I mean it when I say that this might be the next series that will get you hooked, obsessed, and wanting more.
Twin Crowns is a YA Fantasy fiction co-written by two amazing ladies: Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the early arc copy of the book, and now it's decorated on my main shelf right next to the Queen herself: Sarah J. Maas. Are you an SJM fan like me? Did you enjoy ToG / ACOTAR? Then you'll definitely love Twin crowns. What I love most about SJM's story are her strong female characters, hot MC's chemistry, and some really mouth-drooling guys. (Yes....! We all have one or the bookish BF from her series).
So when I read the story of Wren and Rose, I was so happy to have found another strong female character to idolize. I loved both Wren and Rose, but Wren has a special place in my heart. she is strong-minded and sassy (Uuhh, I love me some sassy, bitchy female MC). Her chemistry with Tor is off the charts. The best kind of romance to read is always the one where there's sexual tension for a long time before the characters actually accept their feelings. And Cat and Katherine deliver that deliciously in the book.
The story itself is soo gripping, that you would devour the whole book instantly, and then you would regret it because you can't read it for the first time again.
Talking about world-building, it's the perfect setup: Witches who went into hiding, living on coastal lands, gathering forces, and training to take revenge on the ones who killed their kind, while the ones in power try to remove any traces of witches from their land of Eana.
There isn't anything I didn't love about the book. I am happy to have found a new obsession (over Tor) and can't wait to read the next book in the duology.
I am also excited that Cat and Katerine will be writing more books based in the same world. (Yes..! Yes... and Yes to that.!)
Twin Crowns will be released on 12th May 2022.
There are 2 special Waterstones editions: 1 for Rose and 1 for Wren (I ordered both because...... duh.!). So time to pre-order the amazing book before it's sold out.
You can buy them here:
Check out the amazing blurb below if you aren't still convinced.
Blurb:
A high-stakes fantasy rom-com about twin princesses separated at birth—one raised as the crown princess, and the other taken as an infant and raised to kidnap her sister, steal the crown, and avenge the parents' murders—the first novel in a new YA duology from bestselling UK authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Perfect for fans of The Selection, My Lady Jane, and Caraval.
Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister’s place in the palace. Trained from birth to return to the place of her parents’ murder and usurp the only survivor, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Or she would, if only a certain palace guard wasn’t quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic didn’t have a habit of causing trouble…
Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility. Marriage into a brutal kingdom awaits, and she will not let a small matter like waking up in the middle of the desert in the company of an extremely impertinent (and handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her royal duty. But life outside the palace walls is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never knew she was missing.
Two sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other’s lives a whole lot better. But as coronation day looms closer and they each strive to claim their birthright, the sinister Kingsbreath, Willem Rathborne, becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?