Thorn Queen (Dark Swan Series #2)

I am a fan

Richelle has two wonderfully diverse booklines with aggressive, intelligent, and kickbutt women how can you go wrong. I had to read this book in one night. I knew I had to go to work the next morning but I was engrossed. If you love a new twist on the paranormal market pick up any of her books they are a must read.

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Thorn Queen

Thorn Queen

This second installment was outstanding! In the beginning I was getting so annoyed with Eugenie's self-pity and self-absorbed attitude, I just wanted to smack her a good one. A few months have passed since Eugenie has become the Thorn Queen in Otherworld. Reality is settling in on her, that kingdom actually means a place with people in it. Someone has been kidnapping young girls from Eugenie's kingdom, banishing them to the human world and selling them into the sex trade business. Meanwhile, fire demons have been terrorizing villages in Thorn Land and thanks to Eugenie's turning her kingdom's climate into a desert, her people are starving and thirty, and a drought has settle upon the land. I like the way Eugenie turned things around, once she realized that her neglect was causing her people to suffer immensely. Taking responsibility for her people, Eugenie tries to be the queen they need her to be. All the while Dorian has been there for her and taking care of her affairs, even when she wasn't aware of it. Dorian turns out to be the best ally Eugenie and her kingdom have. The love triange with Kiyo and Dorian turned out to be one of the best decisions Eugenie made in the entire book. This decision though will have huge repercussions for the future of the worlds. This book was so engrossing with tons of actions, lots of magic and otherworldly creatures. I am so hooked and can't wait for the next book in the series Iron Crowned. I highly recommend this book and the series.

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The second Dark Swan fantasy is a terrific tale

Half-breed shaman Eugenie Markham was contented making a living sending home creatures who crossed over from the Otherworld. She never planned to cross over herself heeding her mentor stepfather's warning, but did so to rescue a child. To accomplish her quest, Eugenie killed the Thorn King (see STORM BORN) only to learn she is now the THORN QUEEN; a job she does not want as that will mean more time on Otherworld where every person with a Y Chromosome wants her.

She has issues with the two males in her life though she is seeing Kiyo the spirit fox even as he is expecting to be a father soon with his former girlfriend while fae King Dorian has her libido soaring to heights she never imagined. Besides wanting two hunks Eugenie fears pregnancy as her firstborn is prophesized as the individual who will make the human race extinct. The newest monarch is most concerned with several young female fae vanishing; adding to her dismay is that no one even King Dorian seem the least bit troubled. She decides to investigate as Eugenie feels this is part of being a ruler. Her inquiry leads to life threatening danger from an adversary with a personal blood grudge and an affirmation that her preference is the mental comfort of the human realm she knows intimately.

The second Dark Swan fantasy is a terrific tale as the audience sees the Otherworld through the eyes of newcomer Eugenie. The story line is fast-paced from the onset while the Thorn Queen struggles with her new responsibilities, her love life and an unknown foe using fae to force the heroine to act. Like the first book, this is a winner due to the realism brought to Otherworld by the half human-half fey heroine who is naive in this new world of hers as her earthly sophistication appears worthless in this realm.

Harriet Klausner

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Awsomeness becomes portable!

If this book is anything like the first one it is sure to be a hit. All the characters pop right out of the pages and nothing is superfluous.

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Glowpelt

She broke down ten trees with anger. And started running looking for something....................

Anna

Sure! See yah there

Dropkit

Where is princess Rini?

Serena to Dropkit

Shes at the first result

Hiddenshadow

He gently holds out his paw, unsure of what trick she is playing. He looks suspicious but allows her to wrap cobwebs on h paw. He looks over at Icetail

Icetail

Make that friendship. I cant get into the firs result of friends.

Icetail

I climbed to the top then back down.

Deathwish

His laugh. It breaks her. Tears come to her eyes. One cat who xould laugh at her. Not in meaniss but real laughter. She closed her eyes and sighed. She was in for a long ride. She jumped up and was soon next to him. Shyly fo oncein her life she was shy. Shyly he took one paw and put cobwebs in it.

Deathwish

She finishes that paw then finishes the rest. She then unfomfortably shifts tying to think of what she would do next. Her tail flicked.

Good book

Good book

keeps you guessing

picked up the first one on a whim and have now read the first 4...lots of plot lines, no two exactly alike. fun and envolved. some decent romance

Totally got sucked into this series!

I'm a sci-fi geek at heart, love this type of book with magic, action & a bit if romance thrown in! Really enjoyed the first book, had to run out and. It #2&3 in the series, just finished 3 and had to buy #4! I see that this author wrote other series so now I'm going to have to read those too!

Dark to Nerevar

SORRY Thorn he's a stalker!*Picks him up an puts him in a cage* Cat Nerevar!

Good book

Good book. I'm not an advent reader, but: this has kept my attention. BOUGHT 2 of her books. Story line very exciting/intering!

Thorn queen rules

Glad she stop messing around withthat wimp kisune and found a man strong enough to kill for her.

Team Dorian.

Just finished book two. Loving the series, and I'm totally rooting for Dorian. Can't seem to put these books down .