Treason is Book 2 of the Grimoire Saga, a fantasy series by S.M. Boyce. I stumbled upon Book 1 (Lichgates) almost purely by accident, but I was hooked. I downloaded Treason and devoured it.
Treason picks up moments after Lichgates ends, and from the get-go the plot jumps into overdrive. The first book required a lot of exposition, to lay out the world of Ourea and the intricacies of its politics. Treason doesn’t need that, and Boyce pushes the plot forward at hyperspeed to compensate. Kara, the newly minted Vagabond, is plunged into a web of political intrigue and deceit, where love is a luxury, and everyone is looking for a pressure point to exploit. She has to find her way out of the labyrinth, and she has to keep her sanity intact while she does it. Everyone she thought was her ally now holds a knife, and she never knows which one is going to try to stab her next.
The thing about Treason that hooked me was the duality of the main plot. On one hand, we have Kara, searching for peace and struggling to understand the new world that has been awakened within her. On the other hand is Braeden, her companion and mirror. He knows what he is, and he understands everything about his world. His challenge is to overcome it and become something greater than his destiny. Boyce does and incredible job about balancing the two parallels, pushing each just fast enough to keep the reader on the edge of their seat, but not so fast that the payoff loses some of its satisfaction.
I loved Lichgates. I adored Treason. If you liked that one, you’ll like this one too.
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