SPOILER WARNING: The Book Club Belles always aim to keep our reviews spoiler free. Here is my series review of The Empirium Trilogy. It was brutal, but a fantastic conclusion. The final book released last month, and I immediately devoured it. Once Upon A Broken Heart Review: A Magically Fun New Tale.Harry Potter Quiz: How well do you really know Chamber of Secrets?.
Thanks to the plot twists near the end of this installment, readers should expect to be left frustrated until the final book comes out. As for the battles, mind-controlling Corien grows so powerful, it's difficult to see how he and his fellow avenging angels will ever be defeated. However, older teen, adult, and parent readers who are romance fans may appreciate the various complicated love triangles, squares and entanglements. Younger teen readers used to fantasies with lighter romance may not be mature enough for the amount of blush-worthy sequences in this book. Eliana, who was less compelling in the original, is more interesting in this installment, as she learns to wield her power, opens her heart to a new love, prepares for her mission, and internalizes that she doesn't have to follow in her infamous mother's footsteps.Īs for the romance, Legrand, like Sarah Maas and Cassandra Clare, writes about love and sex in an incredibly candid way, and while there are some "fade to black" moments, most of the love scenes include detailed descriptions of passion and desire. She makes the same mistakes over and over and hurts the people she claims to genuinely love only to hold it against them when they don't understand her decisions. The reason for the star downgrade between Furyborn and Kingsbane isn't the extra 90 pages but the way Rielle's story arc becomes tiresome and repetitive, considering readers already know she eventually chooses the dark side. Mature high school YA readers who enjoy epic fantasy romance thrillers will be drawn to Legrand's spellbinding (and long!) series.ĭespite its uneven pacing and hefty page count, Legrand's intense and steamy second installment sets up the ultimate showdown between the Sun Queen, Blood Queen, and those killer angels. Like its predecessor, Kingsbane features plenty of violence (from personal killings to war battles between humans and angels) and intense romance and sexuality (there are several more overt sex scenes than in the first book). Picking up where Furyborn left off, this next chapter finds magical women warriors Rielle and Eliana learning more about how to wield their powers and abilities in two different timelines 1,000 years apart. Parents need to know that Kingsbane is author Claire Legrand's second installment in her best-selling Empirium trilogy, which started with Furyborn. Adult characters drink wine and liquor at parties, dinners, and also before dangerous battles or to ward off physical pain.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
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