Name: A History of Madness
ISBN: 9781548579517

Rebecca Crunden

The four remaining fugitives are now spread across the Kingdom. And with the fate of the others unknown to him, Nate Anteros prays for a fast execution. Yet execution does not come. After a meeting with the King which leaves Nate questioning his sanity, he's sent to a workcamp in Argon Basin for five years of hard labour. It's there that Nate learns what became of his friends upon their arrest. And as his strength returns to him, and he's plagued by dreams which are much too real to be ignored, Nate decides five years is far too long to wait ...

A History of Madness

Karli P

** spoiler alert **
           I loved that this book kept the same feeling of adventure as the one previous, and the stakes just keep getting higher for these characters. 

While I still absolutely loved this book, I will admit I didn't like reading from Nate's perspective as much as I did from Kitty's. I think that is just a personal preference now that I've thought about it more though. You're always going to like reading from the perspective of characters you like better. I originally tagged this read as four stars because I didn't really like Nate as much in this book as I did in the first book, but it's still a really well written story that is worth reading. I think my actual rating would be 4.5 if goodreads let us do that. 

I also appreciated some darker themes being explored as we get more and more little hints throughout about how the kingdom works and how everyone is connected. 

(Also I definitely should've put two and two together about Nate, all the hints were there, but I did not and I almost gasped when I found out.)

Cori McCarthy

Starting off, I would like to thank Rebecca again for sending me a copy of this book! I’m glad I was given the chance to review and help authors with their books! 

I really enjoyed this book! Seeing the world expand and new characters coming into play was one of my favorite things about this book. I loved seeing where Nate’s story went, as well as Catherine’s story, even though it wasn’t told in her p.o.v. I think that’s what I was most impressed with; that Rebecca was able to show the character development of a character, even when we couldn’t see what that character was thinking. 

I really liked this book, and I can’t wait to see where the story goes next!

A History of Madness

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