The Cursed Queen (The Impostor Queen, #2)

by Sarah Fine

Blood and victory. There is no other way.

The “fresh and fascinating magical world” (School Library Journal) of The Impostor Queen expands in this companion novel that answers the question: who is the real queen of the Kupari?

Ansa has always been a fighter.

As a child, she fought the invaders who murdered her parents and snatched her as a raid prize. She fought for her place next to Thyra, the daughter of the Krigere Chieftain. She fought for her status as a warrior in her tribe: blood and victory are her way of life. But the day the Krigere cross the great lake and threaten the witch queen of the Kupari, everything changes.

Cursed by the queen with fire and ice, Ansa is forced to fight against an invisible enemy—the dark magic that has embedded itself deep in her bones. The more she tries to hide it, the more dangerous it becomes. And with the Krigere numbers decimated and the tribe under threat from the traitorous brother of the dead Chieftain, Ansa is torn between her loyalty to the Krigere, her love for Thyra, and her own survival instincts.

With her world in chaos and each side wanting to claim her for their own, only one thing is certain: unless Ansa can control the terrible magic inside her, everything she’s fought for will be destroyed.

• ISBN10: 1481441957
• ISBN13: 9781481441957
• Publish Date: 3 January 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Margaret K McElderry Books
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 432
• Language: English

Reviews

Review originally posted at Simply Adrift.

The Cursed Queen is a companion novel to The Impostor Queen.

- When I first started reading this I thought there was only going to be two books in this series, I only realised half way through there were more. Which made way more sense. Because nothing was making sense when I thought that this was the last book in the series.

What I liked

- Thrya. Thyra is Ansa's love interest and she is one amazing, mature, and strong woman. She believes in herself and her thoughts despite everyone else around her trying to pull her down. She was the sole thing, and character I liked about this book.

What I didn't like

- Ansa. Oh my god. She was such a brat. Immature, annoying, selfish, just a really self-centred and mean person. I did not like her in any capacity. This made it really hard for me to enjoy this book at all. How can you enjoy a book when you HATE the main character?

- There were major trust issues in this book. One minute Ansa was on Thyra's side but then the next minute she would talk to Thyra's uncle and would all of a sudden be on his side. Ansa couldn't make up her mind but then the reader couldn't either. I didn't like this because I felt so lost, I didn't know who to believe, I didn't know where the story was going, and I was bored of trying to figure it out.

- This book is set at the same time that Elli's story in book one is happening. We read Ansa's story, and it feels like the story as a whole doesn't progress one bit. I was bored. I really wish that The Impostor Queen had simply chosen to have two POV's and we had got to read Ansa's story in book one instead.

- The Cursed Queen did not live up to my expectations at all. I didn't like the main character a single bit, and I kept waiting to read Elli's story but she doesn't make an appearance.

- While I didn't enjoy this book that much, book three will be worth it. I mean The True Queen is the title, so how can it not get better? I definitely have to pick up the next book in the hopes it gets better, I loved the first book so I really don't want to leave this series with this book as the memory of it.

Always,
Jordon

This review was originally posted on Simply Adrift