A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty by Stacia StarkMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty made me feel hollow inside and excited for the multi-POVs I was NOT expecting as soon as I opened this book. I thought that this would still be in Prisca and Lorian's POV, but adding the Queen's POV? In this book? Hi yes hello I was LOCKED IN for that, darling. LOCKED. IN. Therefore, I have to split this review into three points and explain my reasons why I loved each POV.
The Queen: The Queen's POV was the one I'm so glad I read. We don't normally get any POV from the villain in romantasies, but reading the Queen's POV makes you think for a minute: is she part of the rebellion, does she want to use the rebellion for her gain, does she really wanna lie to her dumbass husband and try so hard to find her son so he can take the throne before something really bad happens to him? What is the Queen's motive? What is it? Those are the questions I kept asking as I kept reading her POV because she's helping Prisca in one stance, then turning around and thinking of herself and her gains. Is she doing this for herself, is she helping Prisca, what is going on inside that brain of hers? I need to know.
Prisca: So Prisca is at the hybrid camp with her two brothers, her bestie, and a couple of other people. Is she pissed off at Lorian after finding out he's the Bloodthirsty Prince? Oh yes, she is. She wants nothing to do with him, but then after hating him and trying to find out where the Hourglass is so she can use it and protect her people from the evil king, she also tries to find allies in the fae lords, but after meeting Conreth and him telling her that Lorian will forever be loyal to him and his family, she gets mad a bit and leaves his tent, while at the same time worries about everything about trying to get allies so she can attack Renger as hard as she could. When she gets clues about where the Hourglass is, she goes after her, and after nearly getting killed by the iron guards and also by the many traps in the cave, she finally finds it, thanks to Lorian's help. But THAT ENDING. NO. WHY. WHY MUST YOU HURT ME, STACIA STARK, WHY.
Lorian: Lorian's POV was about him almost fighting his brother while also helping his wildcat find what she's looking for so she could lead her people and become queen. Even though the hybrids and the humans don't trust him one bit, he still helps anyway, even with Prisca's training. There were some flashbacks in the book titled "The Boy" when it talks about his past when he was a boy and how his brother took him in, and also how that shaped him into the person he is today. Also thanks to Renger, he was given the title The Bloodthirsty Prince and he let that title and the reputation take over him, and he is sorry for not telling Prisca about it. When they finally found the Hourglass, he helped Prisca get it before THE TERRIBLE THING happened, and it broke my heart when it happened. I wanted him to stop his friend, but he couldn't bless him. Hopefully in the next book he can because this was the most painful book I've read so far this year.
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