As I said about the first one, Erin is telling a 16 hour DVD set of Lord of the Rings-epic fantasy in the made-for-cable version. I wanted so much more from this book that when I came to the end, I had to say, "Wait, that's it?" This may be par for the course for a young adult epic fantasy, but I still was left wanting more.
We are immediately thrust into where we left off in the previous book. Which is good, because I thought *spoiler* had died already. But no, he pulls through, leaving our love triangle in tact.
We now are faced with a new girl, Mia, who may or may not be the prophecy. She certainly thinks so as she's doing everything in her power to cuddle up to le King. The new girl is definitely hiding something, and it makes Layla pretty darn steamed.
The gang is off on another adventure, heading out to the Outlands, the third kingdom in this land to rescue Point A of our love triangle, Nash, who has been captured by a sometimes-nice-sometimes evil queen. Apparently, all of the queens go a bit crazy, thanks to a cursed bloodline. The queen is interested in either killing, boffing, or marrying Nash (depending on which level of crazy she's in).
We learn more about the history of the three kingdoms, and, as per usual, Erin leaves us with a killer cliffhanger for the next book in the series. Again, when I came to the last page, I was pulling at my iBooks, saying, "Wait, why is there no more?"
Erin definitely has a penchant for the romance and for the cliffhangers, but I would just love to see her slow down and take the time to spin the story instead of thrusting us from one place to another. If she's going to put an irreversible curse or nearly kill a main character, don't resolve that tension with a quick explanation, or else it cheapens the plot twist. I would like to spend some time in these places she's created, and it never feels like enough.
That being said, it's a quick fun read, and I'm interested to see the resolution of the mega-plot-twist that Erin left us with.
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