Language: PG (8 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Beatriz, Daphne, and Sophronia are triplet princesses who have been prepared for their arranged marriages since birth. After their sixteenth birthday, the sisters are dispatched to the surrounding countries to not only marry but also ignite wars that will allow their mother to take over the entire continent. However, the deeper they get into their assignments, the fewer things go according to plan and the more doubts arise.
For most of the book, there was so much deception that it was hard to see if any of the protagonists were heroes worth cheering on – instead, I became anxious about those being taken advantage of. I continued reading, despite seeing no possible happy endings, and found that Sebastian skillfully arranged the trials for each sister so that they had to stretch rather than rely on their strengths. And then, nearly at the end, I realized that I had become enraptured by the development and entanglement of the plans being carried out. Instead of being relieved to finish the book, I find myself wondering when the sequel will be available. The mature content rating is for alcohol use, innuendo, sexual harassment, and discussions of consummating marriage. The violence rating is for gun use, executions, and murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment