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Really enjoyed going back to Fennbirn! Would love even more stories of queens past!

Starting this after all this time 🥳

Elsabet smiled and squeezed his arm. She wiped the tears from her cheek.
“I do like it, Gilbert. I love it.”
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Uncover the sisters' origins, dive deep into the catastrophic reign of the Oracle Queen, and reveal layers of Fennbirn's past, hidden until now. Get a glimpse of triplet queens Mirabella, Arsinoe, and Katharine during a short period of time when they protected and loved one another.
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This was a nice short read. It really gives a much broader background about the Queens before the Ascension, and how events in the books came to be. It also gives you a surprising look at the Oracle Queen. I would recommend reading for fans of the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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It‘s been awhile since I finished this series, and I‘m happy I got this book - it gives insight into how the three queens first separated as girls, and it comes with a story about the last oracle queen of the island. It was nice to dip my toes back into this universe after so long.

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The first novella was a nice touch to the backstory of the queens.

I absolutely love this series! The characters and the world that the author created are amazing and these short stories were a nice edition to this world.

I don‘t usually care to read novellas but I loved this series so much and was intrigued in these 2 stories. I loved learning about the queens‘ childhoods and I knew there had to be more to the story of the Oracle Queen!

I don‘t usually care to read novellas but I loved this series so much and was intrigued in these 2 stories. I loved learning about the queens‘ childhoods and I knew there had to be more to the story of the Oracle Queen!

These two short novellas don‘t add a whole lot to the Three Dark Crowns series so I don‘t recommend buying them if you purchase books. The backstory for Arsinoe, Mirabella, and Katherine was especially bare of meaningful insight, or so it seemed. The other oracle queen novella was more interesting and enjoyable. I would have liked more history of Fennbirn and world building. These stories are okay as long as you‘re not looking for depth.

In books we read there are plenty of songs / sayings about Mad Kings and Queens. For Three Dark Crowns series, Queens of Fennbirn gives you a good insight of what happened 500 years ago~ ♡ For a small book with filled with so many feels
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I‘m so glad I picked up Three Dark Crowns! I am throughly enjoying this series and really loved this novella collection. It doesn‘t add much to the story but it‘s nice to read more about this world!

When you‘re still not feeling great & had a bit of a frustration in the afternoon- #bookandbath to the rescue! #selfcare

Super long work day + headache + impending sinus/ear infection = hot bath w/homemade headache bath bomb & my book

Guess who‘s up reading in the middle of the night, because her husband has decided (in his sleep) that a king sized bed is only big enough for one tonight! That‘s ok, I didn‘t want to sleep tonight, anyway 🙄

It‘s been ages since I‘ve been on Litsy, but who else would appreciate my recent library book haul like you all??

What an amazing collection. My favorite part of The Young Queens was seeing how Mirabelle grew up (which was completely different from what I expected). And wow, The Oracle Queen. Queen Elsabet is now one of my favorites. I‘m curious to see if anything will happen in the series for the oracle gifts.

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Now that I‘ve made it to Chicago and have slept, Littens meet my sister‘s cat Tux. Tux meet all my Littens 😻

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This is such a happy scene and with all the butterflies, I wish I was there!

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When you get to work extra early because there was no traffic and you have time to read before clocking in 😍

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Hopefully going to start this beauty in the next day or two!

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“I do not want normal. I want greatness.”

“Three Dark Sisters” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“One Cursed Oracle” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was the first book in the series that I read, and it was absolutely fantastic. It‘s a very dark fantasy, and I cannot wait to catch up with the rest of the series. The writing was beautiful, the story just had me addicted. It‘s one of the strongest prequels that I‘ve ever read.

@sweetpealsd Thank you so much!! I am blown away by this box!! This completed the Red Queen series for me so thank you so much and I‘m OBSESSED with the Three Dark Crowns series... plus that mug was NEEDED! Thank you so so so much!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#kingsandqueensswap

Finished this 2for1 novella tonight.I liked the one about the birth of the 3 current queens.The trauma they went through was horrifying! It‘s not an easy life being born queen in Fennbirn.And poor Katherine! Her own mother basically makes her the sacrificial lamb for her own revenge.Harsh much? The 2nd story wasn‘t as good, it was depressing reading about a young woman surrounded by enemies, even so called friends turn out duplicitous.👸🏻👸🏻👸🏻

Ok, late night ramblings on the previous edit! This delectable midnight snack was vanilla icecream, Ice Magic & Chocolate, cookies&cream & strawberry wafers. Paired with a healthy chamomile tea(because icecream calories don‘t count!) & a new book. Bon apetit! #icemagicislife #iscreamyouscreamweallscreamforicecream

Giving another “novella” a spin before diving back in to my chunksters! 2 short stories in 1 book, the first is The Young Queens,about the days when Mirabella, Arsinoe & Katherine were 3 loving sisters,living together happily in the cabin they were born in.The other is The Oracle Queen, about the bloody reign of the last oracle queen. Paranoid, ruthless & totally nuts, caused the death of many innocent people. Or did she? Two sides to every story.

Partial April wrap-up. Missing: Glow 15 (non-fiction, nutrition/weight loss, not really worth reading); also missing: A Discovery of Witches and The Final Empire, both of which I read over a longer stretch of time and only just *finished* then in April.

Best of the bunch: Queen of Fennbirn! Though I have three vying for second place (Skulduggery Pleasant, By a Charm and a Curse, One of Us is Lying), so this was a very good month!

#BookMail Pt1 I was soooo weak a few days ago! I got an email about a sale at booktopia.com.au & before I realised I‘d hit the link. An hour later I had an order of 10 books! And I‘ve been so good too, thank god they had Afterpay so I could stretch the damage out. Anyway, this is Bk1, it‘s two novellas in one about the Queens from Three Dark Crowns. #theforcewastoostrong #atleastitsbooksnotdrugs

In these two novellas, Kendare Blake does so much: she reveals terrible truths without spelling them out, explains things without dumbing them down, and she provides backstories so perfect, so accurate, so believable, that these fabulous characters emerge even more realistic, relatable and perfectly framed in their upbringing and circumstances. The story emerges even richer, deeper and darker. I love this terrible world she has created!

Two short stories, “The Oracle Queen” & “The Young Queens”, make up this collection and expand the universe just a bit, and so if you‘re not familiar with this world it‘s a good idea to start with the actual series first. I really got sucked in to “The Oracle Queen”, which gives more of Fennbirn‘s history and the diabolical nature of the ruling class. It‘s a fun excuse to spend a bit more time in this world and these characters.

Getting started on the Queens of Fennbirn and I'm really looking forward to reading about the Oracle Queen! Elsabet's story sounds fascinating. I am still #teamarsinoe, but Mirabella grew on me in #onedarkthrone and, even though Katherine isn't my favorite, the Arrons are the most interesting (although extremely devious) family to me. So, the Arrons, and Jules and Billy are my favorite #sidecharacters #acourtofprintandlove

Today‘s book haul from my book shopping morning with @emmaturi !
Quite proud of myself for staying within budget 😁
I also got a couple of things for the #janeaustenswap, but I‘m not including them because I don‘t want to spoil the surprise! 😊

I finally finished Obsidio and holy $@&_# it was so amazing and that ending was an emotional rollercoaster!!! I finally just got out of a major reading slump so no time to nurse this book hangover! I'm moving on to Queens of Fennbirn now. I'm so excited to get back to Fennbirn and read about my favorite sister queens! Who is your #onedarkqueen ? I love Arsinoe! #threedarkcrowns #onedarkthrone