Misrule by Heather Walter

 

Does true love break curses, or begin them? Sleeping Beauty’s dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice.

The Dark Grace is dead. 

Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce wreaks her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce’s wicked domain. And no one will escape the consequences of her wrath. Not even the one person who holds her heart. 

Princess Aurora saw through Alyce’s thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But it is a love that came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce’s vast power cannot seem to break. And the dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash. 

Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means descending into the monster Briar believed her to be. But could Aurora love the villain Alyce has become? 

Or is true love only for fairytales?

MY REVIEW: 3 Stars 

I really don’t know how I feel about this book. I thought I would love it as much as the first book, but this one just wasn’t as good to me. Although, the last bit and the ending was really good. Sigh… 

I did reread Malice and changed my 5 star to 4.5, but that’s ok as most books don’t get 5 stars that much any more from me. 

The majority of the book didn’t win me over until about 65%? I didn’t really care for the imps, they took away from what I felt in the first book. They weren’t bad, I was just over it. Anyway, I read it and will probably get the kindle edition at some point. 



Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book. 

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

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The second book cover is even more beautiful!