Product of her upbringing and frankly who can blame her? Still a lot of my same qualms about her from the last book and not sure she’s a great ruler TBH. Who has been living her #bestlife as ruler with Morgana as her inner voter of confidence and/or anti-conscience, is who she was built up to be the last book as well. I rate this highly because of this things that I like and the build up from the last book but I just wish there was a lot more, including more knowledge about the others in the High Court. I was still rooting for Alyce and Aurora, but their love seemed less “true” so to speak than I was hoping for after the the end of the last, for better or worse. Plus duologies are where it’s at compared to trilogies, ammirite? But compared to the first one it was a bit of a letdown. Spoiler-free Thoughts: While not as good as it’s predecessor, I still really enjoyed this second in the duology. Once Aurora is awake, will she still understand Alyce’s decisions since the curse? Her true love Aurora is still in her cursed sleep without a solution to keep her memories.but the curse-and Alyce’s secret-won’t stay that way for much longer once a human rediscovers the kingdom. Alyce, half dark elf Vila and half Shifter, rules as Mistress of the imps, goblins, shifters, and other creatures seen as historically evil and mistreated across the land and has embraced her dark power.

My Summary: 100 years after the curse on the latest princess of Briar, the Dark Court has risen and a war against the elves in the High Court has taken over the land. But could Aurora love the villain Alyce has become? And the dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash.Īlyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means turning into the monster Briar believes her to be. But it is a love that came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce’s vast power cannot seem to break.

Princess Aurora saw through Alyce’s thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. Not even the one person who holds her heart. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath.

Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce’s wicked domain. Very exhausting but very fun! Over the course of the day I’ve had assorted spiked seltzers and beers.ĭoes true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice.įeared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. What I drank prior: Had our first block party for our neighbors plus assorted friends we’ve made with kids. Minda’s drunk review of Misrule (Malice Duology, #2) by Heather Walter

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