A forbidden love. A dying kingdom. A cruel queen.
Now that the Successional is over, my siblings and I are ranked soldiers and royals on a mission. Two missions actually.
One: Find allies in the mafia-run western realms of Faerie.
Two: Kill the Queen of Buyan.
I don’t relish the latter, but her death would mean freedom and happiness for the fae of Lyonesse, who I’ve come to adore.
One, … fae of Lyonesse, who I’ve come to adore.
One, in particular, I might even be coming to love.
Garret is kind and perfect, but for now I need to stay away. I’m too busy and not even sure Father will let us be together.
At least not unless I prove myself and help free our kingdom from the noose Queen Pari has wrapped around the neck of Lyonesse.
So I must sneak into Buyan and assassinate the most powerful queen in fae history.
Right . . . that’s all . . .
Sinkers save us all.
Assassin Witch is perfect for fans of the Throne of Glass Series and The Cruel Prince. With danger lurking in every faerie wood and mafia-run city the royals journey through, it will keep you enthralled long past the last page.
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The magic and mayhem pick right up in book 2. Lana is still trying to find her way and prove herself to the one person that matters most. This story is uniquely interesting with its paranormal intrigue and adventure.
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This is book two of The Bonegates series and the main character is Lana, who along with some of her fellow but unknown, brothers and sisters had made it through the Successional. They are all children of King Oberon, born of human mothers and raised in the Old Land. They only had two weeks to prepare for the Successional and two of her siblings she had begun to like, were killed by their evil brother Nigel! Now Lana has been named the second in line of succession to the throne of Lyonesse. But their kingdom is dying since Queen Pari of Buyan, stole their Bonegate, leaving their land without magic. She is also now Oberon’s General and some of his other children resent her for that and think they are better suited to the position. Oberon has one son born of his fae wife, Prince Casimir, who is the heir and doesn’t think much of his fellow half siblings. Lana gets to have meetings with their father most evenings, after a day of training, which leaves some very jealous. She has been given the task of assassinating the Queen of Buyan, but first to gain some allies from the western realms, swordsmen and giants. King Oberon believes she and her siblings will be able to get around the wards at Buyan.
She no longer has her personal guard Garret, now her position has been confirmed and wants to have him around still. She isn’t quite sure how her father may take a relationship between one of his children and one of his guards. She still has a lot to learn about Faerie and wants to desperate help all of the Fae of Lyonesse. She has seen the devastation around the city and the circumstances everybody lives under will do all she can to help, even if that means she must kill someone else. She feels under great pressure to prove herself in her new position in control of her father’s forces, whilst Prince Casimir is in charge of the specialised unit of the Feathered Fae. She isn’t spending time with her other siblings and this causes quite a few issues of jealous and mistrust, even from her best friend Finn and even her hawk familiar! She puts far too much pressure on herself to be perfect, especially with Meegra and Crystal disliking her closeness with the king and her higher position. She is sent off on her first missions, but finds herself being undermined by one particular sibling in particular and matters don’t go as planned. She feels she has failed her father and begins to wear herself out trying to become the best of them all and not sharing any details of their most important mission. Not the best way to get anything to go well, as they will soon find out! Who is truly the worst leader is still a huge secret, with Oberon willing to play his children against each other and the rest of them knowing nothing really about Queen Pari. A large number of siblings to get used to, so not a book you want to jump into, without having read the first book in the series beforehand. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Book 2 starts immediately after Hawk Witch: A Dark Faerie Series (The Bonegates Series Book 1) as the door to Princess General Lana’s father’s private chambers opens and Lana gets to finally meet her father. She is asked to be an assassin targeting Queen Pari. There is a lot of interpersonal friction among different cliques of the siblings, fae, and guards. A mission to Zatus to hire mercenaries ended unsuccessfully with a hasty retreat. Negotiations with the giants were more successful. Lana realizes she needs to grow into her new role, develop family bonding, friendships, alliances, and get with the program. The trek to Castle Dalir was difficult. The plan started unraveling once inside the castle. Lana’s reluctance to share the mission preparation with the others comes back to bite her. The book ends in a cliffhanger, so have Traitor Witch ready to start for an exciting conclusion.
This is a really exciting sequel to Hawk Witch. There are few times when I have been as frustrated with an MC as have been with Lana. That is a testament to Ms. Mcleo’s good writing. If the story weren’t so well written and the characters so compelling, I wouldn’t care enough to be frustrated.
After winning the Successional, Lana is not really trying to learn what she needs to know as Princess General of the Lyonesse army. She is training with the rest of her new siblings but has been spending her time reading or going for walks with Naela, her familiar. When King Oberon sends them all on a mission to the Kingdom of Buyan for the purpose of killing Queen Pari, Lana takes it upon herself to learn the kingdom and palace of Buyan, not letting anyone else in on the information. This proves dire as Lana and her sister Crystal are captured and thrown into the dungeon. This story is full of magical abilities and lots of exciting moments of fighting plus it ends with a cliffhanger. Highly recommended.
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Cool ideas and interesting magical, Fae setting. Enjoy all the action and intrigue! Lana is still trying to impress her father; a Fae King, which causes her to make some less than smart decisions. She’s trying too hard to gain favor; it gets annoying. Lana is tasked with killing a rival queen, but things aren’t exactly cut and dry with this whole situation. Lana has some interesting magic; she still has lots of room to grow as a person, but I appreciate that she’s a fighter. Overall, another entertaining book in this series; looking forward to reading more! This is book 2 in this series, so I’d recommend starting with book 1 before reading this. This book doesn’t have full resolution, so you’ll need to continue on with the series for the full story.
Lana and the rest are back for another story in this series that kept me reading to the end to see what would happen next. Lana is learning what it means to be a royal and interacting with her family and doing her job. Was fun and interesting and sometimes made me want to slap a few people. The world setup and magic is still really interesting and fun to read about.
The second book in the Bonegates Series a well written story that kept me turning pages. It does end on a cliff-hanger, I want to read the next book. I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Absolutely highly recommend this book as an awesome read!!
This is the 2nd book in the Bonegates series and it begins where book 1 left off. In the first book many of the new princes and princesses discovered new magical abilities and that continues in this book.
Our protagonist, Lana, likes that she gets to spend more time with her father but she also spends a considerable amount of time trying to impress him. Sometimes she succeeds and sometimes she fails. The problem is that Lana has a lot of growing up to do along with learning how to be both a princess and a General. This is not an easy task. When Lana and some of her siblings are sent on a mission she learns that she’s not as knowledgeable about Lyonnesse as she should be and one of her other siblings has to fill in the gaps. This makes Lana feel incompetent and is convinced that she has failed the mission. She is then determined to study everything she can about Lyonnesse so this doesn’t happen on her next mission. Finn and her other siblings try to help Lana, but does she accept their help, you’ll have to read the book to find out.
As the book progresses there’s a little romance, a lot of action and lots of magic being performed. The book does end in a cliffhanger.
I really enjoyed this book and can wait to read the next one.
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Just couldn’t put this second installment down. It was so well written, it made me feel like I was there preparing for battle along with Lana, Finn, and the rest of the siblings. Looking forward to book 3!
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ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS.
Maybe Lana didn’t do herself any favors earning her ‘General’ title. Now she has an uphill battle against more skilled, more educated and more experienced siblings while trying to prove her worth to the title and her father. Packed full of non stop action and adventures. Recommended series by a clever writer.
Lana is struggling with the fact that she is a Princess and that her father is a Fae and to top it all off she has just been assigned General to her father’s army as well as second in line to the throne. Oh and being Princess is really upsetting her siblings. They are not so thrilled that Lana is the Princess and heir to the throne and they are not. They try to undermine Lana every way they can. They don’t like following her orders. Lana just wants to help out the kingdom by trying to get their magic back.
Lana’s first assignment is to assassinate the neighboring Queen but before she can do that she needs a bigger army so the first thing on her agenda is to of course get a bigger army. To obtain the training she needs in the field so to speak she has to go out and find that army. So she takes her team of soldiers and her siblings to see the giants to make a deal with them to fight with her march against the queen.
There is a lot of squabbling going on amongst the siblings to start their own war right inside the kingdom. Lana must somehow bring the siblings together long enough to accomplish her task. Can she pull it off? Will the siblings stop fighting each other long enough to take on the Queen?
Assassin Witch is filled with action from the first page right up until the last. There is betrayal in the kingdom. I have my doubts about a number of characters like the King is he the person we are lead to believe he is or maybe the Queen is not the person we are lead to believe she is or what about one the siblings are they the person we are lead to believe? Assassin Witch is a very intense read that will keep you flipping the pages unable to put it down trying to figure out who can be trusted and who can’t.
I highly recommend Assassin With to all fans of fantasy and the paranormal with Fae and witches and magic.
There was good continuation from book to book and the story progressed very well. The characters are struggling to adjust to their powers and new situations in life, some better than others. It could just be me but I think there is something fishy about the King. I certainly don’t think he is handling the situation with his children very well. I am anxious to find out who is leaking info to the enemy and hope the rescue attempt goes off without a hitch. Without giving away too much I can’t say more but I recommend this set. They are well worth the read.
This is an Epic read that grabbed me from rhe first page to the last, its a real page turner. This is right up there with Divergent to me and the 100. I would definitely love to see this on Netflix. You have a great heroine, I love the Characters. The Author has done a fantastic job at the world building. This I definitely recommend.
Shauna Joesten
ONE WHIRLWIND ADVENTURE!!!
Chaos and mayhem! Scenes, characters, location and details are written with such realism there’s no trouble interpreting each scenario as they play out catapulting this baby to life colorfully. Dealing with the trials and tribulations along with this intense storyline and swirling plot mixed with a myriad of emotions as they meld this jewel together piece by piece. Their personalities are well matched as the revelations and speculations blend and flow. Outstanding job Ashley, thanks for sharing this little guy with us.
This book starts right where the last left off and there is no time to breathe for the answers you seek will be revealed…
Lana is still trying to please her dad, still trying to him to see her as worthy. I love Lana’s relationship with both her father and her siblings because it shows how great Lana is, how strong and independent she can be with a little growth.
Lana tries to become a better person all while realizing that her opinion of herself is the only one that truly matters. Through she is strong, this book read to me like her “teenage years” if you will… she had a lot of growing and learning to do so I didn’t always like her in the moment.
I liked the action in this story, the plot kept me interested and left me with as many questions (for book three) as answers I got from book one.
Well written with detailed and interesting characters this book is sure to tantalize!!
Book two in the Bonegates Series continues Lana’s story. Now the Princess General Lana Fullfeather, her life is irrevocably changed. The king has brought her into his confidence, and into the plans for restoring the magic to the kingdom. Now Lana just has to make it happen!
She continues to struggle with her relationship with her siblings, developing her magic, and finding her way through this new life. Her attraction to Garret continues to grow, but now is not exactly the best time to investigate that option! Queen Pari needs to be dealt with sooner rather than later. The Lyonesse people need relief. After a less than stellar first mission, she pours herself into preparing for the war.
I was shocked by her discussion with Crystal toward the end, because I did not see that in Lana. But we will see how it factors into the third book! The characters don’t always bring us into their heads all the time. I hope she has learned to use the ‘tools’ around her instead of trying to be everything herself. Can’t wait to see what happens next!
Assassin Witch picks up right where the first book left off. Lana has won the competition and has gotten the privilege of being able to spend time with their father. Lana is still having problems with her powers, while her siblings have been able to embrace theirs.Her doubts and insecurities come out so much that she isolates herself from everyone and thinks that she has to do everything on her own. When her father finally sends them on the mission to save the kingdom, will her insecurities become the reason that Lana and her siblings fail? Or will it help. We get to see more from the other siblings which I was glad to see. During parts of this book, I really wanted to smack Lana upside the head and tell her to wake up and ask for help.
I love this book and can’t wait for more.
Love book #2 in this series! Lana is such a real character and I find myself rooting for her even when she is doing things she shouldn’t. I was excited to follow the siblings on their missions and can’t wait to see what unravels in the next book! Definitely recommend reading this series as well as the others by Ashley McLeo!