Foxglove Series: Belladonna #2 on August 22, 2023
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Historical, Young Adult Fiction / Ghost Stories, Young Adult Fiction / Romance / Paranormal
Pages: 400
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Goodreads
A #1 New York Times bestseller! Foxglove is the captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused Belladonna, in which Signa and Death face a supernatural foe determined to tear them apart.
A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous palace nearby. He's hell-bent on revenge after Death took the life of the woman he loved many years ago...and now he’s determined to have Signa for himself, no matter the cost.
Signa and her cousin Blythe are certain that Fate can save Elijah Hawthorne from wrongful imprisonment, if the girls will entertain Fate’s presence. But the more time they spend with him, the more frightening their reality becomes, as Signa exhibits dramatic new powers that link her to Fate’s past. With mysteries and danger around every corner, the cousins must decide whom they can trust as they navigate their futures in high society, unravel the murders that haunt their family, and play Fate’s unexpected games—all with their destinies hanging in the balance.
Daring, suspenseful, and seductive, this sequel to Death and Signa's story is as utterly romantic as it is perfectly deadly.
Review:
What I liked:
Foxglove picks up right where Belladonna left off, and yet again, we are left with a mysterious murder on our hands. We also have to meet Fate, Death’s brother, who seems to think he should be the one with Signa. The beautiful descriptions and prose from book one are here to be found; the struggle for Signa to hide her abilities from those she cares about is here, and this is not the end of the tale; the next book is Wistera a year from now.
Final Verdict:
I am a sucker for books with characters with a lot of snarky banter between each other, and I have a hunch Wisteria is going to take that up a notch. With the introduction of the foxglove manor and the ghosts that live there, I would have liked to see more of that and less of Signa struggling to hide herself in the earlier parts of the book. This series builds so beautifully that you need to read them to get the full depth of this world.
About Adalyn grace
Adalyn Grace is a New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth, which was called “2020’s biggest YA fantasy” by Entertainment Weekly.
Prior to becoming an author, Adalyn spent four years working in live theatre, acted as the managing editor of a nonprofit newspaper, and studied storytelling as an intern on Nickelodeon Animation’s popular series The Legend of Korra.
Local to San Diego, Adalyn spends her non-writing days by watching too much anime, and by playing video games with her bossy cat and two dorky dogs.
