To putting even more obstacles in their way, stacked against them, and asking them – is their love enough? Are the feelings they had enough to forge something new? And the thing is, I could see both of their sides. So Misrule entranced me by truly testing Aurora and Alyce. And the truth that we cannot control love or posses the ones we love is a hard truth to bear. In what we are willing to do, in the feelings it can illicit.īecause love can almost posses us. How love, in some ways, can make monsters of us. To figure out if Aurora and Alyce could find a way to cover the distance between them. I ended up almost reading only for the question of will-they-won’t-they. My love for Misrule boils down to two things: the romance – and subsequent character development of Alyce – and the development of the themes. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) (Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. Or is true love only for fairy tales? Review 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. Summaryįeared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Keep reading this book review for my full thoughts. While the action kept me reading, what truly entranced me was the romance. But Misrule is a complete departure from what you might know and it was fantastic. I enjoyed Malice so much that I wasn’t sure. 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.To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from Misrule. 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. 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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