

Now that Imogen is dead, he finds himself questioning whether his sister truly betrayed him. The only person he trusts is Max, a boy who suffers from breathing illness and whose family believes him to be cursed. Andreus has taken the throne and has resumed his position as the king, with a group of Elders who seem to have their own agenda. Now, Carys is in the forest, dead to the citizens of the Garden City who now mourn her, along with Larkin (her childhood friend), Errik, and Lord Garret who tagged along even though no one really wanted him to. Carys, who now seems to be able to control and hear voices coming from the wind, survives with the help of Errik whose identity isn’t all that clear. The beginning of this book felt dragged out a little, and each chapter alternates in perspective between the twins so about three chapters in each perspective could have been clubbed.įor those of you who don’t remember, at the ending of the last book Andreus leaves Carys for dead and goes back to the city to sit on the throne as he believes his twin to be dead. Both books put together from a single story with a pretty straightforward goal and a limited amount of plot twists therefore at some points I felt like they could’ve been combined to form one book, but the story being separated added the mystery as to where Carys went so in the end I agree with these books being a duology. I’m not sure what I was expecting from this book, but overall I think I got what I wanted. Brother and sister, former foes, must decide whether some betrayals cut too deep to be forgiven-and whether one will wear the crown or both will lose everything. The Kingdom of Eden is growing darker with each passing day.

And as she grows stronger, so does her conviction that she must return to the Palace of Winds, face her twin and root out the treachery that began long before the first Trials started.

Exiled to the wilderness, Carys struggles to control the powers that have broken free inside her. And worst of all, the winds of Eden are faltering.īut despite what everyone believes, Carys is alive. The people love his twin even more in death than they did when she was alive. Prince Andreus is king-and Princess Carys is dead.īut even as he’s haunted by what he did to win the throne, Andreus discovers that his dream of ruling only brings new problems.

The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau.
