Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake

In this conclusion to the Three Dark Crowns series, three sisters will rise to fight as the secrets of Fennbirn’s history are laid bare. Allegiances will shift. Bonds will be tested. But the fate of the island lies in the hands of its queens. It always has.

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Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake

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Book Four of the Three Dark Crowns series
Release - September 3, 2019
Genre - Young Adult Fantasy
POV - multiple 3rd person
Heat - none
Source - owned hardcover
Length - 464 pages

After the grim confrontation with Queen Katharine, the rebellion lies in tatters. Jules’s legion curse has been unbound, and it is up to Arsinoe to find a cure, even as the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist lies heavy on her shoulders, and her shoulders alone. Mirabella has disappeared.

Katharine’s reign remains intact—for now. When Mirabella arrives, seemingly under a banner of truce, Katharine begins to yearn for the closeness that Mirabella and Arsinoe share. But as the two circle each other, the dead queens hiss caution—Mirabella is not to be trusted.

In this conclusion to the Three Dark Crowns series, three sisters will rise to fight as the secrets of Fennbirn’s history are laid bare. Allegiances will shift. Bonds will be tested. But the fate of the island lies in the hands of its queens. It always has.

Soooo... you're telling me no one's safe?
I know I wanted certain things to happen. Like, certain deaths and the like. But dyammmmnnnn... I didn't expect this!

Picking up right where we left off, the story is messy. But it's the kind of mess and drama and angst I kind of live for, so I was definitely engaged. When things went left, it made me question everything I thought I knew, but I was here for it. Until I wasn't.

In the end, I was rooting for Arsinoe, my hopes and wishes and prayers went unanswered, and I'm wondering what happened. The light I wanted the sisters to find was found and it was too late to matter. I felt like weeping and I thank the author for making me feel SO FREAKING MUCH with this last book of the series.

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Kendare Blake grew up in the small city of Cambridge, Minnesota. She is a graduate of Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York and received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Middlesex University in London, England. She loves to travel, is an advocate for animals, and cheats a lot when she plays Final Fantasy. Adopted from South Korea at the age of seven months, she arrived with the following instruction: "Feed her chocolate." Though not medically advisable, she and her parents are eternally grateful for this advice.

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