A review by samgroat
The Queen's Shadow by Alexandra St Pierre

5.0

“If freedom is a place without you, I would sooner take the cage”

Alex blessed me with an early early ARC of this behemoth masterpiece and all I can say is THANK FUCKING GOD because I couldn’t take another day of not knowing what was happening to my babies.

She’s LONG but I couldn’t tell you one but that didn’t end up being SUPER important in the end. Every little thread has either woven together beautifully or set up something anxiously awaiting the next book.

If you were a fan of the Rycon/Kasha dynamic in book 2, this book is for you!!! Rycon just continues to be the GOAT and almost every line that made me laugh out loud came from his mouth. If it wasn’t him, it was Jeremy. Alex’s mind seems like a really fun place when you read these two lol.

The biggest surprise of the book for me was how much I LOVED some of the side characters. No spoilers but if I don’t get the backstory for one of them I’m personally showing up to Alex’s house to force her to write it for me.

The writing has such poetic moments but also total badassery moments and will have you feeling some type of way.

It feels like a satisfying ending after the absolute CLIFFY of the last book, whilst also setting you up for the beginning of book 4 so well.

Alex, I love you, I love this world, thanks for bringing me into it with you and giving me all the spoilers along the way.

Sooooo….. when’s book 4 coming?