Monday 29 June 2020

The Lost Princess Returns - Release Day Book Review

It's the release day for The Lost Princess Returns!


The Lost Princess Returns (Uncharted Realms #5.5, The Chronicles of Dasnaria #4)
by Jeffe Kennedy


What is it about:
More than two decades have gone by since Imperial Princess Jenna, broken in heart and body, fled her brutal marriage—and the land of her birth. She’s since become Ivariel: warrior, priestess of Danu, trainer of elephants, wife and mother. Wiser, stronger, happier, Ivariel has been content to live in her new country, to rest her battered self, and to recover from the trauma of what happened to her when she was barely more than a girl.

But magic has returned to the world—abruptly and with frightening force—and Ivariel takes that profound change as a sign that it’s time to keep a promise she made to the sisters she left behind. Ivariel must leave the safety she’s found and return to face the horrors she fled.

As Ivariel emerges from hiding, she discovers that her vicious brother is now Emperor of Dasnaria, and her much-hated mother, the Dowager Empress Hulda, is aiding him in his reign of terror. Worse, it seems that Hulda’s resurrection of the tainted god Deyrr came about as a direct result of Jenna’s flight long ago.

It’s up to Ivariel—and the girl she stopped being long ago—to defeat the people who cruelly betrayed her, and to finally liberate her sisters. Determined to cleanse her homeland of the evil that nearly destroyed her, Ivariel at last returns to face the past.

But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms.


What did I think of it:
I was all happy with how things were left in The Fate of the Tala, but this world and these characters are so awesome I was even happier finding out this short novel would release!

And what an amazing read!

Ivariel fled Dasnaria long ago and started a new life, but in this novel she returns to deal with her mother and her brother.

I loved seeing Ivariel together with Harlan, and to see how Ursula reacts to this long lost sister. And then they start plotting Ivariel's return to the Imperial palace and Ivariel meets Kral again!

Things happen in a different way than I expected, but in a good way. I was totally rooting for Ivariel to finally get the closure she needs to truly leave the past behind. I loved seeing some old faces return as well.

There were several points in this book that made me all emotional and sniffly. What a beautiful and intense story. You need this book, I tell you!

The ending was very satisfying and brings Ivariel's story full circle in a really cool way. I do see possibilities for some nice little novellas set in this world though, so Voodoo Bride and I will keep pestering Jeffe for at least a Zyr novella.

Why should you read it:
It's a beautiful and intense Fantasy read.


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