Published by HarperTeen
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series!
Katharine sits on the throne, Mirabella and Arsinoe are in hiding, and an unexpected renegade is about to wage a war of her own. The crown has been won, but these queens are far from done.
Praise for TWO DARK REIGNS
“Tragic, devastating, horrifying, enthralling.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Praise for ONE DARK THRONE
★ “Blake’s already pitch-dark tale shades even darker. Exquisitely restrained prose, deliberate pacing, paying off in a tumultuous climax that piles one shocking twist upon another. Achingly gorgeous and gruesomely fascinating.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“This sequel to Three Dark Crowns loses none of that book’s momentum, powering toward a conclusion that leaves several doors open. With wonderfully drawn characters and a lethal, unpredictable plot, this follow-up will leave readers breathless as the queens’ fates unfold.” ―ALA Booklist
Praise for THREE DARK CROWNS
“New exciting heights with a driving plot. Dark indeed, and exploring themes of loyalty, this is a thrilling sequel with everything from action to romance to entice readers. A strong purchase for YA fantasy shelves.” ―School Library Journal
“Three Dark Crowns is a brutal and inventive fantasy that is as addictive as it is horrifying. I can’t begin to guess the fates of these three remarkable sister-queens, but I’m salivating like poisoners at a feast to find out what will happen next.” ―Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles
“Full of mystery, intrigue, and deadly girls I wouldn’t dare cross, Fennbirn is a darkly magical world I’m both drawn to and frightened by. In short, this is a book I could linger in for months, with three girls I am rooting for with all my heart.” ―Megan Shepherd, New York Timesbestselling author of The Cage series
★ “With exquisite world building and luminous detail, this is high fantasy at its best. The magic is fierce and the plot intensely twisted, but at this novel’s dark heart beats a story about sisterhood, the unbreakable bonds of family, and ties that bind enough to kill.” ―Booklist(starred review)
★ “The opener to a pitch-black epic fantasy series. Blake has constructed an insular, matriarchal society from convincing intimate details, vivid, complicated characters, [and] sumptuous, poetic prose. Gorgeous and bloody, tender and violent, precise, and passionate; above all, completely addicting. ” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“I loved this book. Blake’s Three Dark Crowns is hypnotic, twisting, and beautiful…as satisfying as a drop of poison in an enemy’s cup.” ―April Genevieve Tucholke, author of Wink, Poppy, Midnight
“Readers will be riveted by Blake’s ingenious world-building, stunning developments of main and supporting characters, and spiraling tensions. Highly recommended for fans of fantasy action thrillers with strong female leads, such as Victoria Aveyard’s ‘Red Queen’ and Sarah J. Maas’s ‘Throne of Glass’ series.” ―School Library Journal
Kendare Blake is the author of several novels and short stories, most of which you can find information about via the links above. Her work is sort of dark, always violent, and features passages describing food from when she writes while hungry. She was born in July (for those of you doing book reports) in Seoul, South Korea, but doesn’t speak a lick of Korean, as she was packed off at a very early age to her adoptive parents in the United States. That might be just an excuse, though, as she is pretty bad at learning foreign languages. She enjoys the work of Milan Kundera, Caitlin R Kiernan, Bret Easton Ellis, Richard Linklater, and the late, great Michael Jackson, I mean, come on, he gave us Thriller.
She lives and writes in Kent, Washington, with her husband, their cat son Tyrion Cattister, red Doberman dog son Obi-Dog Kenobi, rottie mix dog daughter Agent Scully, and naked sphynx cat son Armpit McGee.
WEBSITE: http://kendareblake.
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1. What is on your nightstand?
My phone, a journal from grad school, and a folded up flag for the football club Tottenham Hotspur, that I haven’t hung up anywhere yet in the new house.
2. What author would you totally fan?
Stephen King. Caitlin R Kiernan. Philip Pullman. Milan Kundera. And some whom I’ve already met and fanned.
3. What makes you cringe?
Things in nature with holes in them. I don’t know why.
4. Do you obsessively plot out each point or just go with the flow?
I go with the flow.
5. Is there a word you love to use?
Most of the curse words get fair use. Not in the books lately though.
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The scariest horror I have ever watched was Cujo
I’m not a fan of contemporary horror movies. The scariest one I have seen: Stephen King’s: The Shining
I love horror movies and the scariest to me was The Shining.
The scariest movie I ever watched was The Shining
It would be Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning.
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979 version.) I had to sleep with the light on.
It by Stephen King
I loved The Shining, but IT was so much scarier, like couldn’t even finish watching it or reading it scary. At least that was a good scary though. Saw and the like are too gorey. I don’t know how people stomach it.
The scariest horror movie i ever watched was Halloween (the original) because I was so young when I saw it. I’ve been a life long horror fan and loved everything scary and spooky since!
The Shining by Stephen King.
The original Halloween.
Psycho
sinister. i get scared easily!
I don’t like scary movies but I agreed to watch The Shining. It was too scary to enjoy.
Anything Stephan King
I don’t DO horror movies. That being said… House of Wax. *shudder*
The Shining, a true classic
Nightmare on Elm Street is still the scariest movie in my opinion!!!!
Every version of The Blob scared me!