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Synopsis:
In this epic finale to the Empirium Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claire Legrand, two queens, separated by a thousand years must face their ultimate destinies.
Queen Rielle, pushed away from everything she loves, turns to Corien and his promises of glory. Meanwhile, whispers from the empirium slowly drive her mad, urging her to open the Gate. Separated from Audric and Ludivine, she embraces the role of Blood Queen and her place by Corien’s side, determined to become the monster the world believes her to be.
In the future, Eliana arrives in the Empire’s capital as a broken shell of herself. Betrayed and abandoned, she fights to keep her power at bay—and away from Corien, who will stop at nothing to travel back in time to Rielle, even if that means destroying her daughter.
But when the mysterious Prophet reveals themselves at last, everything changes, giving Rielle and Eliana a second chance for salvation—or the destruction their world has been dreading
Review:
Holy shit.
That was the most heartbreaking ending I have ever read in my entire life.
This book left me broken…. BROKEN.
This final instalment to the Empirium series is the best out of the series. Let’s face it, not many books break me. BUT THIS ONE DID.
I’m going to be salty for a while!
The characters that we have grown to love, Rielle, AUdric and Eliana grew sooo much! They have lived through their pain and face their future face on and teeth bared. You can see the suffering still within them (which is great cause usually YA characters get over the suffering with a click of a finger.. like damn magic : / ) You see Rielle spiral out of control as she loosing herself within the power she contains and you feel her pain along side her.
The plot? Was painfully amazing. SO amazing that it was stabbing me in my heart. Honestly, the plot flowed in with the characters and their development, the battle scenes were intense, the travel wasn’t drawn out as it was written.
And the ending? My heart broke, it was crushed.
I’m never going to recover.
It was brilliant.
Rating: 5/5
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
ISBN: 97817282226378