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CLEO: Reeling after a shocking realization about Magnus, Princess Cleo must cast aside her feelings and look toward her kingdom with the eyes of a queen.

MAGNUS: The steely prince of Limeros is once again torn between love and duty, leaving him wondering whether he's strong enough to rule his people.

LUCIA: Heartbroken and blind with fury, the betrayed sorceress allies with the awoken Fire god, who also seeks revenge.

JONAS: The defeated rebel leader reunites with Princess Cleo, only to become a pawn in the dangerous hunt for the elusive Kindred.

KING GAIUS: A desperate King of Blood flees Mytica and sails to Kraeshia, where he attempts to ally with the famously brutal emperor across the Silver Sea.

Short and Sweet

After the events of Gathering Darkness, each of our characters has a goal, and most of them revolve around finding the kindred and coming into power positions.

Characters

Magnus: Magnus is back at the Limeros and he takes the throne while his father is away. Magnus just cares about being able to be the ruler his kingdom needs and making the right decisions.

Cleo: Cleo is still with Magnus mainly because he saved her from being executed. All Cleo wants is to find the other kindred and reclaim her throne.

Lucia: Lucia is still dealing with the losing Alexius and while in the headspace of anger she decides to team up with Kyan the fire God. Lucia goes along with Kyan but the further they go on with their journey the more she starts to contemplate the destruction that they’re leaving behind in their wake.

Jonas: Jonas is finally ready to kill Magnus and rescue Cleo, but during the process he ends up going on a search for more of the kindred and becoming meeting more allies.

Amara: The princess Kraeshia is ready to do what she has to to prove she’s powerful. She’s already killed her brother and she won’t stop there. Amara is smart and deceitful.

Romance

Cleo and Magnus: These two… I love the tension between them. They both like each other but they try to fight their feelings. Eventually those feelings come out and that was my favorite part of the book. Cleo and Magnus care about each other even though they don’t want to admit it most of the time.

My Thoughts

There’s so much going on in this book and none of it was overwhelming. We follow our characters and they all have very different paths they’re following, Magnus and Cleo are in Limeros, Jonas and Lyssandra are on their way to Limeros, Amara and King Gaius are in Kraeshia, and Lucia and Kyan are just going where they think the kindred are. There’s so many twist that I wasn’t expecting! I love how Cleo and Jonas are reunited I also like how Magnus decides to team up with Jonas. Although Lucia is going around with Kyan she does end up having a moment of clarity where she realizes she needs to go her separate way. Amara is also on the move and she plans on taking Mytica as her own.

Overall

I love this series! I feel like every book just gets better! I’m so excited to start reading Crystal Storm!