The Invasion of the Tearling Review

"When it fails, they do call it madness, Lazarus. But when it succeeds, they call it genius.”  -  The Invasion of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #2)

Kelsea Glynn is the Queen of the Tearling. Despite her youth, she has quickly asserted herself as a fair, just and powerful ruler.

However, power is a double-edged sword, and small actions can have grave consequences. In trying to do what is right - stopping a vile trade in humankind - Kelsea has crossed the Red Queen, a ruthless monarch whose rule is bound with dark magic and the spilling of blood. The Red Queen's armies are poised to invade the Tearling, and it seems nothing can stop them.

Yet there was a time before the Crossing, and there Kelsea finds a strange and possibly dangerous ally, someone who might hold the key to the fate of the Tearling, and indeed to Kelsea's own soul. But time is running out...

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It’s been a few days since I finished The Invasion of the Tearling and I still can’t stop thinking about this book! I loved the second book even more than the first. This was such a strong sequel. I am now totally invested in this series.
I really love Kelsea as the main character, she is strong and smart, and also flawed. I thought she was badass in this book but she also struggled a lot with who she is and the person and queen she wants to be, and I really enjoyed reading about it. We are also introduced to another main character in this book, Lily. Her chapters really intrigued me from the beginning because they were really unexpected and show a completely different time and world to the Tearling. At first I couldn’t really work out how they really fit into the main plot but I liked how slowly the plot unfolded and we began to see how Kelsea and Lily’s lives intertwined. I really hope we get some more of the History of the Tearling in book three, as I really loved all that we found out in this book.
I felt like most of this book was a slow build until the end, it took a little while to get into this but once I did I was hooked. I think I’m going to have to buy The Fate of the Tearling really soon because I don’t want to leave this world yet!
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