This captivating second book in Bree Barton’s Heart of Thorns trilogy deftly explores the effects of power in a dark magical kingdom—and the fierce courage it takes to claim your body as your own. This feminist teen fantasy is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo.

Mia Rose is back from the dead. Her memories are hazy, her body numb—but she won’t stop searching. Her only hope to save the boy she loves and the sister who destroyed her is to find the mother she can never forgive.   

After her mother’s betrayal, Pilar is on a hunt of her own—to seek out the only person who can exact revenge. All goes according to plan until she collides with Prince Quin, the boy whose sister she killed.

As Mia, Pilar, and Quin forge dangerous new alliances, they are bewitched by the snow kingdom’s promise of freedom…but nothing is as it seems under the kingdom’s glimmering ice.

• Rivals to Romance: She killed his sister by mistake. He’s the one she must now rely on to survive. Pilar and Quin’s reluctant alliance sparks with an undeniable, dangerous tension.
• Strong Female Characters: With Mia grappling with a numb body and Pilar honing her rage into a weapon, two fierce young women fight to reclaim their power in a world that wants to control them.
• Intricate Magic System: A world of enkindling, magic-storing stones, and ancient elemental power where the lines between good and evil—and life and death—are constantly blurred.
• High-Stakes Political Intrigue: In the glimmering but treacherous snow kingdom, new allegiances are as dangerous as old enemies, and the promise of freedom may be the most deadly trap of all.