#17 The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

This book suffers a bit from being a bridge to the next book. The entire book is waiting for the invading army to come after a quick rout of the first battle. The reader gets mostly Kelsea’s viewpoint and a new viewpoint character that only Kelsea can see since these are visions from the past brought to her by the sapphires.  The sapphires are also changing her appearance quite a bit and people are noticing.  She feels very much not in control of her life and people are trying to control what she does in order to protect their own self interests.  The visions do eventually let the reader know how the Kingdom of Tear was founded and yet there is still some mystery about just how it happened.  I’ll probably read the next one just to see if they explain it all in the next book but I’m not sure if I will hang for the entire length of the series.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss