Book Review: Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian(Ash Princess Trilogy #3)

Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse and ridicule from the Kaiser and his court. But though she wore a crown of ashes, there is fire in Theo’s blood. As the rightful heir to the Astrean crown, it runs in her veins. And if she learned nothing else from her mother, she learned that a Queen never cowers. Now free, with a misfit army of rebels to back her, Theo must liberate her enslaved people and face a terrifying new enemy: the new Kaiserin. Imbued with a magic no one understands, the Kaiserin is determined to burn down anyone and everything in her way. The Kaiserin’s strange power is growing stronger, and with Prinz Søren as her hostage, there is more at stake than ever. Theo must learn to embrace her own power if she has any hope of standing against the girl she once called her heart’s sister. What an ending. I loved this trilogy and the characters in it. Each character had a purpose and you see them all develop as the trilogy goes on. And I feel like its real character development, not "chosen one hero switch" that sometimes happens. Our main protagonist feels very real and very human. I am so pleased the author was able to finish this trilogy on as high of a note as it started. Five stars, no contest. ★★★★★ Thank you PanMacmillan for sending me this copy for my independent review!