Grace and Fury Series REVIEW

Rating: ★★★★.5

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This series is a two book series titled Grace and Fury and Queen of Ruin. I originally read Grace and Fury after it was included in an Owlcrate box and fell in love with the story not realizing it was part of a series. I quickly became frustrated because the story hadn't ended. Nothing was concluded and questions went unanswered. After a quick Goodreads search, I realized the book was due to be part of a series and would not end with a terrible cliff hanger. I preordered the new book Queen of Ruin and read it within a 24 hour period and couldn't get enough! The story had me on the edge of my seat with so many twists to the story, I was unsure of how it was going to end. Without spoiling the ending for anyone, I will say I was VERY pleased! I took half a star away only because I wish there had been an epilogue or a chapter bringing the story to a full end in how the new laws affected the country and lives or those in the story. The books follow the lives of 2 sisters, Nomi and Serena. One was raised to become a grace to the king, the other raised to a handmaiden. But, when the wrong sister is chosen as grace, their lives take a sudden turn with an unexpectant, deadly twist. No one can be trusted, but something has to be done. What an incredible story!

Synopsis from Groodreads:

Grace and Fury:

In a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi Tessaro face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other in prison.

Serina has been groomed her whole life to become a Grace - someone to stand by the heir to the throne as a shining, subjugated example of the perfect woman. But when her headstrong and rebellious younger sister, Nomi, catches the heir's eye, it's Serina who takes the fall for the dangerous secret that Nomi has been hiding.

Now trapped in a life she never wanted, Nomi has only one way to save Serina: surrender to her role as a Grace until she can use her position to release her sister. This is easier said than done. A traitor walks the halls of the palace, and deception lurks in every corner. But Serina is running out of time, imprisoned on an island where she must fight to the death to survive and one wrong move could cost her everything.

Queen of Ruin:

A fierce sequel full of sisterhood, heart pounding action, betrayal, and intrigue in the royal court in a series that "breathes new life into the feminist story of oppression and resistance" (Publisher's Weekly).

Banished by Asa at the end of Grace and Fury, Nomi and Malachi find themselves powerless and headed towards their all-but-certain deaths. Now that Asa sits on the throne, he will stop at nothing to make sure Malachi never sets foot in the palace again. Their only hope is to find Nomi's sister, Serina, on the prison island of Mount Ruin. But when Nomi and Malachi arrive, it is not the island of conquered, broken women that they expected. It is an island in the grip of revolution, and Serina--polite, submissive Serina--is its leader.

Betrayal, grief, and violence have changed both sisters, and the women of Mount Ruin have their sights set on revenge beyond the confines of their island prison. They plan to sweep across the entire kingdom, issuing in a new age of freedom for all. But first they'll have to get rid of Asa, and only Nomi knows how.

Separated once again, this time by choice, Nomi and Serina must forge their own paths as they aim to tear down the world they know, and build something better in its place.

The stakes are higher and the battles bolder in Tracy Banghart's unputdownable sequel to Grace and Fury.