The Shadow Queen
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
3.5
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C. J. Redwine
A New York Times bestselling dark epic fantasy inspired by the tale of Snow White, from C. J. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series. This breathtakingly romantic, action-packed fantasy is perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Cinder. Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen.In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic of his own—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman—and bring her Lorelai’s heart.But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn’t going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose.
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Author
C. J. Redwine
Pages
416
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2016-02-16
ISBN
0062360264 9780062360267
Ratings
Google: 4
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"This was so dark and depressing omg. These poor characters probably have PSTD after all that they went through. <br/><br/>The story was... Something. I'd say it was a combination of Maleficent, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, and Frozen. Plus some dark moody fantasy books with okay-ish characters. It was so unbelievably predictable. I don't really have any motive to read the rest of the series, simply because it wrapped up so neatly. <br/><br/>The characters were all so annoying. I pretty much didn't like them. They weren't very well developed. <br/><br/>The writing style was fairly bearable. It could use some more smoothing out.<br/><br/>Overall, if you enjoyed any typical dark fantasy tropes, this'll probably be the book for you."
haven
"I've always strongly disliked Snow White, but Shadow Queen I like a lot - it's so much better than Snow White!<br/><br/>Also I love C.J. Redwine’s books - they're awesome! I love The Traitor Prince - it might be my favorite of her books so far. I'm reading The Wish Granter now after this book.<br/><br/>I love Lorelai, she's so much more relatable and awesome and Irina is even more understandable even though she is detestable and disgusting with her evil wickedness.<br/><br/>And I love Kol and his little group of friends and Kol and Lorelai together complement each other.<br/><br/>I am gaining a new level of appreciation and interest in the fairy tales because of these great retellings.<br/><br/>If you haven't checked this book out or any of these by C.J. Red wine, you should.<br/>"
Annette W
"This book was fantastic! I loved the twist on Snow White because it was a love story and at the same time it was an action packed, amazingly written book with plot twists and gorgeous characters that you had to fall in love with. It was similar to the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, but different in a good way. The relationship between Lorelai and Leo is admirable and breathtaking and the bond between Kol and Lorelai was well constructed. I loved everything about this book, but as always, I wanted more romance between Kol and Lorelai."
Maaja Sepa
"BORING BORING BORING BORING BORING. I can't believe I actually pushed through to finish this."
Emily
