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The Queen's Resistance

Written by: Rebecca Ross
Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman, Charlie Thurston
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For fans of Red Queen and Grave Mercy comes the captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen’s Rising.

Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once-disgraced Lord Davin MacQuinn. Though she’d just survived a revolution that will return a queen to the throne, she faces yet another challenge: acceptance by 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. 

Then there’s Aodhan Morgan, formerly known as Cartier Évariste, who is adjusting to the stark contrast between his pre-rebellion life in Valenia and his current one as lord of a fallen house. As he attempts to restore the Morgane name, he let his mind wander - what if he doesn’t have to raise his house alone? What if Brienna could stand by his side? 

But Brienna and Cartier must put their feelings aside, as there are more vital tasks at hand - the Lannons' trial, forging alliances, and ensuring that no one halts the queen’s coronation. Resistance is rumbling among the old regime’s supporters, who are desperate to find a weakness in the rebels’ forces. 

And what makes one more vulnerable than love?

©2019 Rebecca Ross (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

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Great book, sub-par audio

Prose: masterful
World: a little vanilla, but just original enough to be interesting and recognizable
Story and Characters: great
Narration: Yikes.

The audio performance in book 2 is even worse than book 1. The *book* is great, I loved the story, but the two narrators can't even agree on the pronunciation of names. They give the same characters wildly different accents. The male narrator basically gives every other character a weak, wispy voice, including Brienna and Ysolde/Ysolt. Except Thomas, who has an adorable brogue, until the narrator switches and the woman gives him a typical high-pitched kid voice.

I doubt the narrators even met each other. I love a good full-cast audiobook, but when there's more than one narrator, it's all the more important that they're both briefed on pronunciations and accents. They should have talked to each other, and someone should have coordinated their accents and pronunciation to match,

This is a great book, and Rebecca Ross is a master whose other works I look forward to, but I think it would be enjoyed a lot better as words on a page or screen than in audio form.

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Very Happy with this Series!

Now that the rebellion has the king off the throne, the different houses need to realign and rebuild. Restitution and forgiveness will hopefully allow forward momentum. Aodhan's - who we met as Cartier - whole house has been decimated, and trying to rebuild the Morgane family from the ashes of his ancestral home. Brienna is still very sought-after, but now she has a very strong found family that helps protect her, regardless of what her last name is. And even though the revolution is over, the rebuilding has just begun, and Brienna, and her family want to build something worthy of a legacy.

I absolutely loved THE QUEEN'S RISING and was super excited for this one, so I pre-ordered it right away. Only for it to collect dust for 3 years. But no worries because I read it now!

This picks up right away after the last book, but if it's been a few years between reading them, don't worry! There is a bit of a recap throughout the first 10% to get you up to speed on what is happening, where our characters currently are, and what the next steps are before throwing us into the action of this book.

I thought there was a lot of character growth in both Brienna and Cartier in this book. They have a lot they are dealing with, but always have each other to rely on. Part of the best part of this book is seeing how their relationship continues to strengthen while maturing as the two characters do.

I was excited that this was a duology! Anything more would have been too much and dragged this story on. This had a good mixture of developing relationships and action packed scenes with the plot always moving forward. The ending tied up everything perfectly and I'm very happy with this as a complete series!

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