The Unready Queen (Oddmire #2) by William Ritter

Synopsis;

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.


My thoughts:
This was a fabulous sequel to the first part of the series where we met Cole and Tinn, human and goblin-changeling twin brothers. The Unready Queen focuses more on feisty, adventurous Fable, daughter of Raina,the Queen of the Deep Dark. Being half-fae, Fable has a much stronger magic, but she still needs to learn how to harness it and this is what Raina is focusing on in their lessons. Tinn is also stuggling with magic control and in particular his transformations. There is a lot of emphasis on character growth, friendship, tolerance and acceptance in this book.
Wonderful adventures, new magical creatures, thought-provoking conflict in the centre of this story, The Unready Queen has so much to offer to young readers!

Thank you to Algonquin Young Readers for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.