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A Stolen Crown (Stolen Royals #2)

Young Adult Fiction 236

Enchanting and captivating

May 27, 2017 (Updated: May 27, 2017)

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Mystery and magic, forming a peculiar world of fantasy and adventure surrounded with an amazing characters who will make you believe that a bond of friendship is as strong as love within itself.

I haven't read A Stolen Kiss, the first book of this series, yet I fell in love with how Kelsey Keating create an imaginative world of the Fangralee Forest where dark, hideous creatures live like shapeshifters, arachnae, gargantupede, ko'oxol and so much more, WITHIN a story outside of it where two kingdoms, Dellsby and Myrzel united through the marriage of Princess Cecily Degalt and the Crown Prince Rakesh Nohchil.

And the adventure begins...
When Princess Cecily travel to Myrzel to finally meet her betrothed with Rory, the only woman in the King's guard born with an incredible strength who also happens to be her personal guard and best friend, along with the other lady-in-waiting and Dellsbian guards. She never been very pleased with her looks and insecurities sparks like diamond who fears that her husband-to-be-king will never like her, worse never love her.

But there were too many secrets along the way and unravelling them was the best getting to know each of the characters: Rory's secret, the truth about Tom, Daegan's master and Ephraim's poor rescuing game. There was Mercusius of course, who's character made me startled a bit but predicted his true identity. But Kel? Him! The element of surprise was like an internally shocking incident to me. I didn't honestly notice him and I actually don't like his character. I never expected him to be so unforthcoming. Well, I think that's too much of a spoiler and I don't want to reveal more about it. Read it yourself.

Good Points

I like the idea of fate vs love spells. Is it really love that driven Kel and Cecily together or just another unintended love spell activated for the wrong person? Well I think the greatest magic of all was they were fated to be together after all.

I love Cecily and Rory's relationship. Their friendship means a lot to me, seeing right through me. Kelsey Keating's brave way of showcasing the true meaning of friendship in this story was very comforting. It was not entirely focused on love for the opposite sex like most of YA reads but how two friends' bond overpower any kind of relationship because love makes of who they are and what they mean for each other.

There were other topics or issues touched like traditional (fixed) marriage, fidelity, customs, servitude and abusive relationship which made the entirety of the story being completely awestricken, done with sensitiveness for the readers to realize; but it was a right mix of fairy tale fantasy and adventure which recommended to all ages.

And ending the story with Rory and Tom made the infamous punch line of "and they live happily ever after..."

Creating a story like this and turning one into a film is very intriguing. I am a movie and tv series freak so I can't help thinking how will the characters came to life or how will they look like as describe in the book (imaginations making the most out of me) if given the chance this one will set to be a movie someday.

This book has been my first fantasy read for a very long time. If does Twilight series count? I am more of a Contemporary Romance person and I am very excited to read more of this type of genre anytime soon.