Huntington comes an enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn romance full of revenge and a dash of fate. Although the second novella didn’t live up to the first, the entire rest of the Red Queen Trilogy is absolutely breathtaking and I highly recommend it. From USA Today bestselling author Parker S. I did however find the grit of Farley’s area very intriguing in contrast to the usual places we have read about in the rest of the series. Perhaps that is to be expected after the great expectations set by Red Queen (and when I say ‘great’ I mean the Burj Khalifa of books). Cruel Crown is a collection of two prequels - Queen Song and Steel Scars - to the first in the Red Queen series, The Red Queen. This paperback bind-up also includes an excerpt of the second book in the Red Queen series, Glass Sword.

There wasn’t any real action as you would have expected from the leader of a rebellion, which was confusing.Īlthough one of the only things that made this novella quite interesting is Shade Barrow, everything else seemed slightly disappointing. Now: Spend 49 on print products and get FREE shipping at HC.com. Farley’s character is mostly dull and not enjoyable to read about. I thought by reading Steel Scars, the second novella in Cruel Crown, I would be in for a badass story.

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