Summary
Verena was the lost princess of Marmoris, the very thing we had spent our entire lives looking for, and I had let her go.
The lingering taste of her mixed with the deep ache in my chest over her betrayal haunted my days and nights. I knew she was hiding something, but her secrets were far more treacherous than I could have imagined. Though I wished my own betrayal hadn’t been so bitter on my tongue.
Now my dreams are haunted with the way her deep blue eyes looked up at me in shock when I revealed I knew her truth. The way I crave for her to look at me now as I hunt for her. Me, along with half of the rebellion.
If my father finds her before me, there is no telling what he will do to her. And even though she’s the little traitor I’d always thought she was, I couldn’t allow him to find her. But his orders were clear. The princess is to be taken by the rebellion or she would be taken by the gods. I don’t know which is worse.
She is the heir to our kingdom, the daughter of the cruel king who was responsible for my mother’s death, and the key to winning our rebellion. I vowed to my father that I would find her, the one person I wish I didn’t have to.
Verena is the hunted heir. But more than anything, she is mine.
My Thoughts
The Hunted Heir is book 2 of the Veiled Kingdom series, starting right where we left off in book 1. She is running away, and Dacre (among everyone else) is hunting her.
This book is a great transitional book in my opinion. I would love for this to be combined with some of what will happen in book 3 into a longer book, but that is not Holly’s style of writing. It is here to transition us from life in the underground city to the next big phase of the story, which I won’t spoil here.
I loved watching Dacre throughout this book. He simultaneously was pissed at Verena while also being still so attracted to her, and broken up about his choice to not go with her and protect her. I loved his inner turmoil so much.
I also loved watching Verena, our FMC, as she was on the run. The struggle, the realization she had to rely on someone maybe she didn’t fully trust, and the panic of getting caught by the king or Dacre and his father.
Overall, I loved how The Hunted Heir by Holly Renee panned out and I am really excited for book 3. I think as a transition book this was done well, and while of course I wished for more of the story, I am eagerly awaiting the next piece.
Read worthy.
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Read my review of book 1, The Veiled Kingdom, here.
