The Kingdom of Eden is growing darker with each passing day. And as she grows stronger, so does her conviction that she must return to the Palace of Winds, face her twin and root out the treachery that began long before the first Trials started.

Exiled to the wilderness, Carys struggles to control the powers that have broken free inside her. And worst of all, the winds of Eden are faltering.īut despite what everyone believes, Carys is alive. The people love his twin even more in death than they did when she was alive. Prince Andreus is king-and Princess Carys is dead.īut even as he's haunted by what he did to win the throne, Andreus discovers that his dream of ruling only brings new problems. The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. IT: A King-Size Collection Of Shocks, Terrors, And.The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau.It's actually a little more in line with Prince of Thorns, with less emphasis on people with powers than RQ has - or, perhaps even better, with Game of Thrones, with the main threat to Eden being the Xhelozi, which are basically the werewolf version of White Walkers.įor my usual Charbonneau standard, Dividing Eden is a bit of a disappointment, but I'm reasonably interested enough to stick around for the sequel and hope it builds in quality from there. They feel oddly bland as YA leads go, though I'll call Carys the true hero of this story because I feel a little more connected to her - and the ending to this book makes it clear she's the one we want to root for the most.Īs far as genre goes, this one's predominantly fantasy, but with a few sci-fi twists - like the use of electric lights - that give me a strong sci-fi postapocalyptic impression as well, hence the blurb comparing this book to Red Queen. But at least Carys and Andreus aren't quite as unlikable as Lada - though neither of them really make a strong impression. A major issue, of course, was the third-person POVs used - similarly to Throne of Glass or And I Darken, and especially the latter only because it's split between the brother and sister. The concept's a pretty good one - royal siblings forced to fight for the right to rule their land, reminding me of Three Dark Crowns even though I haven't read it yet - but the execution kinda fell flat for me. Normally, I love me a good Joelle Charbonneau book, but this one - her first stab at the fantasy genre, as far as I know - left me a little wanting.

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