This YA historical thriller is set in the midst of an international underworld of spies and diplomats that our young heroine had no inkling of before volume 1. However, readers will have no problem stringing it all together even without familiarity because previous incidents are well explained.
There are two princes for Ella to handle, one who has chosen to listen to the people and one who has not; both are eager for her hand but for completely different reasons. She chose to follow her mother and grandmother into this world of intrigue following high ideals, but doubts that she's temperamentally suited to function in the constraints of the Order. Ella's personal choices have repercussions upon the the city of Prague and the entire known world, but in the end the highest of ideals require her to follow her own heart.
Nevertheless there is plenty of action and rescuing for her and her allies before her ultimate choice.
What is most wonderful is that however eccentric the characters, they are completely plausible and comprehensible, even the villains! And despite the happily ever after at the end, you know those villains will be brewing more mayhem in future installments. But I didn't have to suffer any 'cliff-hanger' unlike volume 1. Well done CS Johnson!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41558316-prince-of-secrets-and-shadows
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