'I died the Queen of Peace, and peace died with me.But you are the Queen of Flame and Fury, and you will set the world on fire.'

I will miss Theo and her crew, but it comforts me to know I can always go back and reread her story in the hopes of learning something new and falling more in love with the series every time. this trilogy has it all.īy no means was this book perfect, as some of the plot in Ember Queen was predictable and there were a couple of (smaller) loose ends I would've liked to have seen tied up however, these elements were easy to overlook with what this book accomplished regarding characters, worldbuilding, story, stakes, and just.pretty much everything. Magic, sword fights, romance, deep friendships, cliffhangers, a complex villain, a heroine that makes you want to cheer out loud. Theo is my resilient, fierce queen who reclaims her power and finds her voice with the help of the most lovable entourage you could ask for in a supporting YA cast. Laura Sebastian continues to use this story to explore thought-provoking topics echoed throughout the trilogy, including morality in times of war and the idea that no person can be categorized simply as good or evil. Of all the YA fantasy series I've read over the past year, this is the finale I looked forward to the most, and it definitely delivered. Theo must learn to embrace her own power if she has any hope of standing against the girl she once called her heart’s sister.Ī fantastic end to an amazing trilogy! I never expected to fall in love with this story, these characters, and this world as much as I did. The Kaiserin’s strange power is growing stronger, and with Prinz Søren as her hostage, there is more at stake than ever. Imbued with a magic no one understands, the Kaiserin is determined to burn down anyone and everything in her way. Now free, with a misfit army of rebels to back her, Theo must liberate her enslaved people and face a terrifying new enemy: the new Kaiserin. And if she learned nothing else from her mother, she learned that a Queen never cowers.

As the rightful heir to the Astrean crown, it runs in her veins. But though she wore a crown of ashes, there is fire in Theo’s blood. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse and ridicule from the Kaiser and his court. Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. The thrilling conclusion to an epic fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.

Ember queen laura sebastian