The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten | 400 pages | 2024
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 sainted court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. 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. 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. A truth buried deep that could change everything.
(Synopsis taken from Goodreads)
I had so much trouble getting into this, despite loving the first book in the series. All the characters were so on edge after events I was having trouble remembering, and the movement seemed very slow. The second half picked up the pace and things started to make more sense. After the way it ended I'm still very invested in the series, with high hopes for book three!
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