Īnyway, this one follows Captain Farley – the only captain who managed to touch up her bright red hair on the battle field to keep away those pesky roots. In fact, so much of this novella was that I literally wanted to up its. So, I don’t know where this title thought it was. Right off the , Farley doesn’t get or by steel. So, the goal is to find the strongest, cruelest and bloodthirstiest woman.then hand her the crown.Īnd then everyone gets so shocked when someone murders the king. They set up a huge tournament and whichever minor nobility manages to kill their competition gets to marry the king. Shocker.Īs an aside, I can’t be the only one seeing the flaw with the way the royalty choose their spouses. Oh the decisions!Īnyway – Coriane wins the King’s heart, marries him, is driven insane by Elara and then kills herself. So…this begs the question – why write a novella? Because some stories are just meant to be told too good to pass up on a money grab.Īfter all, these are the two women responsible Mare’s greatest life dilemma – does she go with good-guy-hottie (Coriane’s brat) or bad-guy-hottie (Elara’s spawn).

Why? Cause we were already told the entire plot of this one in the original novels. Once I figured out who was who…I knew that this was not going to end well. Right off the bat, shouldn’t the title be Queen’s Song?Īnyway, it took me roughly half the book to figure out who this Coriane was – turns out she’s Prince Cal’s mom – who spends the entire book complaining about Elara (Prince Maven’s mom). I honestly laughed when I first read that quote but now…after making my way through these novellas. “There is no greater pain or punishment then memory.” Thus with heartfelt cheer and warmest wishes, Victoria Aveyard graces her audience with yet another completely useless and half-assed book. So, we get the absolutely essentialnovellas chronicling the lives of incredible womenwho play pivotal rolesin the Red Queen series. **There is nothing so terrible as thisstory being told.

There is nothing so terrible as a story untold.**

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