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Violence
A lot
War and invasion violence; the Mortmesne army is brutal; some deaths
Language
Some
Moderate language in a dark fantasy register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult relationships in the historical visions; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Period drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
A queen under siege; the horror of understanding one's history and not being able to change it; second book of three
What this book is about
The second book in the Queen of the Tearling trilogy. Kelsea Glynn faces a Mortmesne invasion while also experiencing visions of a woman named Lily who lived in a near-future dystopia — visions that explain the origin of the treaty Kelsea is trying to break. Erika Johansen's sequel is darker and more ambitious than its first volume, using the historical sections to examine how the Tearling's society collapsed and how the lottery system that enslaved its citizens came to be. Best read after The Queen of the Tearling.
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war violence and invasion
best read as book 2 of 3
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