A review by zoesnicholson
Queen by Aimée Carter

3.0

Sometimes you need to sacrifice your queen to capture the king.

Queen concludes Aimee Carter's Blackcoat Rebellion trilogy, and it is a solid and satisfying ending to the series that has intrigued and captivated me ever since [b: Pawn|44659|Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1)|David Eddings|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391346857s/44659.jpg|2558293].

The Blackcoats and the government are at a stalemate, neither side willing to budge. Luckily for the Blackcoats, however, they still has one last strategy up their sleeves for winning the war: the truth. But what will the truth cost them?

Kitty is done being a pawn. She's done pretending to be someone she's not. But more than anything, she's done living under the Prime Minister's tyranny. In [b:Pawn|10838787|Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion, #1)|Aimee Carter|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1374097236s/10838787.jpg|15753006] and [b:Captive|10944842|Captive (The Blackcoat Rebellion, #2)|Aimee Carter|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1401199460s/10944842.jpg|15862210], Kitty makes some questionable decisions, but not so in Queen. Kitty finally realizes the gravity of what she and the Blackcoats are trying to accomplish, and that revelation truly shows in how much she matures over the course of the story, and she is a much more likeable protagonist because of it.

All in all, Queen is a satisfying and well-written finale to Kitty's story. I am intrigued to see what Aimee Carter writes next.

Checkmate, Daxton.