Saturday, November 20, 2021

The Queen Will Betray You by Sarah Henning - ADVISABLE

The Queen Will Betray You
(Kingdoms of Sand and Sky #2) by Sarah Henning
, 352 pages. Tor Teen, 2021. $18 

Language: G (0 swears, 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG13 (battles, lots of blood and guts and talk of torture, moderately graphic) 

BUYING ADVISORY:, MS - OPTIONAL, HS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

As Amarande and Luca part ways, Amarande returns to her kingdom only to discover that she has been declared dead, that her mother - the runaway Queen - has returned with a brother she didn't know about and has installed him as king. Rescued from the tower in which she has been imprisoned , the princess and her arch enemy, Taillefer, embark on another adventure to reunite with Luca, and save the kingdoms from a pair of evil queens bent on taking over everything. 

While just as exciting and action packed as "The Princess Will Save You," "The Queen Will Betray You" was full of back story connecting all the pieces needed for - most likely - book 3. While age appropriate for middle school, the number of sub plots and the age of the characters and as well as the number of sub plots and characters fits this better to a high school library. 

Lisa Librarian

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