![]() Unfortunately, even four POVs of one story was not enough to lay the foundations for the climactic scenes at the end when All is Revealed. Once I got into the story that was unfolding, it was interesting to see four separate views of the events going down. Having these four narrative threads to follow was difficult at first, but it got better - eventually. Glamour and magic is used for everything ranging from war to illusions and pretty dresses.Įach of the main four girls in the Ring and the Crown are involved in the treaty being made between Prussia and the Franco-British empire after a terrible war that was ended with dark magic. Their world is an alternate take on Regency-era England, with the British Empire ruled by the queen and her sorceror Merlin. It was a promising beginning to a story told from the point-of-view of four (yes, FOUR) girls living out their roles in royal and magical intrigue. ![]() Review: The Ring and the Crown begins with two awesome quotations - one by Emily Dickinson, and one from a Beyonce song. Summary: Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the Lily Throne, and Aelwyn Myrddn, bastard daughter of the Mage of England, grew up together. ![]()
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