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Title: The Unseelie Crown

Series: Maze of Shadows #2

Author: Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Genre: Dark, Romance, Witches, Fae, Unseeling, Fantasy, Magic, Paranormal

Status: Finished

Rating: 2.75/5

Sypnosis: The gods brought her back. But was it to stop Valroy, or to become his queen?

Valroy will let nothing block his path to the Unseelie Crown. He was born for the crown, born in blood and death, and he is willing to stop at nothing to see both Tir n’Aill and Earth as his dominion, and crushing the self-righteous Seelie beneath his bootheels.

He’d wished for Abigail to stand beside him as his queen, but that went terribly wrong when she chose death over becoming his bride. It was a setback, certainly, but not one he could not overcome.

Yet despite being wrenched from the song of life, Abigail returned to Tir n’Aill, only to be hunted by both Seelie and Unseelie alike. She did not know why she was returned or for what purpose, but it was clear that two paths lay before her: to become Valroy’s enemy, or to allow him to make her his queen in chains.

Review: Ugh!

The female lead was so annoying through this one. All she did was cry and make herself look less like a female lead. There were moments in this book that I nearly thought to add to my "DNF" pile because of the female lead.

I don't even know what Valroy sees in her. If I had been him, I would return her to her world, dump her there, and find a female that would offer a challenge, not sit there and whine about how life is not fair.

I get that the female lead is supposed to be somewhat like Sarah from The Labyrinth and although she was whiny in the beginning, she was tolerable at best. Plus she grew up as she tried to beat Jareth and his Labyrinth. She did not mop around and cry all the damn time.

And I doubt Persephone did much of the same when Hades kidnapped her to the Underworld. I know it may have been a shock for her but I know she learned her duties as Hades's queen.

I hope the next book is much better than this one.