Kingsbane by Claire Legrand, the sequel to Furyborn, comes out on May 21, 2019! To wrap things up, I loved almost every aspect about this book and I’m sad that I can’t experience for the first time again, or read its upcoming sequel yet. It should also be praise that I took so long reading this book because it means I never want the story to end! And I don’t. Even in the most action packed scenes, she takes the time to thoroughly describe what is going on to and around each character, which is not something that always happens in books. Ever turn of the page kept me enthralled and I had to read this book slowly to savor every description Legrand makes about the two worlds. Third, the imagery in this story was captivatingly beautiful. The way Legrand changes the relationships over time makes it not only seem realistic, but brings up a few issues that I’m sure most of us have gone through. The interactions between Simon and Eliana were fantastic and every moment of banter between them made me love their friendship more.

Second, the character relationships are honestly goals. I’m sure if I took out just Rielle’s POV and put them together, it would make its own cohesive story, same with Eliana’s.

The fact that Rielle’s chapter would end and Eliana’s would begin with no confusion was honestly amazing. Switching from Rielle’s POV to Eliana’s POV is seamless, not only from millennium to millennium, but from their previous chapters. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain and discovers that the evil at the empire’s heart is more terrible than she ever imagined.Īs Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world–and of each other.įirst and foremost, one of the things I loved the most about this book, and Legrand’s writing, is her ability to transcend centuries like it’s easy. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable–until her mother vanishes. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials.

When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world…or doom it. With the impending arrival of Kingsbane, I thought now was the best time to read Furyborn by Claire Legrand.