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The Uncharted Realms #6
The Lost Princess Returns
The Lost Princess Returns
More than two decades have gone by since Imperial Princess Jenna, broken in heart and body, fled her brutal marriage—and the land of her birth. She’s since become warrior, priestess of Danu, trainer of elephants, wife and mother. Wiser, stronger, happier, Ivariel has been content to live in her new country, to rest her battered self, and to recover from the trauma of what happened to her when she was barely more than a girl.
But magic has returned to the world—abruptly and with frightening force—and Ivariel takes that profound change as a sign that it’s time to keep a promise she made to the sisters she left behind. Ivariel must leave the safety she’s found and return to face the horrors she fled.
As Ivariel emerges from hiding, she discovers that her vicious brother is now Emperor of Dasnaria, and her much-hated mother, the Dowager Empress Hulda, is aiding him in his reign of terror. Worse, it seems that Hulda’s resurrection of the tainted god Deyrr came about as a direct result of Jenna’s flight long ago.
It’s up to Ivariel—and the girl she stopped being long ago—to defeat the people who cruelly betrayed her, and to finally liberate her sisters. Determined to cleanse her homeland of the evil that nearly destroyed her, Ivariel at last returns to face the past.
But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms.
More than two decades have gone by since Imperial Princess Jenna, broken in heart and body, fled her brutal marriage—and the land of her birth. She’s since become warrior, priestess of Danu, trainer of elephants, wife and mother. Wiser, stronger, happier, Ivariel has been content to live in her new country, to rest her battered self, and to recover from the trauma of what happened to her when she was barely more than a girl.
But magic has returned to the world—abruptly and with frightening force—and Ivariel takes that profound change as a sign that it’s time to keep a promise she made to the sisters she left behind. Ivariel must leave the safety she’s found and return to face the horrors she fled.
As Ivariel emerges from hiding, she discovers that her vicious brother is now Emperor of Dasnaria, and her much-hated mother, the Dowager Empress Hulda, is aiding him in his reign of terror. Worse, it seems that Hulda’s resurrection of the tainted god Deyrr came about as a direct result of Jenna’s flight long ago.
It’s up to Ivariel—and the girl she stopped being long ago—to defeat the people who cruelly betrayed her, and to finally liberate her sisters. Determined to cleanse her homeland of the evil that nearly destroyed her, Ivariel at last returns to face the past.
But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms.
170 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 29, 2020
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June 30, 2020
O my this journey that Ivariel has been on has been truly harrowing and yet she's a survivor who has found joy and love. Now everything has aligned to bring her into the unique position of returning to the land of her birth in order to keep a promise she made many years ago. Ivariel isn't alone, she has allies and indeed has made friends but only she can take the final steps that could bring hope and new beginnings to those cruelly oppressed. Can she face her vicious past and finally bring justice or will her desire for vengeance cripple her when she finally faces those who used her mercilessly ?
This author's edge of the seat stories are always guaranteed to be exceptional reads and this slightly shorter book is no different. Slotting effortlessly into the Twelve Kingdom world that the author has created we yet again are transported to a world chock full of danger and intrigue with vibrant characters that cry out to have their stories told. I read this in one sitting as I once again became utterly absorbed in this compelling story. Yet I cannot help but wonder if it's really over because Ivariel has two younger sisters and as this story ends there's the inevitable changes blowing across the land and not everyone will welcome it . I sincerely hope that this fabulous journey is still far from over but for now it's time for Ivariel to take a well deserved and triumphant bow.
This voluntary take is of an advanced copy and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair
This author's edge of the seat stories are always guaranteed to be exceptional reads and this slightly shorter book is no different. Slotting effortlessly into the Twelve Kingdom world that the author has created we yet again are transported to a world chock full of danger and intrigue with vibrant characters that cry out to have their stories told. I read this in one sitting as I once again became utterly absorbed in this compelling story. Yet I cannot help but wonder if it's really over because Ivariel has two younger sisters and as this story ends there's the inevitable changes blowing across the land and not everyone will welcome it . I sincerely hope that this fabulous journey is still far from over but for now it's time for Ivariel to take a well deserved and triumphant bow.
This voluntary take is of an advanced copy and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair
July 8, 2020
Was this really the ending? I mean everything was wrapped up with a nice bow on it. So all these journeys are over? I am sad, I am also happy to have an ending at last, but yes mostly sad. I will miss them all.
In this one, novella length. Ivariel is back, the lost princess Jenna who learned that women are not chattel and she created a new future for herself. And she is needed to bring down an Empire. Together with Jepp, Kraal, Harlan, Karyn, yes yes a lot of oldies will help with bringing down Hestar.
And that is what this book is about. Rallying the troops for a quick coup.
I did like how it all came together, how the old couples are always shown, and how it was quick, cos sometimes you need a quick coup.We have had enough bloodshed through out the books.
But still, was this really it? I need more novels in this world :D
In this one, novella length. Ivariel is back, the lost princess Jenna who learned that women are not chattel and she created a new future for herself. And she is needed to bring down an Empire. Together with Jepp, Kraal, Harlan, Karyn, yes yes a lot of oldies will help with bringing down Hestar.
And that is what this book is about. Rallying the troops for a quick coup.
I did like how it all came together, how the old couples are always shown, and how it was quick, cos sometimes you need a quick coup.We have had enough bloodshed through out the books.
But still, was this really it? I need more novels in this world :D
December 1, 2024
So awesome!!!
I was all happy with how things were left in The Fate of the Tala, but this world and these characters are so awesome I was even happier finding out this short novel would release!
And what an amazing read!
Ivariel fled Dasnaria long ago and started a new life, but in this novel she returns to deal with her mother and her brother.
I loved seeing Ivariel together with Harlan, and to see how Ursula reacts to this long lost sister. And then they start plotting Ivariel's return to the Imperial palace and Ivariel meets Kral again!
Things happen in a different way than I expected, but in a good way. I was totally rooting for Ivariel to finally get the closure she needs to truly leave the past behind. I loved seeing some old faces return as well.
There were several points in this book that made me all emotional and sniffly. What a beautiful and intense story. You need this book, I tell you!
The ending was very satisfying and brings Ivariel's story full circle in a really cool way. I do see possibilities for some nice little novellas set in this world though, so Voodoo Bride and I will keep pestering Jeffe for at least a Zyr novella.
I was all happy with how things were left in The Fate of the Tala, but this world and these characters are so awesome I was even happier finding out this short novel would release!
And what an amazing read!
Ivariel fled Dasnaria long ago and started a new life, but in this novel she returns to deal with her mother and her brother.
I loved seeing Ivariel together with Harlan, and to see how Ursula reacts to this long lost sister. And then they start plotting Ivariel's return to the Imperial palace and Ivariel meets Kral again!
Things happen in a different way than I expected, but in a good way. I was totally rooting for Ivariel to finally get the closure she needs to truly leave the past behind. I loved seeing some old faces return as well.
There were several points in this book that made me all emotional and sniffly. What a beautiful and intense story. You need this book, I tell you!
The ending was very satisfying and brings Ivariel's story full circle in a really cool way. I do see possibilities for some nice little novellas set in this world though, so Voodoo Bride and I will keep pestering Jeffe for at least a Zyr novella.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 9, 2021
4.5 stars
Sure, you could read this final story in the Uncharted Realms series without reading The Chronicles of Dasnaria. But to trot out a PNR deep cut from my (very) old friend Acheron... just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
While this does wrap up the final threads left from The Fate of the Tala, this is also the big finish to Ivariel's story. Though it features characters we know and love from The Twelve Kingdoms, if you don't know Ivariel's story --if you haven't walked with her on her journey-- all of the wonderful emotional resonance will vanish. Sure, you'll have some good action and a satisfying conclusion, but I'm not sure the investment would be there.
I did read those books and all the other assorted spinoffs in this world and I deeply enjoyed this last installment. It didn't have as much meat as The Fate of the Tala did --it's a novella, after all-- but it still gave me everything I wanted. Which is basically: Ivariel's triumph over her oppressive homeland.
It also gave me one last hurrah with these characters I have come to love so dearly.
A great sendoff. I will miss this world.
Sure, you could read this final story in the Uncharted Realms series without reading The Chronicles of Dasnaria. But to trot out a PNR deep cut from my (very) old friend Acheron... just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
While this does wrap up the final threads left from The Fate of the Tala, this is also the big finish to Ivariel's story. Though it features characters we know and love from The Twelve Kingdoms, if you don't know Ivariel's story --if you haven't walked with her on her journey-- all of the wonderful emotional resonance will vanish. Sure, you'll have some good action and a satisfying conclusion, but I'm not sure the investment would be there.
I did read those books and all the other assorted spinoffs in this world and I deeply enjoyed this last installment. It didn't have as much meat as The Fate of the Tala did --it's a novella, after all-- but it still gave me everything I wanted. Which is basically: Ivariel's triumph over her oppressive homeland.
It also gave me one last hurrah with these characters I have come to love so dearly.
A great sendoff. I will miss this world.
June 30, 2020
Rated 4.5 Stars
The Lost Princess Returns is the story I’d hoped for when I connected to who Jenna was related to and I must say it was so much more than I had hoped for. There was action, adventure, vengeance and more. I loved how fierce Ivariel was and the fact that she didn’t shy away from what needed to be done. This was exactly the story that was needed to end her chapter so to speak. I loved it.
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The Lost Princess Returns is the story I’d hoped for when I connected to who Jenna was related to and I must say it was so much more than I had hoped for. There was action, adventure, vengeance and more. I loved how fierce Ivariel was and the fact that she didn’t shy away from what needed to be done. This was exactly the story that was needed to end her chapter so to speak. I loved it.
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August 31, 2020
The Lost Princess Returns wraps up one of the primary over arching story of the Uncharted Realms series: the conflict between the Tala and Dasnaria. In the previous book, the Thirteen Kingdoms and its allies were able to stop one facet of the attack, but evil remained in the seat of Darsnarian power. The Lost Princess Returns follows former princess Jenna, along with her Darnarian brothers, returning home to confront her past and remove the evil festering in the kingdom.
The story is told via first person POV of Ivariel, former Dasnarian Imperial Princess Jenna. She was introduced in person in the final Uncharted Realms/Twelve Kingdoms story, The Fate of the Tala, when she came with her family and elephants to help the Tata defeat the Deyrr. However, she’s been talked about by her brothers Harlen and Kral for as long as they have been part of the books. With that said, she was the main character and heroine of her own parallel series, The Chronicles of Dasnaria, which I did not read.
All of the series main characters are present at some point in The Lost Princess Returns. But since the story is told from POV of a character from a series I didn’t read, I found I couldn’t engage as much. I didn’t have the emotional connection to the plight of Ivariel or the conflict that I would have with any of the other characters from the earlier stories. The author does a good job giving the reader pieces of her background, but it’s not the same as following her journey over the course of a book (or in this case, three books).
The Lost Princess Returns is a suiting and exciting conclusion and wrap up to one of my favorite fantasy realms. While I feel I would have enjoyed it more had it come from a character with whom I’m more familiar, the story was entertaining and a welcome addition to (conclusion for) the entire set of series.
My Rating: B-
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The story is told via first person POV of Ivariel, former Dasnarian Imperial Princess Jenna. She was introduced in person in the final Uncharted Realms/Twelve Kingdoms story, The Fate of the Tala, when she came with her family and elephants to help the Tata defeat the Deyrr. However, she’s been talked about by her brothers Harlen and Kral for as long as they have been part of the books. With that said, she was the main character and heroine of her own parallel series, The Chronicles of Dasnaria, which I did not read.
All of the series main characters are present at some point in The Lost Princess Returns. But since the story is told from POV of a character from a series I didn’t read, I found I couldn’t engage as much. I didn’t have the emotional connection to the plight of Ivariel or the conflict that I would have with any of the other characters from the earlier stories. The author does a good job giving the reader pieces of her background, but it’s not the same as following her journey over the course of a book (or in this case, three books).
The Lost Princess Returns is a suiting and exciting conclusion and wrap up to one of my favorite fantasy realms. While I feel I would have enjoyed it more had it come from a character with whom I’m more familiar, the story was entertaining and a welcome addition to (conclusion for) the entire set of series.
My Rating: B-
Review copy provided by author.
July 3, 2020
Originally published at Reading Reality
The lost princess who returns in this story is Jenna, once an Imperial Princess of Dasnaria. Jenna, with the help of her younger brother Harlan, was partially rescued and partially rescued herself from not just an excruciatingly abusive marriage but an entirely abusive culture as well, in the Chronicles of Dasnaria series, beginning with The Prisoner of the Crown. Which Jenna so definitely was when her story began.
Jenna transformed herself into the warrior-priestess Ivariel, she saved her adopted people AND their elephants, healed or buried the abused young woman she had been, married a good man, made a life for herself far away from the Imperial seraglio where she was born and was supposed to die, and had four children.
As the forces gather in the stunning climax of The Uncharted Realms series, a story told in The Fate of the Tala, Ivariel nee Jenna brings her people and her elephants to the fight. And finds herself fighting alongside two of the brothers she left behind, her rescuer Harlan, now consort of the High Queen Ursula of the Twelve Kingdoms (their story is The Talon of the Hawk) and her near-betrayer who has finally gotten his head out of his ass, her brother Kral (details of his story in The Edge of the Blade.) That Kral’s lady Jepp is the daughter of the woman who trained Jenna shows just how deeply Jenna/Ivariel has been ingrained in the combined series, even when she has not been present.
The enemy that is finally defeated in The Fate of the Tala has been a thorn in the side of the Twelve Kingdoms from the very beginning of this saga, all the way back in The Mark of the Tala. It’s an enemy that has been funded and nurtured by the Emperor Hestar and his mother, the Dowager Empress Hulda, of Dasnaria. The place from which Jenna, Harlan and eventually Kral fled so long ago.
Now that the forces of evil have been finally routed, it is time for the exiled children of Dasnaria to return home – to cut out the enemy’s heart. That said cutting out will require killing both their brother and their mother is the ice cream on a dish of revenge being served, at last, chillingly cold.
A dish of revenge that needs to be delivered personally by Ivariel, Harlan and Kral. No matter how much it hurts them to return to the place that tortured them and tossed them away.
That’s a lot of intro, all in order to say that all three of these interconnected series (Twelve Kingdoms, Uncharted Realms and Chronicles of Dasnaria are epic, compelling, marvelous and intertwined so deeply that by the time the reader reaches this lovely endpoint (I hope it’s the endpoint, they ALL deserve a lasting HEA) that the stories are so interwoven that there is no reasonable way to start here and have it all make sense. This is a series that rewards the reader with a deeply absorbing tale of magic, machinations, maneuvers and yes, romance.
Start with The Mark of the Tala and wend your way through to this terrific wrap-up, The Lost Princess Returns.
I wish you joy of the journey. It’s a great one.
Escape Rating A+: It’s obvious that I loved this story. In fact, it’s pretty obvious that I’ve loved the entire interconnected series, as I’ve reviewed them all. This is also a series that operates on two layers. First, it IS epic fantasy. The epic is the story of the three princesses of the Twelve Kingdoms rebelling against the rule of their abusive father. That father is also taking the Kingdoms down a terrible path, so they set out on a course to right his wrongs and remove him from his throne. Once that battle is won, they then have to rout the forces that helped set their father on his terrible path – not that he wasn’t plenty terrible on his own. The story of their journey, now as queens of their own kingdoms, to help each other find and fight those forces, gathering allies and enemies along the way, is told as The Uncharted Realms.
And then there’s Jenna, groomed, beaten, abused, betrayed and nearly dead, barely escaping with her life in the Chronicles of Dasnaria, only to build herself a new life as Ivariel and return here as the fabled “Lost Princess”.
This book serves as both an extended epilogue for the combined series and as the culmination of Jenna’s need to return to her origins, to heal the wounds she has covered over for more than 20 years. It is a story of revenge, and it’s a revenge that is necessary. Neither Hulda nor Hestar are capable of redemption. In the end, this is the story of not just Jenna but also Harlan and Kral moving beyond the people they were and the people who made them and tried to mold them into their own corrupt images, and finding their true selves. The selves they have built and become far from that terrible places.
The healing that comes for them is personal, but they also leave healing behind them, finally setting Dasnaria on a path to its own brighter future.
And the entire epic from the very beginning to this marvelous conclusion, is absolutely fantastic.
The lost princess who returns in this story is Jenna, once an Imperial Princess of Dasnaria. Jenna, with the help of her younger brother Harlan, was partially rescued and partially rescued herself from not just an excruciatingly abusive marriage but an entirely abusive culture as well, in the Chronicles of Dasnaria series, beginning with The Prisoner of the Crown. Which Jenna so definitely was when her story began.
Jenna transformed herself into the warrior-priestess Ivariel, she saved her adopted people AND their elephants, healed or buried the abused young woman she had been, married a good man, made a life for herself far away from the Imperial seraglio where she was born and was supposed to die, and had four children.
As the forces gather in the stunning climax of The Uncharted Realms series, a story told in The Fate of the Tala, Ivariel nee Jenna brings her people and her elephants to the fight. And finds herself fighting alongside two of the brothers she left behind, her rescuer Harlan, now consort of the High Queen Ursula of the Twelve Kingdoms (their story is The Talon of the Hawk) and her near-betrayer who has finally gotten his head out of his ass, her brother Kral (details of his story in The Edge of the Blade.) That Kral’s lady Jepp is the daughter of the woman who trained Jenna shows just how deeply Jenna/Ivariel has been ingrained in the combined series, even when she has not been present.
The enemy that is finally defeated in The Fate of the Tala has been a thorn in the side of the Twelve Kingdoms from the very beginning of this saga, all the way back in The Mark of the Tala. It’s an enemy that has been funded and nurtured by the Emperor Hestar and his mother, the Dowager Empress Hulda, of Dasnaria. The place from which Jenna, Harlan and eventually Kral fled so long ago.
Now that the forces of evil have been finally routed, it is time for the exiled children of Dasnaria to return home – to cut out the enemy’s heart. That said cutting out will require killing both their brother and their mother is the ice cream on a dish of revenge being served, at last, chillingly cold.
A dish of revenge that needs to be delivered personally by Ivariel, Harlan and Kral. No matter how much it hurts them to return to the place that tortured them and tossed them away.
That’s a lot of intro, all in order to say that all three of these interconnected series (Twelve Kingdoms, Uncharted Realms and Chronicles of Dasnaria are epic, compelling, marvelous and intertwined so deeply that by the time the reader reaches this lovely endpoint (I hope it’s the endpoint, they ALL deserve a lasting HEA) that the stories are so interwoven that there is no reasonable way to start here and have it all make sense. This is a series that rewards the reader with a deeply absorbing tale of magic, machinations, maneuvers and yes, romance.
Start with The Mark of the Tala and wend your way through to this terrific wrap-up, The Lost Princess Returns.
I wish you joy of the journey. It’s a great one.
Escape Rating A+: It’s obvious that I loved this story. In fact, it’s pretty obvious that I’ve loved the entire interconnected series, as I’ve reviewed them all. This is also a series that operates on two layers. First, it IS epic fantasy. The epic is the story of the three princesses of the Twelve Kingdoms rebelling against the rule of their abusive father. That father is also taking the Kingdoms down a terrible path, so they set out on a course to right his wrongs and remove him from his throne. Once that battle is won, they then have to rout the forces that helped set their father on his terrible path – not that he wasn’t plenty terrible on his own. The story of their journey, now as queens of their own kingdoms, to help each other find and fight those forces, gathering allies and enemies along the way, is told as The Uncharted Realms.
And then there’s Jenna, groomed, beaten, abused, betrayed and nearly dead, barely escaping with her life in the Chronicles of Dasnaria, only to build herself a new life as Ivariel and return here as the fabled “Lost Princess”.
This book serves as both an extended epilogue for the combined series and as the culmination of Jenna’s need to return to her origins, to heal the wounds she has covered over for more than 20 years. It is a story of revenge, and it’s a revenge that is necessary. Neither Hulda nor Hestar are capable of redemption. In the end, this is the story of not just Jenna but also Harlan and Kral moving beyond the people they were and the people who made them and tried to mold them into their own corrupt images, and finding their true selves. The selves they have built and become far from that terrible places.
The healing that comes for them is personal, but they also leave healing behind them, finally setting Dasnaria on a path to its own brighter future.
And the entire epic from the very beginning to this marvelous conclusion, is absolutely fantastic.
July 4, 2020
Justice for Ivariel!
Jenna/Ivariel has been ine of my most favorite characters in the 13 kingdoms. Her horribke awakening to a brutal future as a yiung bride to the empowered strong heroine she became could not have been more satsifying! A very hard earned HEA.
Jenna/Ivariel has been ine of my most favorite characters in the 13 kingdoms. Her horribke awakening to a brutal future as a yiung bride to the empowered strong heroine she became could not have been more satsifying! A very hard earned HEA.
July 8, 2020
Jenna and Ochieng
Jeffe Kennedy writes riviting fantasy. I feel this book ties up many loose ends, but I want to hear much, much more about all the kingdoms. PLEASE
Jeffe Kennedy writes riviting fantasy. I feel this book ties up many loose ends, but I want to hear much, much more about all the kingdoms. PLEASE
January 15, 2024
This novella brings to an end both the larger 12 Kingdoms series and the Dasnarian Chronicles trilogy as princess Jenna finally returns to her homeland after the events of The Fate of the Tala.
Although the series is mostly made of books that can be read as standalones, this one is clearly made for previous readers, especially if you liked the Dasnaria part of the plot as introduced in The Edge of the Blade and/or Jenna's spin-off trilogy Chronicles of Dasnaria, both of which I recommend you read first.
And what a treat this novella is ! It was a delight to see the cast of characters again from the perspective of Ivariel and bring the final thread of the main story to a close. But it was, more than anything, a closure for Jenna/Ivariel, coming full circle after the events she went through 20 years prior. She remains my favourite character of Jeffe Kennedy's 12 Kingdoms expanded series and this final novella does her justice.
Stronger and confident, but still human and vulnerable, there was nostalgia, catharsis and satisfaction to read her story come to a close. A perfect ending to all these books - leaving me with that very particular hangover of seeing the end of a very good story (which usually only happens to me with video games).
If you like mature fantasy romance with a great balance between fantasy universe/plot and romantic storylines, and don't know that series of books yet, I strongly suggest you take a look at both 12 Kingdoms then Uncharted Realms, and don't skip the novellas such as this one, as they are as good, sometimes better perhaps, than the main books...
Although the series is mostly made of books that can be read as standalones, this one is clearly made for previous readers, especially if you liked the Dasnaria part of the plot as introduced in The Edge of the Blade and/or Jenna's spin-off trilogy Chronicles of Dasnaria, both of which I recommend you read first.
And what a treat this novella is ! It was a delight to see the cast of characters again from the perspective of Ivariel and bring the final thread of the main story to a close. But it was, more than anything, a closure for Jenna/Ivariel, coming full circle after the events she went through 20 years prior. She remains my favourite character of Jeffe Kennedy's 12 Kingdoms expanded series and this final novella does her justice.
Stronger and confident, but still human and vulnerable, there was nostalgia, catharsis and satisfaction to read her story come to a close. A perfect ending to all these books - leaving me with that very particular hangover of seeing the end of a very good story (which usually only happens to me with video games).
If you like mature fantasy romance with a great balance between fantasy universe/plot and romantic storylines, and don't know that series of books yet, I strongly suggest you take a look at both 12 Kingdoms then Uncharted Realms, and don't skip the novellas such as this one, as they are as good, sometimes better perhaps, than the main books...
January 12, 2021
The book that connects three different series by Jeffe Kennedy, all set in the world of Twelve Kingdoms. It's also a big finish/resolution for all of them.
Jenna/Ivariel was a great heroine and I am glad, this story was again from her point of view. Nicely done too.
This is definitely not the last series from Jeffe Kennedy I will read.
Jenna/Ivariel was a great heroine and I am glad, this story was again from her point of view. Nicely done too.
This is definitely not the last series from Jeffe Kennedy I will read.
September 1, 2021
Novella tying off threads of both the Chronicles of Dasnaria and the Uncharted Realms series. I wanted to read this before I got too much further into the next-generation Heirs of Magic series. A quick read for readers like me who are longtime fans, but for heaven's sake don't start with this one as you will be utterly lost. Lots of cameos and unfinished business.
October 22, 2022
A full circle moment for Jenna and all of Dasnaria. I loved this novella and only knocked a star for the pace and exceedingly quick speed of the book.
Kral, Jepp, Harlan, Jenna, Ochieng, Inga, Helva all amazing.
This author does write very abrupt endings but I felt this ended Jenna’s story well.
Read it - classic fantasy with a twist of romance
Kral, Jepp, Harlan, Jenna, Ochieng, Inga, Helva all amazing.
This author does write very abrupt endings but I felt this ended Jenna’s story well.
Read it - classic fantasy with a twist of romance
December 27, 2023
This was a great encore to the main storyline and a nice wrap-up to the side quest. Jenna/Ivariel certainly completed what she set out to do, but the pacing and conclusion felt rushed and incomplete. There could have been more development of relationships (her sister-in-law, her brothers, her husband, her sisters) and certainly more fleshing out of the new government post-coup.
October 15, 2020
Great read, loved it! Well written fun read. Has magic, action, battle, intrigue. Great to see women kick ass especially Ivariel. She also got redemption and closure. There is magic, battle, intrigue. Great finish.
December 31, 2020
Another amazing cover for the Twelve Kingdom's world! And a satisfying end to Ivariel's story and her own personal healing.
Fans of fantasy romance should definitely give the Twelve Kingdoms / The Uncharted Realms series a read!!
Fans of fantasy romance should definitely give the Twelve Kingdoms / The Uncharted Realms series a read!!
March 7, 2021
Really liked this look into the past characters. And to find out more about some new characters. While I really appreciate this insight I do have to say I agree with others that the story is short and seems very open ended.
July 26, 2020
I found this anticlimactic relative to the narrative arc of the series.
August 10, 2020
The lost Princess
Ivarial returns to Dasnaria to free her sisters and the other women in the seraglio. This is a really great read in the books The Uncharted Realms. Excellent.
Ivarial returns to Dasnaria to free her sisters and the other women in the seraglio. This is a really great read in the books The Uncharted Realms. Excellent.
September 5, 2020
This was a wonderful novella, but I really did want to actually see the elephants in Darsnia. I also would have loved to see Jenna's new family react to Darsnia.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 17, 2020
4.5
I kind of really appreciated that there was no "noble heroine forgives all who have wronged her" crap going on.
She does not. Blood is shed without remorse or regrets.
Gosh, it's refreshing!
I kind of really appreciated that there was no "noble heroine forgives all who have wronged her" crap going on.
She does not. Blood is shed without remorse or regrets.
Gosh, it's refreshing!
November 27, 2021
Delightfully satisfying!
February 10, 2022
Short but fun. A nice tying up of quite a few loose ends.
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July 14, 2023Honestly, good for Jenna. And also Harlan and Kral. They deserve this closure. I mean everything seemed a bit too easy, but I'll let it pass.
July 10, 2020
An ensemble cast gathers to fight Jenna’s twisted family and the tainted god Deyrr that Jenna’s flight liberated decades prior. This is a quick read, but no less satisfying for its brevity. The innate purity of will and spirit that our heroes and heroines display keeps the story from becoming too dark. Kennedy does her usual deft work at magical plotting and at battle scenes, keeping the tension high. THE LOST PRINCESS RETURNS wraps Kennedy’s Chronicles of Dasnaria series up nicely, providing closure to the princess and the reader.
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February 19, 2023
Ivariel getting to know her family (mainly Harlan and Kral, but also Inga and Hilda) again.
And those important to Harlan and Kral getting to know her.
Very much a story of revenge and retribution and rescue. It's also a story of the secret strength we have inside us to overcome the bad things of the past.
And those important to Harlan and Kral getting to know her.
Very much a story of revenge and retribution and rescue. It's also a story of the secret strength we have inside us to overcome the bad things of the past.
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