Overview:
In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire’s worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned.
Only this year, the souls will not be quieted.
Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sisters’ journey to find each other sends them far from the only home they’ve ever known. Accompanied by a stubborn imperial guard and a dashing condemned thief, the girls cross a once-empty wasteland, now filled with reawakened monsters of legend, as they travel to warn the emperor. But a terrible secret awaits them at court—one that will alter the balance of their world forever.
My Review:
2 Stars
I finally put this on my DNF shelf after about 50%. This was an absolute tragedy in my mind because I am a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong and have thoroughly enjoyed all of the books that I have read.
I just absolutely could not stand the characters in this book. Their actions just did not align with the way the author was trying to portray them. In fact, they were the complete opposite.
There was just a complete disconnect between the characters and the plot and I found that I just absolutely dreaded picking up that book to try to read it.
The only redeeming quality this book had was the actual world building. Armstrong painted a pretty vivid world laced with magic, duty and colorful ideas.
In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire’s worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned.
Only this year, the souls will not be quieted.
Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sisters’ journey to find each other sends them far from the only home they’ve ever known. Accompanied by a stubborn imperial guard and a dashing condemned thief, the girls cross a once-empty wasteland, now filled with reawakened monsters of legend, as they travel to warn the emperor. But a terrible secret awaits them at court—one that will alter the balance of their world forever.
My Review:
2 Stars
I finally put this on my DNF shelf after about 50%. This was an absolute tragedy in my mind because I am a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong and have thoroughly enjoyed all of the books that I have read.
I just absolutely could not stand the characters in this book. Their actions just did not align with the way the author was trying to portray them. In fact, they were the complete opposite.
There was just a complete disconnect between the characters and the plot and I found that I just absolutely dreaded picking up that book to try to read it.
The only redeeming quality this book had was the actual world building. Armstrong painted a pretty vivid world laced with magic, duty and colorful ideas.