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Book: Twin Crowns

Author: Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

Book Series: Twin Crowns Book 1

Rating: 5/5

Recommended For...: young adult readers, fantasy, romance, witches, magic, high fantasy

Publication Date: May 17, 2022

Genre: YA Fantasy

Age Relevance: 13+ (violence, death, animal death, gore, kidnapping, prejudice, parental death, child abuse, war, romance, alcohol consumption, torture, animal violence, animal sacrifice)

Explanation of Above: There is some violence and slight blood gore shown in the book, as well as death and parental death shown and mentioned. There is animal violence, including the death of an elk and a snow leopard, and animal sacrifice mentioned and shown. There is a kidnapping scene and a torture scene. There is child abuse shown and mentioned. Prejudice plays a big part in the plot. There is war mentioned and started. There is some romance. There is some alcohol consumption.

Publisher: Balzar & Bray

Pages: 480

Synopsis: Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister's place in the palace. Trained from birth to return to the place of her parents' murder and usurp the only survivor, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Or she would, if only a certain palace guard wasn't quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic didn't have a habit of causing trouble...

Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility. Marriage into a brutal kingdom awaits, and she will not let a small matter like waking up in the middle of the desert in the company of an extremely impertinent (and handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her royal duty. But life outside the palace walls is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never knew she was missing.

Two sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other's lives a whole lot better. But as coronation day looms closer and they each strive to claim their birthright, the sinister Kingsbreath, Willem Rathborne, becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?

Review: I absolutely loved this book. In this duel POV narrative, there are twins who were separated at birth. One is a princess and the other is a witch. The witch twin comes one day and helps facilitate the kidnapping of the princess twin. Throughout the book they each learn of each other’s lives and hardships and together they come up with a plan to solve both of their issues. I loved the book’s fantasy take on twin stories and I absolutely loved both characters of this read. The book did good to also develop other characters around the twins and to keep the same pacing throughout the book.

The only issue I had with the book is that I wish that the world building was a bit more there. There’s also some parts that are a little long winded in the book.

Verdict: I loved it!