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Royal Bloodlines #2
Into the Forest
The battle against Narissa is over, but the dust is still settling in Vivienne's kingdom. Grief and suspicion run rampant on the streets of Alaris and beyond, but before Vivienne can deal with the state of Reinhelm, she has to venture into the unknown to retrieve a powerful magical object with the potential to bring half of her nation to it's knees.
Into the Fae Realm they must go, to recover what was stolen long ago.
The race is on to find the Shuni King's amulet, and her possibly evil (but hopefully redeemable) cousin that no one knew existed. Both were placed under the protection of the Fae Queen, and both are now lost in the Badlands of the Fae Realm. Bonds are tested as they make their journey, and it doesn't take long for the crew to wish they had never came in at all.
You followed Vivienne Out of the Mountain, now follow her journey Into the Forest.
Into the Fae Realm they must go, to recover what was stolen long ago.
The race is on to find the Shuni King's amulet, and her possibly evil (but hopefully redeemable) cousin that no one knew existed. Both were placed under the protection of the Fae Queen, and both are now lost in the Badlands of the Fae Realm. Bonds are tested as they make their journey, and it doesn't take long for the crew to wish they had never came in at all.
You followed Vivienne Out of the Mountain, now follow her journey Into the Forest.
372 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2017
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July 9, 2017
This is the second book in the series, and I have to say, it wasn't as good as the first one. With the first one the main character was facing a lot of new things and it was understandable that she made mistakes and was clueless about a lot of things, but I feel that in this second book her mistakes were no longer justified. After everything she experienced, I would expect her to be better prepared, but it was as if she had no memory or was unable to learn from her past experiences. I think that because of that I didn't like this one as much. Another thing that bothered me a lot is that this book gives us more questions than answers, it feels unfinished and prepares us for a new book, not by teasing about it, but by forcing it, and I don't appreciate that.
August 1, 2017
TSTR - Too stupid to rule. Genre's negative, formulaic tropes, totally overdone.
Sorry, but this book is where I really hit my limit when it comes to clueless heroines surrounded by sycophantic comrades. Most glaring idiocy: A hole in the bathroom floor is not a place to secure valuables, especially when easily discovered by persons looking for the contents, super especially when the bathroom is attached to a living area that has no security and traffic comparative to Grand Central Station. So where does Vivienne hide the equivalent to a one gigaton nuclear device that's leaking radiation? Where else? And the fact that it was exactly those conditions that allowed Ana to steal the amulet originally? DUH!!! And no one thinks to point out that truly securing said item is a priority? And why not give Ana access to the library where she can actually learn to use the amulet? Is there anyone that isn't TSTR in this story, excepting for Adelaide? Of course, she's ignored and everyone just showers Vivienne with praise for being so full of goodness and compassion in all things.
It may be a trope, but anything less than absolute security or elimination of mass murderers who continue to hurl threats is just beyond the pale. But then who'd get to fight the same bad guys again and again as they wipe out more people and lay waste to as much as possible? I'm with Adelaide. Vivienne needs to get past naive and "queen up" or abdicate since she's pretty much a poster child for ending royal rule.
It'd be nice if maybe, by some miracle, Ana isn't actually another nemesis. Or maybe someone other than Adelaide would get a clue. But I really don't know that I'm up for giving another book in this series a chance just to find out that the only reigning force is predictable stupidity.
The only "good thing" is that the storyline makes it clear that just because an ill equipped idiot/group thinks they can govern, it ain't necessarily so. But I doubt this was written as political commentary.
Such a shame. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book; made it really hard to see the storyline crash and burn in this one.
Sorry, but this book is where I really hit my limit when it comes to clueless heroines surrounded by sycophantic comrades. Most glaring idiocy: A hole in the bathroom floor is not a place to secure valuables, especially when easily discovered by persons looking for the contents, super especially when the bathroom is attached to a living area that has no security and traffic comparative to Grand Central Station. So where does Vivienne hide the equivalent to a one gigaton nuclear device that's leaking radiation? Where else? And the fact that it was exactly those conditions that allowed Ana to steal the amulet originally? DUH!!! And no one thinks to point out that truly securing said item is a priority? And why not give Ana access to the library where she can actually learn to use the amulet? Is there anyone that isn't TSTR in this story, excepting for Adelaide? Of course, she's ignored and everyone just showers Vivienne with praise for being so full of goodness and compassion in all things.
It may be a trope, but anything less than absolute security or elimination of mass murderers who continue to hurl threats is just beyond the pale. But then who'd get to fight the same bad guys again and again as they wipe out more people and lay waste to as much as possible? I'm with Adelaide. Vivienne needs to get past naive and "queen up" or abdicate since she's pretty much a poster child for ending royal rule.
It'd be nice if maybe, by some miracle, Ana isn't actually another nemesis. Or maybe someone other than Adelaide would get a clue. But I really don't know that I'm up for giving another book in this series a chance just to find out that the only reigning force is predictable stupidity.
The only "good thing" is that the storyline makes it clear that just because an ill equipped idiot/group thinks they can govern, it ain't necessarily so. But I doubt this was written as political commentary.
Such a shame. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book; made it really hard to see the storyline crash and burn in this one.
April 20, 2020
Too much about sex for me.
This definitely ended in the middle of everything. I don"t mind a little hook to get you interested in the next in a series but this was just chopped off.
There was even more sexual content than the first book. How is this a "young adult" i.e. teen book? Strange.
The story line is very good but distractions from poor editing and often confusion about who was speaking was more than distracting. Overall I like her writing. I just hope some of these things improve.
I recommend this if you can get past some of the above things.
This definitely ended in the middle of everything. I don"t mind a little hook to get you interested in the next in a series but this was just chopped off.
There was even more sexual content than the first book. How is this a "young adult" i.e. teen book? Strange.
The story line is very good but distractions from poor editing and often confusion about who was speaking was more than distracting. Overall I like her writing. I just hope some of these things improve.
I recommend this if you can get past some of the above things.
May 23, 2017
Good Story but...
This author tells a good tale but could use a decent editor. The use of went instead of gone, sat instead of set, misspellings,etc. really spoiled the book for me. I hope by the next book, she will find someone to help her out. My rating would have been a 5 if I hadn't been so annoyed.
This author tells a good tale but could use a decent editor. The use of went instead of gone, sat instead of set, misspellings,etc. really spoiled the book for me. I hope by the next book, she will find someone to help her out. My rating would have been a 5 if I hadn't been so annoyed.
August 27, 2017
Great
I really loved this book. It is such a great read. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
I really loved this book. It is such a great read. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
April 2, 2017
Love
Really like this author. Can't wait for the next in the series, but I have got to remember not to start it at night. I didn't put it down, and I still need to sleep!
Really like this author. Can't wait for the next in the series, but I have got to remember not to start it at night. I didn't put it down, and I still need to sleep!
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