Author: CJ Redwine

Pages: 400

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: February 16th 2016 

Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen. In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic—and the only way to get it is to make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal huntsman…and bring her Lorelai’s heart. But Lorelai is nothing like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked queen. But Irina isn’t going down without a fight, and her final move may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose.

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I have definitely not read many fairy tale retellings so I am excited to get more into them. There are definitely some books that I want to read that are retellings and The Shadow Queen is one of them! This book sounds fabulous. The magical aspect of this book sounds super interesting and I am so excited to see what they can do and their abilities. I am really looking forward to this world and the building. As if the magical powers were exciting enough, the new fantasy world definitely will add to that excitement. Also Kol and Lorelai's relationship seems like a very interesting one and I am looking forward to see how these two turn out.