The Hemlock Queen, Hannah Whitten
The Hemlock Queen, Hannah Whitten
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The Hemlock Queen

Bestseller

Author: Hannah Whitten

Narrator: Emily Ellet

Unabridged: 16 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 04/09/2024


Synopsis

In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten’s lush romantic epic fantasy series, the glittering and dangerous world of the Sainted King’s royal court is upended when Prince Bastian seizes control and a mysterious dark force begins to take over.

The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore—a necromancer and former smuggler—to his right-hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the royal court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kirythean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore’s old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian has changed. No longer the hopeful, rakish, charismatic man Lore knows and loves, instead he’s become reckless, domineering, and cold.

And something has been whispering in her ear. A voice, dark and haunting, that’s telling her there’s more to the story than she knows and more to her power than she can even imagine. A truth buried deep that could change everything.

With Bastian’s coronation fast approaching and enemies whispering on all sides, Lore must figure out how to protect herself, her prince, and her country before they all come crumbling down and whatever dark power has been creeping through the catacombs is unleashed.

About Hannah Whitten

Hannah Whitten has been writing to amuse herself since she could hold a pen, and sometime in high school, she figured out that what amused her might also amuse others. When she's not writing, she's reading, making music or attempting to bake. She lives in Tennessee with her husband and children in a house ruled by a temperamental cat. Follow her on Twitter at @hwhittenwrites.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on February 09, 2025

Betrayal, lies, and deadly secrets invigorate this poisonous sequel to the Foxglove King, as Lore battles a war within her own heart and a divine force intent on overtaking the entire kingdom. The Hemlock Queen elevates the stakes of The Foxglove King, barbed with court politics and fraught dynamics......more

Goodreads review by Paige (semi-hiatus) on April 14, 2024

"Life and death are inextricable from each other. Through darkness, light is brightened. Through light, shadows deepen. One may not exist without the other. They must rise together, equals once again, and never be parted." This series delivers: ✔️ Adult gothic romantasy ✔️ Epic magic system (deat......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on April 20, 2024

The Hemlock Queen suffers from middle book syndrome. It begins shortly after the events in The Foxglove King, with the three main characters suddenly in positions of power. This book was extremely slow in its pacing. I don’t mind slowly-paced books if it’s building up to a big climax or if it focuses......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on June 01, 2024

The Hemlock Queen is a gripping, angsty follow-up to one of my favorite reads of 2023. With the reveals at the end of The Foxglove King, the story is all set up to really get started in this installment. The beginning is a bit slow as the characters kind of wait and reflect on what happened in book......more

Goodreads review by Kaven on December 21, 2023

I just wrote a really long review that I was so proud of, and PER USUAL, goodreads glitched and threw me out of the app. I’m too mad to rewrite it, so I will just say this: Bastian is still baby girl I want Gabe in a biblical way. A fleabag type way. If you understand me…. And Lore is still my precious......more


Quotes

"Hannah Whitten is a world-building powerhouse! The Sainted King's court feels like a glittering chandelier—bright and brilliant to behold, with faceted edges sharp enough to kill. I was dazzled."—Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Roots and Ruin

Praise for The Foxglove King: 

"Hannah Whitten is my favorite obsession, and her new series is all I can think about. I'm obsessed with The Foxglove King—a perfect concoction of intrigue, magic, thwarted love, and writing as delicate and deeply affecting as the petals of a poisonous plant." —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author

"The Foxglove King is beautifully written, lushly cinematic, unsettlingly mysterious—an unputdownable story of humans and gods. Hannah Whitten has built a world that is as dark as it is fascinating, romantic and disturbing. If you like found families, courtly intrigue, high-stake secrets, hot priests, powerful characters who are on a journey to accepting themselves and learning to wield their powers, and a dash (okay, more than that) of necromancy, The Foxglove King will be the book of your dreams—and your nightmares." —Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

"I am OBSESSED with this book! Hannah Whitten just keeps getting better and better." —Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author of Neon Gods

"The Foxglove King is a decadent and deadly feast of a novel, brimming with romance, intrigue, and twisted magic. Whitten's sumptuous prose and layered, captivating characters sucked me in immediately and kept me riveted until the last page. I have no doubt that readers will devour this book with the same enthusiasm I did." —C. L. Herman, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of All of Us Villains

"The Foxglove King is a delicious fantasy. Sinister, deadly, and so seductive you won't be able to tear yourself away from this dark gem of a book." —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart

"Darkly sumptuous and beautifully dangerous, The Foxglove King wraps you up in a velvet gown and then holds a knife to your throat." —Ava Reid, bestselling author of Juniper & Thorn

"Dripping with dark opulence and sizzling intrigue, The Foxglove King proves Hannah Whitten is a literary force to be reckoned with. Never before have I been so completely captivated." —Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows

“Set in a glittering world of twisted magic and fallen gods, The Foxglove King boasts an intoxicating combination of mystery, magic and romance, twined with impeccable tension and characters I instantly became obsessed with. I could not put it down." —H. M. Long, author of Hall of Smoke