She shares a closer connection to her Vittra rivals than she ever imagined—and they’ll stop at nothing to lure her to their side. With the threat of war looming, her only hope of saving the Trylle is to master her magical powers—and marry an equally powerful royal. But that means walking away from Finn, her handsome bodyguard who’s strictly off limits... and Loki, a Vittra prince with whom she shares a growing attraction.
Torn between her heart and her people, between love and duty, Wendy must decide her fate. If she makes the wrong choice, she could lose everything, and everybody, she’s ever wanted... in both worlds.
As a special gift to readers, this book contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, “One Day, Three Ways,” set in the magical world of the Trylle."
Whenever I pick up a book again after not reading for a long time, I'm always reluctant because of how hard it will be to get back into reading. I was especially reluctant reading a sequel to a novel I hadn't read in seven years.
However, Amanda Hocking's writing style has made it so easy. The words and storyline flowed seamlessly and it felt natural reading it. Admittedly, I didn't remember the plot or characters of the story but she managed to remind the reader of what happened in the first book without making it seem too much like just a quick summary squeezed into her story.
My favorite part of the story were how incredibly I felt Hocking managed to create and delve into a world and society. She made this community and government of fantasy but managed to ground it with elements of reality which made it so much easier to imagine and accept.
Characters were also a highlight of the book. I felt like each character had their own unique personality and traits that brought an important element to the book. No character was useless. The friendships and relationships formed and explored throughout the book were what made me kept turning the page.
There were few and far between downfalls of this book. One downfall was that there were a couple, and I mean really few , scenes that I felt were not explained fully. Events occurred and actions were taken that were only vaguely explained. These events and actions were mostly not huge plot devices and the vagueness and questions they arose were not necessary or important to the book. So it felt as if the author just didn't want to explain her ideas, just wanted to enact them.
On a similar note, a new connection Wendy forged in this book was very fast. The connection, I felt, started off as organically but was rushed way too much at the end of the book. It felt as if the organic relationship had turned into something artificial, which was disappointing because I had grown to love seeing the relationship bloom - only for that to be cut short. This was also disappointing compared to the other relationships in the book which were so strong and were played out enough to understand where they came from. Honestly, though, this was not a huge problem for me mostly because I loved the new character and I feel biased towards him.
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To end this review on a positive note, a thing I really liked about this book was the love triangle that was formed. I loved it especially because it was not played out as a normal love triangle would. It was much more of an internal conflict love triangle and for once, it is genuinely hard to guess who Wendy will end up with. It is not obvious who she will choose and Hocking made it easy to love and understand both Loki and Finn.
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