The fractured way the story builds at the beginning also will make it harder for less practiced fantasy readers to follow. With the plot centering on 16-year-old triplet queens destined to murder each other in an attempt to rule, this dark gem is best for high school readers and up. Parents need to know that Three Dark Crowns is the first in a fantasy series by the author of the acclaimed horror novel Anna Dressed in Blood. Talk of teens getting drunk on ale and of all the drinks meant to be handed out at the big festival.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

The Poisoners have parties with tainted champagne, brandy, and honey wine.

Violent dreams include deaths by ears being cut off, drowning, and more.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. A description includes 'loops of entrails.' A hand is cut off as punishment another hand is stabbed through the middle and stuck in a tree as part of a ritual other bloodletting and some blood drinking in rituals a push off a cliff talk of beheadings and arms chopped off a near drowning a willing human sacrifice. Bears maul with major injuries and some deaths. One vivid description of past poisoning executions where people spasmed so much they broke their backs. A boy prisoner is poisoned, and there's plenty of talk of other victims: past queens, assassinations, even animals. One sister is supposed to have the gift of poisoning and is trained to withstand poisonings she often becomes very sick because of the training.

The last queen standing gets the crown.The three main characters are charged with killing each other to gain power. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. And it’s not just a game of win or lose…it’s life or death. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born-three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. You can read this before Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) written by Kendare Blake which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) by Kendare Blake

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