(The Pledge #2)
Publication
Date: January 2013
Hardcover, 352 pages, Margaret K. McElderly
Genres:
YA, Fantasy/Dystopian
At the luminous conclusion of The
Pledge, Charlaina defeated the tyrant Sabara and took her place as Queen of
Ludania. But Charlie knows that Sabara has not disappeared: The evil queen’s
Essence is fused to Charlie’s psyche, ready to arise at the first sign of
weakness.
Charlie is not weak, but she’s
being pushed to the brink. In addition to suppressing the ever-present
influence of Sabara, she’s busy being queen—and battling a growing resistance
determined to return Ludania to its discriminatory caste system. Charlie wants
to be the same girl Max loves, who Brook trusts, but she’s Your Majesty now,
and she feels torn in two.
As Charlie journeys to an annual
summit to meet with leaders of nearby Queendoms—an event where her ability to
understand all languages will be the utmost asset—she is faced with the
ultimate betrayal. And the only person she can turn to for help is the evil
soul residing within.
My Review
Is this dystopian? Or is this just fantasy…?
Because this review is of a second book in a trilogy, I won’t
be going into too much detail. I’m just going to say what I think and get out
of here so I can go stare at my bookshelves for thirty minutes and then decide
what to read next. You’re welcome for this—the short review, not the staring.
Or not welcome, depending on how you feel about short reviews.
This book started off a little ways down the road from where
the first one left off, and since I haven’t read The Pledge in a looong time, I wish this hadn’t been the case. I
had forgotten everything besides the main plotline. This especially includes
the side and minor characters. I really had to wrack my brain to figure out who
they were (it didn’t work).
I also thought it was weird that everyone who was in power
was young. That annoys me. Even with books like Throne of Glass I sometimes get annoyed that the captain of the
guard is only like 19 years old. It just doesn’t make sense.
The beginning of the story was slightly boring. I did not
want to push myself through, but I did, and I enjoyed the last half. It had
more action and conflict than the first half.
All in all, if you haven’t read the sequel to The Pledge yet and you wish to, I would
encourage you to do it now, before it’s too late and you forget everything,
because it’s easy to forget this fantasty/dystopian/I-don’t-know-what-to-call-it
world.
*Note: I purchased
a copy of this book for myself.
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