Oracle Queens are only mentioned in passing in Three Dark Crowns and One Dark Throne, thus we know little to nothing about them before reading this novella. It is, however, perfect for readers (like myself) who love the triplets and want to know everything there is to know about their characters! The Oracle Queen Consequently, I wouldn’t recommend this novella to those who haven’t read the first two instalments of the Three Dark Crowns series. The novella doesn’t have much of a traditional plot, instead, it’s a glimpse into the queen’s childhoods, and an opportunity to learn more about their personalities and relationships. I wondered did the triplets love one another before they learned their fate? Or did they always know that two of them must die in order for the third to become the true queen? What role did their mother play in their early life? The Young Queens answers all of these questions and more. Whilst reading Three Dark Crowns and it’s sequel, One Dark Throne, I often found myself wanting to know more about Mirabella, Arsinoe and Katharine. Though Fennbirn history has come to see Elsabet as a villain of epic proportions, here we learn the true story behind her madness and downfall. The Oracle Queen takes place hundreds of years before the events of Three Dark Crowns, and gives us insight into the story of Queen Elsabet, the last queen to have the gift of precognition. We also learn more about their mother, and the controversial (and monumental) decision she made when the sisters were born.

The Young Queens takes us back to a time of innocence for the queens, focusing on the first six years of their lives, spent together in peace at the Black Cottage.

The teenage queens already see one another as rivals, and are well aware of their upcoming fight to the death. Queens of Fennbirn (Three Dark Crowns 0.5) consists of two prequel novellas The Young Queens and The Oracle Queen.īy the time we met Mirabella, Arsinoe and Katharine in Three Dark Crowns, the triplets have been long separated.

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