Oh, I had such a fantastic time reading this book! I'm so glad that I'm continuing on with this series, I really enjoyed the first book, and with that ending, I had to know what was going to happen next, and this was just such a joy to read!

On one hand, one of their main enemies is now gone. On the other, their grandmother has been kidnapped, and a bunch of other people have been killed. Which is not what they wanted to happen, but they had to deal with it, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about their efforts!

This world was built out in this book, we saw bits and pieces of it in the first book, but there's more travel, we leave their realm, though I was nervous about them splitting up. We also learn more about the past, and how it informs the present, which will be interesting to see how that's going to play out! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to finish out this series! 

Authors: Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber 
Series: Twin Crowns #2
Read: May 10th, 2024
Source: Edelweiss 
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/Harper Teen
Published: May 9th 2023 

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars