The Queen of Sorrow
The Queen of Sorrow by Sarah Beth Durst In Reluctant Queen, we met Naelin, Aratay's other queen, and it became apparent very quickly that her children are the most important beings in her world. So when they are kidnapped by foreign spirits near the border with Semo, her sorrow & fury at losing her children is palpable to the Aratarian spirits she is bonded to, and they become agitated in response to her spilling emotions. Naelin strives to learn control as she works to figure out what has happened to her children, while Daleina struggles to hold the country together when one of its queens is unstable. In this installement of the Queens of Renthia, we get to travel into Semo for a time, and witness the ruggedly volatile mountain country that is plagued by too many spirits. We spend time with Merecot, and gain more insight into her character's motivation. We also have brief glimpses of the other countries in Renthia, and their respective Queens. And so our knowledge of