Falling Kingdoms
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
3.9
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Morgan Rhodes
War brought them together. Love will tear them apart. Princess Cleo of Mytica confronts violence for the first time in her life when a shocking murder sets her kingdom on a path to collapse. Once a privileged royal, Cleo must now summon the strength to survive in this new world and fight for her rightful place as Queen. The King of Limeros’s son, Magnus, must plan each footstep with shrewd, sharp guile if he is to earn his powerful father’s trust, while his sister, Lucia, discovers a terrifying secret about her heritage that will change everything. Rebellious Jonas lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country cruelly impoverished—and finds himself the leader of a people’s revolution centuries in the making. Witches, if found, are put to death, and Watchers, immortal beings who take the shape of hawks to visit the human world, have been almost entirely forgotten. A vicious power struggle quickly escalates to war, and these four young people collide against each other and the rise of elementia, the magic that can topple kingdoms and crown a ruler in the same day.
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Author
Morgan Rhodes
Pages
448
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2014-03-11
ISBN
1595145850 9781595145857
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Dnf<br/><br/>So much happened so quickly, a lot of info dumping, etc. it was just too much for me."
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cjay
"I don't have a favourite but this series was definitely fun to read."
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Danielle
"The reason I kept putting this off was the changing of view points. I'm not normally a fan of this. It can be jarring and confusing, ruining my seamless reading experience. This was only a tiny bit confusing at first. I was worried I wouldn't remember who was who, but as I read on I realized I would have no problems keeping up. I was excited to see how their lives would all weave together.<br/><br/>This is very fasted paced and so far not like other ya fantasies I have read. What I do like about this is that it seems authentic. People don't survive just because they are important. There may have been peace for so long, but there is unrest. People getting desperate. It makes for unsafe times. No one is guaranteed to survive. I like it and hate it all at the same time. I like how unpredictable it can make the story, even when there are parts that the reader could see coming. It's a nice blend.<br/><br/>I'm sorry it took me so long to finally pick this up, but not sorry enough since I have the first four books to devour before the agonizing wait of the last book."