This is the sequel to Once a Princess, and it picks up right where the first one left off, with Sasha on her way to find her father, Sun in the custody of the king, and Jehan trying to hold things together without revealing his secret identity. I had hoped this book would be better than it was. The story was solid, but the writing style just killed me. It was such a juvenile way of writing, very simplistic, and with lots of child like Earth expressions like kissy face. It just broke the flow because I kept thinking no one talks like that. It also gave Sasha a very young feel, she talked so much younger than she actually was. Then there was a big hole in the plot. When Sasha gets stuck at the border, she chooses to stay and make some extra cash. This allowed all the people following her to catch up to them. I just found it really strange that up until that point she was relentlessly trying to find her father, and then all of a sudden she was fine with taking a few week layover. It really seemed like a clunky device to allow everyone to arrive to the big show down at the same time. All in all I was very disappointed with this series. ( )

The continuation of Once a Princess. Sasha is trying to stay safe and reach her father, her mother is trying to figure out how to win free and stop a war, Prince Jehan is trying to bring peace, Randart's nephew is trying to do the right thing, and Randart is trying to take over.

A very satisfying conclusion. ( )