Catherine Doyle

Katherine Webber

Twin Crowns

Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. I also bought a copy from Fairyloot. Thanks and support your authors! All opinions are my own.

Author: Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

Recommended For...: young adult readers, fantasy, romance, witches, magic, high fantasy

Age Relevance: 13+ (violence, death, animal death, gore, kidnapping, prejudice, parental death, child abuse, war, romance, alcohol consumption, torture, animal violence, animal sacrifice)

Explanation of Above: There is some violence and slight blood gore shown in the book, as well as death and parental death shown and mentioned. There is animal violence, including the death of an elk and a snow leopard, and animal sacrifice mentioned and shown. There is a kidnapping scene and a torture scene. There is child abuse shown and mentioned. Prejudice plays a big part in the plot. There is war mentioned and started. There is some romance. There is some alcohol consumption.

Synopsis: Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister's place in the palace. Trained from birth to return to the place of her parents' murder and usurp the only survivor, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Or she would, if only a certain palace guard wasn't quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic didn't have a habit of causing trouble...

Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility. Marriage into a brutal kingdom awaits, and she will not let a small matter like waking up in the middle of the desert in the company of an extremely impertinent (and handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her royal duty. But life outside the palace walls is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never knew she was missing.

Two sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other's lives a whole lot better. But as coronation day looms closer and they each strive to claim their birthright, the sinister Kingsbreath, Willem Rathborne, becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?

Review: I absolutely loved this book. In this duel POV narrative, there are twins who were separated at birth. One is a princess and the other is a witch. The witch twin comes one day and helps facilitate the kidnapping of the princess twin. Throughout the book they each learn of each other’s lives and hardships and together they come up with a plan to solve both of their issues. I loved the book’s fantasy take on twin stories and I absolutely loved both characters of this read. The book did good to also develop other characters around the twins and to keep the same pacing throughout the book.

The only issue I had with the book is that I wish that the world building was a bit more there. There’s also some parts that are a little long winded in the book.

Paige Green

Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. I also bought a copy from Fairyloot. Thanks and support your authors! All opinions are my own.

 

Book: Twin Crowns

 

Author: Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

 

Book Series: Twin Crowns Book 1

 

Rating: 5/5

 

Recommended For...: young adult readers, fantasy, romance, witches, magic, high fantasy

 

Publication Date: May 17, 2022

 

Genre: YA Fantasy

 

Age Relevance: 13+ (violence, death, animal death, gore, kidnapping, prejudice, parental death, child abuse, war, romance, alcohol consumption, torture, animal violence, animal sacrifice)

 

Explanation of Above: There is some violence and slight blood gore shown in the book, as well as death and parental death shown and mentioned. There is animal violence, including the death of an elk and a snow leopard, and animal sacrifice mentioned and shown. There is a kidnapping scene and a torture scene. There is child abuse shown and mentioned. Prejudice plays a big part in the plot. There is war mentioned and started. There is some romance. There is some alcohol consumption.

 

Publisher: Balzar & Bray

 

Pages: 480

 

Synopsis: Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister's place in the palace. Trained from birth to return to the place of her parents' murder and usurp the only survivor, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Or she would, if only a certain palace guard wasn't quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic didn't have a habit of causing trouble...

 

Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility. Marriage into a brutal kingdom awaits, and she will not let a small matter like waking up in the middle of the desert in the company of an extremely impertinent (and handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her royal duty. But life outside the palace walls is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never knew she was missing.

 

Two sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other's lives a whole lot better. But as coronation day looms closer and they each strive to claim their birthright, the sinister Kingsbreath, Willem Rathborne, becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?

 

Review: I absolutely loved this book. In this duel POV narrative, there are twins who were separated at birth. One is a princess and the other is a witch. The witch twin comes one day and helps facilitate the kidnapping of the princess twin. Throughout the book they each learn of each other’s lives and hardships and together they come up with a plan to solve both of their issues. I loved the book’s fantasy take on twin stories and I absolutely loved both characters of this read. The book did good to also develop other characters around the twins and to keep the same pacing throughout the book.

 

The only issue I had with the book is that I wish that the world building was a bit more there. There’s also some parts that are a little long winded in the book.

 

Verdict: I loved it!

Great world building, character development and relationships

Tessa wendon 

I wish I could give it more stars, this was so good ❤️❤️❤️

what I liked about this book:
> I got the Waterstones exclusive wren edition with dark blue (i think) sprayed edges with like leaves and birds, and it's so beautiful ❤️❤️
> the characters were really nice and they had their own personalities and they were all different
> I loved the dual pov, slightly preferred Rose's chapters in the first 60% of the book but then the last 40% after they met I liked Wren's more
> I really like the magic system in this book, one of my favourites
> The world was really nice and felt real

There isn't anything I didn't like about this book really, just some things I didn't love as much as the other parts, so parts I didn't love:
> I'm definitely not the target demographic lmao, the writing felt a little like it was aimed at someone younger which is definitely my fault but it was very easy to read and was still very enjoyable, which I liked and made it a quick read, but some parts definitely felt like they were aimed at someone younger, and while I'm still the target demographic of YA books (and apparently this book according to Barnes and Noble) at 16 it was probably aimed at someone slightly younger? idfk
> The romance aspect of it is described as "enemies to lovers" but idk it was definitely somewhat that but it didn't feel like enemies to lovers, not like other books I've read. the romance was also quite predictable as it was very easy to guess who Rose would end up with and who Wren would end up with

Overall i give 5/5 stars because I loved this book and I'm definitely excited for the next one, and there wasn't anything about it that I hated or that disappointed me, it was overall very good

Twin Crowns

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