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A review by thisbookishbee
Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian
5.0
Beatriz, Daphne and Sophronia, triplets, have spent their entire lives training and studying for one purpose - their mothers plan to unite all the regions under one rule. Hers.
Sent to the neighbouring regions, the girls are each tasked to sow discord and convince their newly married husbands to go to war.
Beatriz, sent to Cellaria, unwittingly finds a friend in Pasquale, her husband, and his cousins Gigi and Nico, uniting over their concern for King Cesare's behaviour which is becoming increasingly erratic as the days go by. Tasked with getting closer to Temarin's ambassador, Lord Savelle, Beatriz finds she must harden her heart if she is to follow her mother's plan.
Daphne, sent to the cold Friv, discovers that the Prince she should have married has died and she is now betrothed to Bairre, a bastard of the king who has now been proclaimed a Prince. As they grow tentatively closer, Daphne has to contend with a rebel plot and the very real danger that someone may want her dead.
Sophronia, sent to Temarin, finds her excitement for King Leopold diminished when he has children put to death for thievery. It soon becomes apparent that he wears blinders and that someone else is pulling his strings. Determined to help him, Sophronia sets out to instead save Temarin and to rule with Leopold.
Sent to the neighbouring regions, the girls are each tasked to sow discord and convince their newly married husbands to go to war.
Beatriz, sent to Cellaria, unwittingly finds a friend in Pasquale, her husband, and his cousins Gigi and Nico, uniting over their concern for King Cesare's behaviour which is becoming increasingly erratic as the days go by. Tasked with getting closer to Temarin's ambassador, Lord Savelle, Beatriz finds she must harden her heart if she is to follow her mother's plan.
Daphne, sent to the cold Friv, discovers that the Prince she should have married has died and she is now betrothed to Bairre, a bastard of the king who has now been proclaimed a Prince. As they grow tentatively closer, Daphne has to contend with a rebel plot and the very real danger that someone may want her dead.
Sophronia, sent to Temarin, finds her excitement for King Leopold diminished when he has children put to death for thievery. It soon becomes apparent that he wears blinders and that someone else is pulling his strings. Determined to help him, Sophronia sets out to instead save Temarin and to rule with Leopold.