Review: The Oddmire Book 2 - The Unready Queen by William Ritter

It’s finally here! The Oddmire Book 2 released on June 23 and I’m so happy to be participating in the blog spotlight tour to help promote its release! I read the first book and absolutely loved it. You can find my review for it here. Onto the second book, I absolutely LOVED it! I honestly devoured this book it was so good. Ritter’s characters are always so well-written and I love how each character has their own speaking style which gives them a little more depth. Fable in particular was one of my favourite characters, she was just so precious and sassy. The plot was action packed, especially the battle scene which was totally epic and had my heart racing to see who’d win. My heart stopped at one part regarding the Queen of the Deep Dark (you’ll know what I mean when you read the book). The ending was really well done with everything being resolved in such a perfect way. I also loved how this book highlighted the issue of nature vs. humans because it was very relatable and frankly, everybody could love nature a little bit more. But seriously guys, go check out this amazing series 😍

Summary from Goodreads:

Human and goblin brothers Cole and Tinn are finding their way back to normal after their journey to the heart of the Oddmire. Normal, unfortunately, wants nothing to do with them. Fable, the daughter of the Queen of the Deep Dark, has her first true friends in the brothers. The Queen allows Fable to visit Tinn and Cole as long as she promises to stay quiet and out of sight—concealing herself and her magic from the townspeople of Endsborough.

But when the trio discovers that humans are destroying the Wild Wood and the lives of its creatures for their own dark purposes, Fable cannot stay quiet. As the unspoken truce between the people of Endsborough and the inhabitants of the Wild Wood crumbles, violence escalates, threatening war and bringing Fable’s mother closer to the fulfillment of a deadly prophecy that could leave Fable a most Unready Queen

Happy reading 😊

William Ritter is an Oregon educator and author of the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series. He is the proud father of the two bravest boys in the Wild Wood, and husband to the indomitable Queen of the Deep Dark.

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