The Fire Queen (The Hundredth Queen, #2)

by Emily R. King

In the second book in The Hundredth Queen Series, Emily R. King once again follows a young warrior queen’s rise to meet her destiny in a richly imagined world of sorcery and forbidden powers.

Though the tyrant rajah she was forced to marry is dead, Kalinda’s troubles are far from over. A warlord has invaded the imperial city, and now she’s in exile. But she isn’t alone. Kalinda has the allegiance of Captain Deven Naik, her guard and beloved, imprisoned for treason and stripped of command. With the empire at war, their best hope is to find Prince Ashwin, the rajah’s son, who has promised Deven’s freedom on one condition: that Kalinda will fight and defeat three formidable opponents.

But as Kalinda’s tournament strengths are once again challenged, so too is her relationship with Deven. While Deven fears her powers, Ashwin reveres them—as well as the courageous woman who wields them. Kalinda comes to regard Ashwin as the only man who can repair a warring world and finds herself torn between her allegiance to Deven and a newly found respect for the young prince.

With both the responsibility to protect her people and the fate of those she loves weighing heavily upon her, Kalinda is forced again to compete. She must test the limits of her fire powers and her hard-won wisdom. But will that be enough to unite the empire without sacrificing all she holds dear?

• ISBN10: 1611097495
• ISBN13: 9781611097498
• Publish Date: 26 September 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Imprint: Skyscape
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 286
• Language: English

Reviews

[sstaley]

I've been listening to this on Audible for a few months now. I listen to it in the mornings while getting ready for work. I need to admit right off that I didn't like this second book in the series as much as I liked the first book. It seemed to drag a bit and much of the plot seemed repetitive of the first novel. There were good moments of action but there seemed to be many chapters of just a lot of talking. I really didn't like how Kalinda and Deven were apart through most of the novel. I think they are wonderful together. It brought back vibes of Twilight's 2nd book New Moon where the same thing happened to the couple in that series. I will continue this series though because I liked how it ended and I really love seeing Kalinda's powers increasing. I can't wait to see what else she can do.