Cursed Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

 

Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns . . . but not everyone is happy about witches sitting on Eana’s throne.

Cool-headed Rose sets off on a Royal Tour to win over the doubters, but soon finds herself drawn to the Sunkissed Kingdom. Here secrets are revealed about those closest to her, and Rose finds her loyalties divided.

Meanwhile rebellious Wren steals away to the icy north to rescue their beloved grandmother, Banba. But when she accepts King Alarik’s deadly magical bargain in exchange for Banba’s freedom, the spell has unexpected – and far-reaching – consequences . . .

As an ancient curse begins to arise from the darkness, the sisters must come together and unite the crown. Their lives – and the future of Eana – depend on it.

After finishing Twin Crowns I wasted no time in picking up the second book in this trilogy, Cursed Crowns which picks up on the journey with sisters Wren and Rose after they have taken their rightful place on the throne.

As the pair are set to commence the Royal tour to promote peace within Eana and to unite the witches and the non magical villagers Wren decides to forgo the tour in the attempt to find and save their grandmother Bamba who was captured by King Alerik. Rose has no choice but to continue with the tour along with Shen-Lo to aid her.

As both of the sisters set out on their own tasks it soon becomes clear that both of them are about to face a dark and dangerous time ahead. Each chapter alternates between Rose and Wren which keeps the book feeling action packed and fast paced as lost Kingdoms are found, dark curses are unearthed and blood magic is discovered.

I am not a big Fantasy reader, as much as I would love to be I usually find the vast amount of characters with obscure names along with the various lands and kingdoms to keep on top of all a little overwhelming and before long I lose my way however the Twin Crowns series has been so easy to read, slowly introducing the characters building up a picture in your mind before introducing the next so that they all feel well developed and the places are easy to differentiate between too. If you are just dipping your toe into fantasy this is the perfect series to get you started.

It is rare for me to read a series and find the second book in the series matches the energy and excitement of the first but Cursed Crowns is bursting with the same magical essence as Twin Crowns. The ending has been set up ready for what looks to be a dramatic darker twist to come in book 3 Burning Crowns and I am chomping at the bit to start this final book straight away.

In all honesty I wouldn’t recommend trying to read this book as a standalone so jump straight into Twin Crowns and enjoy this magical witchy journey.

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Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

 

Two sisters. One throne. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?

Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister’s place in the palace. Trained from birth to avenge her parents’ murder and usurp the princess, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves.

Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility including marriage into a brutal kingdom. Life outside the palace walls is a place to be feared and she is soon to discover that it’s wilder than she ever imagined.

Twin sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other’s lives a whole lot better…

Twin Crowns is the first book in this series of three written by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber and I thoroughly enjoyed this book so much so the minute I finished it I went straight online to order the second book!

I am usually a romance reader but recently I have started to dip my toe into a few fantasy books but if I am honest I have struggled as I find the plentiful characters and unusual names and places all become a little overwhelming and mindboggling ( I am dyslexic so this could have an effect)

BUT … I had absolutely no problems with this book at all, I sailed through it and can now say I have read a YA Fantasy that I absolutely loved.

We are introduced to twin sisters Wren and Rose who live very different lives as they were separated at birth but whereas Wren knows of her sister Rose who is set to take the throne and become the Queen of Eana, Rose has no knowledge of her sister Wren who is about to threaten her claim to the throne in an attempt to save the lives of innocent witches.

The storyline is so well structured with each character alternating between each of our two sisters and this allowed us to really get to know each of the girls well and see how their childhoods have differed and we learn they have both been told very different stories of why their parents were killed.

Witchy fans you will love this one as this is a big theme in this book and this magical element was something that I really enjoyed as well as the little sprinkling of romance too. The book is fast paced and actioned packed and although it was clearly setting up for something big to come in the future books it didn’t feel like this book was holding anything back or lacking adventure in any way.

There was also a great amount of humour weaved into the storyline too, thanks to supporting characters as well as our FMCs so this book really did tick all the boxes for me. Ideal start for those taking their first steps into the Fantasy world of books.

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