PRAISE FOR ONE DARK THRONE: ★ “Blake’s already pitch-dark tale shades even darker. Fans will be ready to kill for this.” - ALA Booklist “This third series installment expanded on the world introduced in Three Dark Crowns and One Dark Throne, and the stakes, if possible, are higher than ever. ★ “Tragic, devastating, horrifying, enthralling.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Prepare to be ruined.” - Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval and Legendary This book destroyed me in the best possible way. Kendare Blake is a master of plot twists and making hearts bleeds. “Brutally brilliant and exquisitely devastating. This is an uprising that the mysterious Blue Queen may have more to do with than anyone could have guessed-or expected.ĭon't miss Five Dark Fates, the thrilling conclusion to the series!

And her only confidants, a war-gifted girl named Emilia and her oracle friend Mathilde, are urging her to take on a role she can’t imagine filling: a legion-cursed queen who will lead a rebel army to Katharine’s doorstep.

Jules, too, is in a strange place-in disguise. Though she says nothing, her rotting, bony finger pointing out to sea is clear enough: return to Fennbirn. Mirabella and Arsinoe are alive, but in hiding on the mainland and dealing with a nightmare of their own: being visited repeatedly by a specter they think might be the fabled Blue Queen. There’s also the alarming issue of whether her sisters are actually dead-or if they’re waiting in the wings to usurp the throne. But now that she finally has it, the murmurs of dissent grow louder by the day. Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series! And while Arsinoe, Mirabella, and Katharine all have their own scores to settle, there is another queen stirring things up on Fennbirn Island.

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