Now Queen Malina is taking back her rightful kingdom while he has gone to claim another. King Midas is the one destroying everything. She had to watch him bring Auren in and make the castle a place of her own. Just because she was not born with magic she had to watch King Midas turn her beloved kingdom into something she despises and can't stand anymore. After this book, I've come to realize she wasn't so much a villain but a victim, like Auren, of having her choices taken away from her. Queen Malina is also depicted as a villain towards Auren. In the first book, we know she was not born with magic therefore she had to marry Midas because she was not fit to rule on her own.

We get to read Queen Malina's perspective in this book and I really appreciated and loved this. No more weakness, no more being manipulated, and no more fear from people hurting her.

In the next book, I hope to see her accept who she is and become stronger. She believed the choices she made in her life were hers and not the manipulation of the man she believed loved her. She's been a captive for the past 10 years.

In the first book, I felt she was weak in her actions towards others but I understood why. It was slow with a big ramp up at the end, but she did grow. My ReviewĪuren's growth is what I needed the most in this book. To see my review for the first book please scroll down to the bottom. *This is the second book in the series and must be read in order. The question is, can I out maneuver them? In the game of kings and armies, I’m the gilded pawn. I may be out of my cage, but I’m not free, not even close. When he turns those black eyes on me, I feel captive for an entirely different reason. But his eyes-his eyes are the most compelling of all. Rip has power sizzling beneath this skin and glinting spikes down his spine. The ones who nearly destroyed Orea, wiping out Seventh Kingdom in the process. Known for his brutality on the battlefield, his viciousness is unsurpassed. They’re marching to battle, and I’m the bargaining chip that will either douse the fire or spark a war.Īt the heart of my fear, my worry, there’s him-Commander Rip. Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle.

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