REVIEW: Hidden Huntress (#2) - Danielle L. Jensen

Title: Hidden Huntress (#2)
Author: Danielle L. Jensen
Series: The Malediction Trilogy
Publisher: Angry Robot
Format: Paperback
Pages: 458 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Sometimes, one must accomplish the impossible.

Beneath the mountain, the king’s reign of tyranny is absolute; the one troll with the capacity to challenge him is imprisoned for treason. Cécile has escaped the darkness of Trollus, but she learns all too quickly that she is not beyond the reach of the king’s power. Or his manipulation.

Recovered from her injuries, she now lives with her mother in Trianon and graces the opera stage every night. But by day she searches for the witch who has eluded the trolls for five hundred years. Whether she succeeds or fails, the costs to those she cares about will be high.

To find Anushka, she must delve into magic that is both dark and deadly. But the witch is a clever creature. And Cécile might not just be the hunter. She might also be the hunted… 

Thoughts

I will admit it is very rare for me to binge read a series, I like a break between the books otherwise I'll just feel overloaded.
I absolutely loved the first book in the series, so it was only natural I was going to read this as soon as possible.

I really loved this book, and loved the direction that Jensen took the story in, we saw Cecile interacting with her mother after the events of the previous book, and trying to keep the trolls a secret.
You really get the sense of urgency in this book when Cecile makes a deal with Thiabult to find Anushka that time is starting to run out.
I also liked that we got to see what both Tristan and Cecile were doing, the chapters were from different perspectives (the chapters were marked with the character), even with the different POV's these were easy to distinguish.
There was somewhat of a love triangle happening with Tristan, Cecile, and Christophe, but it wasn't the main part of the story and wasn't something that came up very often.

Overall, I really did enjoy this book and can't wait to read the next in the series (even though it is the last).