ARC Review: A Curse of Blood & Stone by K. A. Tucker

Wow…what a ride.  It took me a minute to acclimate myself to what had happened in the last book but once I was situated, I was reinvested in what Romy and Zander were doing next.

Fleeing the fae capital of Cirilea with a price on their heads, Romy and Zander (along with the growing band of warriors and mortals) try to make their way to the mountains in hopes of Zander swaying enough to back his bid to take back his throne while doing double duty of trying to figure out what plots are working against them and figure out what Romy’s role is in all of this.  As a reader, you have to pay attention because A LOT is happening.

Romy has to learn a lot about herself and her abilities.  It’s difficult to reconcile who she is at her core with the face that’s reflected back at her and these new abilities that she has.  But Romy is a fighter and a defender (or a collector of the less fortunate…depending on how you look at it), two things which are very apparent as this group continues on their journey.  Zander might be fighting to win back his throne and seeing Romy as a complication, but he learns that he needs to have her sympathy and need for equal justice if he’s going to stand a chance against his brother, Atticus.

I also enjoyed Romy and Jareck together.  Jareck represents all those that would stand in Zander and Romy’s way.  But you can see, as the relationship between Jareck and Romy shifts that she is going to be the deciding factor in winning this war that seems to be on the horizon.  They’re going to need her ability to make people see who she is inside and believe in her for Zander to get that throne back.

I can’t wait to find out what happens next.  KA Tucker’s website is going to be on refresh quite a bit until I find a release date for the next book.