Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Release Date: April 9, 2024
Publisher: Orbit
Source: Publisher
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten’s lush romantic epic fantasy series, the glittering and dangerous world of the Sainted King’s royal court is upended when Prince Bastian seizes control and a mysterious dark force begins to take over.
The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore—a necromancer and former smuggler—to his right-hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the royal court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kirythean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore’s old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian has changed. No longer the hopeful, rakish, charismatic man Lore knows and loves, instead he’s become reckless, domineering, and cold.
And something has been whispering in her ear. A voice, dark and haunting, that’s telling her there’s more to the story than she knows and more to her power than she can even imagine. A truth buried deep that could change everything.
With Bastian’s coronation fast approaching and enemies whispering on all sides, Lore must figure out how to protect herself, her prince, and her country before they all come crumbling down and whatever dark power has been creeping through the catacombs is unleashed.
The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore—a necromancer and former smuggler—to his right-hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the royal court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kirythean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore’s old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian has changed. No longer the hopeful, rakish, charismatic man Lore knows and loves, instead he’s become reckless, domineering, and cold.
And something has been whispering in her ear. A voice, dark and haunting, that’s telling her there’s more to the story than she knows and more to her power than she can even imagine. A truth buried deep that could change everything.
With Bastian’s coronation fast approaching and enemies whispering on all sides, Lore must figure out how to protect herself, her prince, and her country before they all come crumbling down and whatever dark power has been creeping through the catacombs is unleashed.
Hannah F. Whitten's The Hemlock Queen is the second installment in the authors The Nightshade Crown series. It has been 3 weeks since the end of the first installment. The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore—a drug dealer turned court lady and part-time theologian with a unique power over death and life—to his right hand side as his Queen. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the sainted court and help the people of Dellaire.
But not everyone is happy with the changes and Lore takes a backseat for the most part not wanting to be the center of any attention because of her ability to raise the dead. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kyrithean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore's old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian's changed which apparently has to do with a certain God wanting to take control. Make that two Gods since one just happens to have chosen Lore as a bulwark against Bastian's Apollius.
No longer the hopeful, rakish, charismatic man Lore knows and loves, instead he's reckless, domineering and cold. And something's been whispering in her ear. A voice, dark and haunting, that's telling her there's more to the story than she knows and more to her power than she can even imagine. Even Gabe, who lost his eye, is now a different person. He seems to understand what is going on, but it takes him and Lore a long time to make any sort of plan to do anything. He also seems to find himself in a twisted triangle which I loathe.
A truth buried deep that could change everything. With Bastian's coronation fast approaching and enemies whispering on all sides, Lore must figure out how to protect herself, her prince, and her country before they all come crumbling down and whatever dark power has been creeping through the catacombs is unleashed. Not going to lie, while the worldbuilding is pretty good, the overall storyline is filled with secrets, betrayal, and yet another stunning ending.
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