Queens of Fennbirn

Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: HarperTeen ISBN: 9780062748287

FROM THE Three Dark Crowns series come this novella collection which comprises The Young Queens and The Oracle Queen.

Those who have read and enjoyed the Three Dark Crowns series would definitely find this enlightening.

The series features triplets born to each generation of royalty in Fennbirn. But there can only be one true queen, and the other two are destined to die.

Mirabella is an elemental who can control nature. Arsinoe is a poisoner, while Katharine is a naturalist.

When they were six years old, the girls were taken by their respective houses to be trained in their special gifts in readiness for the battle ahead.

In The Young Queens, readers get a glimpse into the girls’ lives before they have to plot against each others’ demise.

This is the story of the three sisters from their births, until they are separated.

The second story tells the tale of the last Oracle Queen, whose legendary reign is tinged with blood and horror.

Paranoid, ruthless, and seemingly utterly mad, Queen Elsabet’s obsessive mistrust led to the slaying of three entire houses of innocent people – or so it was told.

Born with the gift of sight, she nevertheless could not foresee her fall from power, until it was too late.

This book offers an interesting look behind the scenes of these queens of Fennbirn. – K.K. Wong