The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson (opens in new tab)

The Crown of Embers \(2012\) 410 pages by Rae Carson Girl of Fire and Thorns \#2 Elisa has had a few months of relative peace to adjust to becoming queen\. We pick up at her seventeenth birthday parade\. It should be a peaceful celebration, but it ends up dangerous\. Followed by lots of assassination attempts\. Is the palace full of spies? The Quorum pushing for Elisa to get married to make a new alliance\. A few references to the gates of life prompt Elisa to make a journey to the gates, bey...