That's exactly what I'd thoughtĪbout the war-how we don't heal because we like to bleed. 'Sometimes I think we could compare our wounds for the next century and still discover fresh ones.'Ī shudder runs through me. They love each other enough to break curses, enough to step back and let each other do what they need to to be happy. There’s no pretending it’s an easy perfect relationship at all, but there’s also no blame or toxicity. Misrule: Book Two of the Malice Duology - Heather Walter - Google Books Misrule: Book Two of the Malice Duology Heather Walter Cornerstone, Fiction - 480 pages 1 Review Reviews. I just love the strength of Alyce and Auroras relationship, how they still have imperfections, disagreements, take space away from each other, yet always are there for each other when it comes down to it. All of the imps, goblins, Chaos and Callow, even Derek, they’re all written fantastically. I love Aurora and massively missed her for a lot of this book, though there were lots of new characters I grew to love during this book too. The whole book was interesting and twisty, constantly trying to figure out who is good or bad and whether Alyce is a villain after all. Her view of the world was making me feel just as cynical and suspicious, the gears in my head turning, reading into every exchange and doubting every character, wondering which one will betray her next. Very well written and cleverly spun, this is a whole new book in its own right, so much has changed in the last century since the events in Malice. 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.An impressive sequel, equally as original and beautiful as the first book. Misrule: Book Two of the Malice Duology Hardcover by Heather Walter (Author) 691 ratings Book 2 of 2: Malice Editors' pick Best Science Fiction & Fantasy See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.99 33 Used from 8.76 25 New from 11. 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.

Does 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.

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