Shadow has been training all her life to follow in the footsteps of her mother and aunts–to become skilled enough to join the ranks of the Guild. Though magic has been forbidden since the Aphrasian uprising, Shadow has been learning to control her powers in secret, hoping that one day she’ll become an assassin as feared and revered as Caledon Holt.
When a surprise attack brings Shadow and Cal together, they’re forced to team up as assassin and apprentice to hunt down a new sinister threat to Renovia. But as Cal and Shadow grow closer, they’ll uncover a shocking web of lies and secrets that may destroy everything they hold dear. With war on the horizon and true love at risk, they’ll stop at nothing to protect each other and their kingdom in this stunning first novel in the Queen’s Secret series.
Jan’s Review
Melissa De La Cruz does it again i think i enjoyed everything i read from this author. From her middle grade Disney themed series to her Witches of East End. Melissa just captures my interest from the start pulling me along thinking this is the same old fantasy i read before. Guy meets girl, girl has some mysterious past, guy and girl can not be together. Somehow though she always throws in a twist i did not see. In this one it the girl mysterious past sometimes i get enough hints that i like I know what coming. This time not so much.
My heart did hurt that guy and girl did not end up together in the way you expect but they did in true historical fashion. Also the small things like the obsidian shards and the mysterious scrolls really intrigued me enough that i want the rest of this series like yesterday. It a great combination of story you think you know but truly do not know.
