Filled with politics intrigue, violent magic, and malevolent spirits, the mesmerizing second book in Sarah Beth Durst’s Queens of Renthia epic fantasy trilogy.

Everything includes a heart: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the fish pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow .

And the ones spirits desire to destroy you.

It’s the initial lesson that each Renthian learns.

Not long ago, Daleina used her power and skill to survive those spirits and assume the royal throne. about The Hesitant Queen: Reserve Two of The Queens of Renthia Since then, the new queen offers kept the peace and shielded the humans of her property. But now for any her power, she is hiding a terrible secret: she is dying. And if she leaves the globe before a fresh heir is ready, the spirits that inhabit her favorite realm will operate outrageous, destroying her cities and slaughtering her people.

Naelin is one particular person, and she couldn’t end up being further taken off the Queen-and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Her world is definitely her two children, her husband, as well as the remote community tucked deep in the forest that is her home, and that’s all she needs. But when Ven, the Queens champ, goes by through the community, Naelin’s ambitious hubby happily tells him of his wife’s ability to control spirits-magic that Naelin fervently denies. She knows that if the reality of her capabilities is known, it’ll bring only loss of life and parting from those she loves.

But Ven has a single task: for the best possible candidate to safeguard the people of Aratay. He did it once when he uncovered Daleina, and he’s certain he’s done it again. However for all his appeals to duty, Naelin is normally a mother, and she understands her duty is usually to her kids first and foremost. Only as the Queen’s power starts to wane and the spirits become emboldened-even mainly because ominous rumours trickle down through the north-does she realize that the ultimate way to keep her kid and daughter safe is to risk everything.

Sarah Beth Durst established a location of dark wonder in The Queen of Blood, and today the stakes are even higher as the threat towards the Queen and her people grows both from within and beyond the borders of Aratay within this riveting second book of the Queens of Renthia series.