The Queen's Resistance - Book Review

The Queen's Resistance (The Queen's Rising #2)
by Rebecca Ross

What is it about:
Finally, Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is settling into her role as the daughter of Davin MacQuinn, a disgraced lord who returned to Maevana to reclaim his house. Though she’d just survived a revolution, one that will finally return a queen to the throne, she faces another difficult challenge. She must prove herself trustworthy to the MacQuinns. But as Queen Isolde Kavanagh’s closest confidant, she’ll have to balance serving her father’s house as well as her country. And then there’s Cartier, a wholly separate but desirable factor in her new life.

Aodhan Morgane, formerly known as Cartier Évariste, is adjusting to the stark contrast between his pre-rebellion life in Valenia as a master of knowledge and his current one as the lord of a fallen house. During his castle’s restoration, he discovers a ten-year-old boy named Tomas, whose past and parentage are a complete mystery. So when Cartier’s former pupil Brienna is as taken with Tomas as he is, he lets his mind wander—what if he doesn’t have to raise him or his house alone?

As the Lannon trial rapidly approaches, Brienna and Cartier must put their feelings aside to concentrate on forging alliances, executing justice, and ensuring that no one interferes with the queen’s coronation. But resistance is rumbling among the old regime’s supporters, who are desperate to find a weakness in the rebels’ forces. And nothing makes a person more vulnerable than deep-seated love.

What did I think of it:
I fell in love with The Queen's Rising, so I pre-ordered this book as soon as I could.

And what a beautiful story this is!

After having defeated an evil king Brienna and her friends discover that's not the end of their problems. The bad guys need to be punished, the queen crowned, and a new future has to be build. But who actually are the bad guys? And to stay in power the queen needs alliances.

The story is told from both Brienna's Point of View and Cartier's PoV. Both have their own problems they have to deal with, but they're also there for each other. I rooted for both of them to solve their problems and be together. I liked how not every problem is huge and earth-shattering, but how some seem small, but are just as important as bigger ones.

There were some things that I could see coming, but it wasn't annoying, I actually enjoyed looking for extra clues and for the moment things would fall together for Brienna and Cartier.

All in all a beautiful read and a worthy sequel to The Queen's Rising. I really hope that Ross will write more books in this world, because I want more!

Why should you read it:
It's a wonderful Fantasy read.


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