The Rivaled Crown (The Veiled Kingdom Series)
I swore I would never return to this palace. Never kneel before my father again.
But I have been dragged back into his gilded cage, trapped beneath his rule, and bound to a fate I had tried to escape.
My body is his to break, my magic his to wield. And no matter how many nights I dream of Dacre storming these halls, of his hands pulling me from the darkness-dreams are nothing against the greed of a king.
Even if my mate comes for me, even if I am freed from my father's grip, I'm not sure there will be anything left of me to save.
The kingdom is dying. The land withers beneath the weight of stolen magic, and my father's reign will not end without bloodshed.
But I have lived in the dark for too long.
And I was not made to wither, I was made to burn.
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Community Reviews
Why did wise old grandma and Kai spend all that time training with her? We literally never got to see her be a badass. One line of her draining some guards before Dacre steps in….AGAIN…to tell her to calm down and breathe. Where’s all the control she learned with grandma?? Are we back to square one literally on the first fight?? Why does Wren always jump in to save Verena but literally not once can Verena get herself out of her head long enough to help fight for Wren. Why does wren have this loyalty to her?? We could spare even one or two chapters from Kai and Wrens perspectives to dive into their relationship or how they felt about Verena even? We give Kai all this mysterious aura about him not to ever let anything come of it?? Dacre, the king of making threats he never holds up to. The characters just all fell apart in this book. And it was really hyped up by the author so that was super disappointing.
I would have killed for chapters from Kai, wren, grandma, Micah, even Micah’s sister or dacre’s dad. All perspectives that would have given the story so many more layers. But instead we have this obsessive Mmc and another whiney needy weak fmc and a weak conclusion.
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