Age
Group: Young Adult
Rating: 4/5
A royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince in exchange for Arin's freedom. But can Kestrel trust Arin? Can she even trust herself?
Kestrel is becoming very good at deception. she's working as a spy in the court. If caught, she'll be exposed as a traitor to her country. Yet she can't help searching for a way to change her ruthless world...and she is close to uncovering a shocking secret.
Kestrel is becoming very good at deception. she's working as a spy in the court. If caught, she'll be exposed as a traitor to her country. Yet she can't help searching for a way to change her ruthless world...and she is close to uncovering a shocking secret.
It took me so long to get through this book. After the first one hundred pages, I hit a wall. The story was slow to start so I put it off for months. After a couple of months of ignoring it, I read the rest of it in about two days. So I have mixed feelings about this second installment.
I
mean this in the best way possible. This entire book was SO frustrating and
STRESSFUL! Even though it hurts me, I enjoy how much tension is in this story
and how even now after two books, there isn't much resolution. Unlike many
young adult novels where I think the resolution for the problems and the
characters to be quick and easy, the relationship between Kestral and Arin is
so complicated. My expectations for the finale book are very high now so I hope
Rutkowski follows through.
Throughout
the novel I knew Kestrel's indecision and her scrambling would cost her in the
end. While she tried desperately to play both sides of the game, it never
seemed like she had enough information to do it effectively especially knowing
what Arin was doing on the other side. I thought it was realistic how different
the two characters were and how each of them had to deal with their all of the
decisions they made in book one. The friendships, relationships and political
alliances in this story were built so well and I loved the political elements
of the story.
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