She has power over nature and can tame animals. As part of a test, she is required to eat poisoned food to show her prowess, but failing the test, she leaves in disgrace.Īrsinoe is the second sister.

She knows that she will be asked to fight her sisters the next day. On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Katharine attends a ball being thrown in her honor. Katharine has been trained to tolerate the ingestion of deadly poisons. They are each trained in their different magical disciplines with the ultimate goal of killing the other sisters and claiming the throne. Each generation, three sisters are born to the current queen and raised apart. The girls are part of a tradition that extends back to the founding of the realm. Each of the girls has been born with a unique magical gift, and one of them is destined to become queen of the land of Fennbirn. Three Dark Crowns is about triplet sisters, Katharine, Arsinoe, and Mirabella.

Blake has written several novels for young adults, including Anna Dressed in Blood, a 2011 book that was named one of the Top 5 Novels of the Year by National Public Radio and one of the “Best Teen Books of the Year” by Kirkus. Published in 2016, it is the first book in the Three Dark Crowns series, which comprises four titles. You’ll need to read the Three Dark Crowns series in order starting with book one and ending with the epic conclusion Five Dark Fates.Three Dark Crowns is a young adult epic fantasy novel by Kendare Blake. First published in 2016, it has been a huge hit with young adult fans and is best suited for fantasy-fans aged 13+. This hypnotic and terrifying feminist fairy tale series is made up of four books that chronicle the sisters’ battles, exiles and revolutions. Which sister will prevail and be the last queen standing? Mirabella is an elemental, Katharine a poisoner, Arisone a naturalist and on the night of their sixteenth birthday, their brutal battle for the crowns begins. Only one can become the Queen Crowned, and the only way to get there is to fight… to the death. In every generation, on the island of Fennbirn a set of triplets is born: three queens, all heirs to the throne, each with their own type of magic.

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake is a dark and original fantasy series about three sisters who must fight to the death to become Queen.

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