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The Crown's Fate: The Crown's Game, Book 2

By Andrea Beach, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Exciting, magical sequel steps up action and thrills.

Book Evelyn Skye Fantasy 2017
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Beclee101
Beclee101 Adult
February 4, 2019
age 12+

A sequel and better than the first book

I liked this book better than the first one in the series, “The Crown’s Game”. However, you would really want to read the first one to know what is going on. Great story line and actually has some factual people in it. Good geography lessons on Russia if you encourage your child to look things up. There was an excerpt in the book that has one of the main characters overhearing some drunk men at a bar talking about women that was inappropirate. There is kissing and embracing. Good read for kids who enjoy magical books and enchanters.

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What's the Story?

THE CROWN'S FATE now lies in Vika's hands. As the winner of the deadly Crown's Game, she is Imperial Enchantress to Pasha, whose coronation as Tsar of All the Russias is to take place in a month's time. But Vika achieved her dream at the heaviest cost: Nikolai, the other half of her soul, is lost in shadow. There's another heavy price to pay as Imperial Enchantress, too. Vika is magically bound to follow the tsar's orders no matter what her own conscience dictates; if she doesn't, a magic golden bracelet causes searing burns on her arm. Can Vika do what she must and save Nikolai and the Russian empire?

Is It Any Good?

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This exciting sequel keeps the charm and intrigue of 1820s tsarist Russia while stepping up the thrills and action as two great enchanters seem destined to fight one another forever. In The Crown's Fate, author Evelyn Skye uses her descriptive powers to keep the action and plot advancing. But she doesn't leave characters behind. Vika, Pasha, Nikolai, and Yuliana are fully developed and intriguing in their own ways, adding dimension to what readers of the first book already know.

Tweens and teens who like sorcery, intrigue, battles, giant statues coming to life, and more than one character coming back from the dead will be swept up in this magical, epic story.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the violence in The Crown's Fate. Is it more or less scary if it's done by magic or fantasy? Why?

  • Did you read the first book, The Crown's Game? Which of the two books do you like better, or do you like them equally? If you didn't read the first one, how does this one compare to other fantasies you've read?

  • If you read the first book, did this one turn out like you thought it would? Would you like to see another in the series? What kind of future do you imagine for Pasha, Vika, and Nikolai?

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