Stardust in Their Veins (Castles in Their Bones #2) by Laura Sebastian #bookreview #YA #fantasy #romance
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Title: Stardust in Their Veins
Author: Laura Sebastian
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: February 7, 2023
Page Count: 571
My rating: 5 stars
About the book:
Immerse yourself in the second book in a fantasy trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Ash Pricess series. The sequel to Castles in Their Bones is the story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, and the crown.
Princesses Daphne, Beatriz, and Sophronia have trained their entire lives for one purpose: to bring down nations. Their mother, Empress Margaraux of Bessemia, is determined to rule the continent of Vesteria, and her daughters are her weapons. Promised for marriage since birth, they are her ticket across enemy lines. And also her decoys.
Still, not even Empress Margaraux can control the stars. Sent to their new kingdoms, orders in hand, the princesses have found their own paths, changing the course of their mother’s plans entirely—and tragically. Sophronia chose love, and for that, she lost her life.
Daphne and Beatriz can hardly believe their sister is dead, but both are determined to avenge her. And now, separated by a continent—and their mother’s lies—they see more clearly with every passing day that they might not be working toward the same end.
The stars whisper of death, but Daphne and Beatriz are just beginning to understand the true power coursing through their veins. And their mother will do anything to keep them under her thumb—even if it means killing them all.
Stardust in Their Veins by Laura Sebastian is the second book in the young adult fantasy Castles in Their Bones series. The story in the Castles in their Bones series is one that is told by changing the point of view between the different characters and one that is best read in order from the beginning of the series as the story in the second book picks up where the first left off.
In the first book of the series, Castles in Their Bones, readers were introduced to Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz who were raised by their mother, Empress Margaraux, to one day be queens and the time has come for them to begin to implement their mother’s plan. Now that the girls are sixteen they must each go to the lands chosen for them and wed the princes of those lands. Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz have been trained in every aspect of royalty and that of deception, seduction, and violence but little did they each know they were but a pawn in their mother’s game.
This second book of the Castles in Their Bones series picked up right were the first cliffhanger had left off and drew me right back into the story. The Castles in Their Bones series reminded me a lot of the real life Tudor Era and the politics of that time infused with the fantasy twist. If you take the time of kings and queens in the Tudor Era and toss in some magic in a fantasy world it gives you and idea of what you will find in this series. I found myself hooked on the story and enjoyed continuing it with this second book.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
Laura Sebastian grew up having many adventures on an avocado grove and later an island in South Florida. She studied Performing Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design and now lives, reads, and writes in New York City with her dog, Neville.
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