A smashing ending. 'A marvelous and refreshing twist on literary tropes. Readers new to the series should begin at its start, but, luckily, they’ll have the whole series ahead of them as Elisa races to free Hector and take her rightful place of power.

Romance, bravery, and suspenseful political wranglings drive and inform the characters on all sides. Traveling with her trusted new maidservant as well as their prisoner, Storm, and the besotted Belen, Elisa must practice duplicity without falling victim to that of others. As proclaimed, 'Rae Carson has proved she's a master and has shaken up the YA genre.'Ĭarson brings her well-wrought trilogy (The Girl of Fire and Thorns, 2011, and The Crown of Embers, 2012) to a satisfying conclusion as Elisa, bearer of the godstone that brings her both power and extreme danger, searches for her true love, Hector, captive of Franco’s troops. Full of sorcery, adventure, sizzling romance, and secrets that challenge everything she believes, this is a bold and powerful conclusion to an extraordinary trilogy. And she must rise up as champion-even to those who have hated her-or her kingdom will fall. Elisa will stand before the gate of the enemy. Elisa, the seventeen-year-old sorcerer-queen, will travel into an unknown enemy's realm to win back her true love, save her kingdom, and uncover the final secrets of her destiny. Martin's style of sweeping and deeply satisfying epic fantasy, the third and final book in the trilogy takes the young queen on a journey more dangerous than any she has faced before. Rae Carson Carson, Rae The third book in Rae Carson's award-winning The Girl of Fire and Thorns fantasy trilogy. Perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce and George R. Veronica Roth called The Girl of Fire and Thorns 'intense, unique.

“The third book in Rae Carson's award-winning The Girl of Fire and Thorns fantasy trilogy.

The bitter kingdom by rae carson