The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten
Thank you to Little Brown Book Group UK and Netgalley for the advance copy of The Hemlock Queen to read for an honest review.
The Hemlock Queen is the sequel to The Foxglove King. Following King August's death Prince Bastian has taken over the thrown with Lore as his right hand side they hope to help the people of Dellaire but there is a lot of dissent and unease in the court and challenges from other empires. Bastian is changing due to this becoming more calloused, cold and reckless.
And Lore has a voice whispering in her ear dark and haunting saying maybe there is more to this story than she knows.
The coronation is fast approaching and Lore must work out how to protect herself, Bastian and the kingdom before it is too late.
A strong sequel to book one which goes abit more in depth into the magic system and answers questions left over from the first book.
It feels like the romance with Gabe took abit more of a backseat for the plot and to build up the bond between Lore and Bastian further. However there was a lot of building up of the love triangle started in book one as foreshadowing for the next book potentially.
I particularly am a fan of gothic fiction and interesting magic systems so this series has been a joy to read and after such a cliff hanger ending I can't wait to see what the third book will have in store for the characters.
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