Loom’s sister (oops I forgot her name and I’m too lazy to look it up tbh) and Masali! I really liked how we got to see a different side of her, and Masali was so surprisingly kind…aw I love her. There are still some blank spaces, but I’m otherwise satisfied I’ve always found her ability really interesting (which is kind of why I picked these books in the first place), so that was refreshing to learn about. I enjoyed reading more about Wil’s power and its origin. It’s quite different from the backstabbing-relatives portrayal in modern YA Now that I think about it, this series quite abundant with (mostly) positive familial relationships. I adored all the relationships, especially the familial ones. But this really wasn’t so bad as you might think-I really liked some of the elements-but those didn’t add up overall. This is my dilemma with duologies, that the second book won’t live up to the first, and unfortunately that was the case here. I had some high hopes, but this fell short for me. I gotta be real here, I wasn’t disappointed but I wasn’t surprised either.

So I was really looking forward to its sequel.

Traveling across cursed seas and treacherous kingdoms, Wil, Loom-and his ruthless sister Espel-have to work to make peace with their own struggles if they hope to secure the future of their kingdoms.īut when their plans lead them right back to evil marveler Pahn, and to Baren-who is more dangerous than ever-can Wil and her friends outsmart their enemies, this time, for good?Įver since I read The Glass Spare last year, I couldn’t quite get it out of my head for some reason. When she’s finally able to reach Pahn, nothing goes as planned, and suddenly Wil and her allies are fighting for their lives, again and again, as the Southern King is out to punish his children for all they’ve done. With time running out, Wil must navigate the dangerous secrets within her family if she’s going to find the truth and save the boy she loves. And the rest of her family must reckon with the truth of what happened to lead to Wil’s exile. The only way to save Loom, the cursed prince of the Southern Isles, is to revisit the castle and discover the origins of her own curse.īut home is very different from how she left it-Wil’s unstable elder brother is now king, leading a war against the Southern Isles. Wilhemina Heidle, the exiled princess of Northern Arrod, the girl thought dead by her family and friends, must return home.

The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano