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Highlights
- A 2024 IPPY Award Silver Medal Winner Winning the crown was only the beginning.
- 416 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy
- Series Name: The Frean Chronicles
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About the Book
Short Summary: Jacs is now Queen of Frea, but it comes with many challenges that she had not anticipated when those close to her are captured and used as leverage against the new Queen. In her search for answers, Jacs uncovers a much darker truth from the Queendom's past that will forever change its future.
Book Synopsis
A 2024 IPPY Award Silver Medal Winner
Winning the crown was only the beginning.
Jacs, now the rightful Queen of Frea, seems to be Queen in title alone. She scrambles to learn the customs and traditions of a Realm she had only read about in books. The Council of Four have her firmly under their thumb, and their ideas for the Queendom are oppressive and outdated. Their knowledge of her mother and Master Leschi's whereabouts is the only leverage they need to make the new Queen dance to their tune.
Jacs is determined to find those who were taken from her and do what's right for her Queendom. But in her search for answers, Jacs uncovers a much darker truth from the Queendom's past that will forever change its future.
Review Quotes
"Queen's Catacombs is a complex sequel with engaging characters, plot twists, mysteries, and romance." --YA Books Central
"Queen's Catacombs is an exciting sequel to The Frean Chronicles offering us a fierce matriarch whose belief in herself and determination captures readers and gives us hope for our own Upper Realm-led world. Jacs is the relatable hero we all need, and the endearing ensemble transports us into their world offering adventure, intrigue, and a cliffhanger that will have you generating conspiracy theories with your book club." --Nicoletta Romano, University Canada West Library
"Featuring a multinarrative structure, compelling female characters, intriguing magic, and the politics of an unjust matriarchal society, this sequel follows Jacs' ongoing journey toward empowerment . . ." --Kirkus Reviews
"Wonderfully imaginative and lusciously descriptive. Jacs and the perils of saving her Queendom will have you hooked to your seat for hours!" --PeakBookReviews
About the Author
Jordan H. Bartlett is an award-winning, New Zealand-born Canadian author with a love for children's literature and female empowerment. She grew up reading books about boys for boys and found it hard to find a strong heroine she could relate to. Bartlett wrote the Frean Chroniclesto give young readers that character she so longed for in a world where gender norms are reversed. Bartlett currently resides in Banff, Alberta where she works as a speech language pathologist and is a certified yoga instructor.
