Series: The Winner's Curse Book #2
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 402
Rating: 5 Stars
How I Got It: Gift from family
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads
The engagement of Lady
Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another.
But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the
wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her
engagement... if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust
herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner
of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to
uncovering a shocking secret.
As Arin enlists dangerous allies in
the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the
suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might
not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when
that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will
cost them.
Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another.
But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the
wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her
engagement... if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust
herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner
of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to
uncovering a shocking secret.
As Arin enlists dangerous allies in
the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the
suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might
not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when
that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will
cost them.
Review
At first, I wasn't going to review this, but I feel drawn to do something.
This was amazing.
It's a beautifully written book that kept me engaged. I wanted to immediately pick up the next book even though it was midnight and I haven't felt that strong of a drive since the Hunger Games in my junior year of college.
Like Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, this makes me feel like I could never be a good writer. There's just a special type of magic in this book and the writing. Like objectively, I still question the romance between Arin and Kestrel, but the books is so good I don't care anymore.
I'm so excited to read the next/final book. I'm sure it will lead to a poor night of sleep, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made. And there may be a book hangover coming. That hasn't happened since Poison Study.
Thanks for reading!
Holly
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