Fantastic read, realistic and gripping world building, and characters that come to life. Highly recommended for fans of Sarah J Maas and Tamora Pierce.

I am usually a fan of Morgan Rice. However, this book was hard to get through. The characters were unlikable. It felt long and repetitive! Thus, it took me to long to get through.

I could not get through this one. The story just was not for me. I didn't connect with the characters at all.

This was i DNF for me, I could not get into the writing style of this one, altought I have read books from this author before and loved them

I wanted to love this book, the story sounded great! Once i started reading the story it was pretty meh for me. I only got around half way through the book, and couldnt make myself finish it. I really wanted to love this book. :/

An interesting and spellbinding book, I loved this magical world created by Morgan Rice. What I didn't really love though, was the development of the story. All the things had the possibility for greatness, but then the motives and reasons behind things seemed far fetched, and the plot moved like a whirlwind that I couldn't keep up with and just didn't get. The book had a lot of potential with an interesting premise, but just couldn't capitlize on it.

Vote 3.5
The book is really nice but the thing that I missed was the connection with Sophia and Kate, but I recommend it.

I love books with a strong female lead, such as A Throne for Sisters. This fantasy genre novel is slow at times, but I thought it did have its fast paced moments. The ending does set the stage for a series.

This book was so exciting, I did not know what was going to happen next.
From the get-go I loved the sisters and how well they played off each other and how their differences helped balance them out.
Cant wait to read more!

It was okay. I didn't love nor hate it. I feel like the summary gave too much away and that she told us why we should like the characters instead of showing/describing why they're the main characters.

Well, this was interesting... I don't know how exactly to feel about this book, to be honest. This was not at all what I had expected from the synopsis and the cover. The book cover is beautiful and hints at something a lot more than what I found.

This follows the story of two sisters who have an incredible gift to read minds and communicate with each other telepathically, and the journey they each take towards their dream lives. But, for being close as they presume to be, they split up almost without any real thought for the other and their 'closeness' seems more like an afterthought because of this.

Sophia is the older sister, 17 years old, she is sweet, naive, helpless, and wanting a man to take care of and save her. I was mostly irritated by her part of the plot, it was just so filled with the horrible tropes that grate on nerves, like a poor orphan girl who infiltrates the castle and instantly falls for the handsome prince... I mean, why?

Then there's Kate, 15 years old; now here's a character I can get behind. She is way more grown-up for her age, strong-willed, brave and practical. Her insta-love is not as obvious and can be overlooked as she is not only focused on that aspect of her life.

The world-building is definitely lacking, we barely learn about the world and the war and the religion, which seems to be a major part of the story and gets hinted at often.

Also, these characters need a lot of growing to keep me interested, especially Sophia, she needs a backbone and to stop wanting a man to save her... Sheesh!

I would be interested in picking up the second book, purely to see where the story goes and if we get answers to so many open plot-points and roads not taken. So, we'll see... The potential is definitely there for this to be an incredible series, but... On the fence here.

The premise was interesting, the idea of two sisters with psychic abilities was a refreshing change from the current fantasy titles out there. However they spent a majority of (short) book apart and the insta-love was so typical of what I read nowadays for this genre.

Sophia and Kate are orphan sisters abandoned at an orphanage where they are abused. When they are of age, they are set to be auctioned off to the highest bidders, who are usually brothel owners. The sisters find themselves on the run and hunted by guards and bounty hunters eager to claim the reward on their capture. They separate in the hopes of throwing off they hunters. One lies and steals her way into a royal ball and the other into a job at a weapon maker’s service. Will their new disguises keep them safe?
The novel is fast moving and easy to read, but I wish the characters were more developed as people with more than superficial needs.

This was....a book. For me, I felt as though the story progression didn't make sense. The girls are running from a terrible life, but one so happens to get a prince to fall in love with her as soon as she meets him and the other is almost immediately taken on as an apprentice to a blacksmith? Everything was just too convenient.
I also don't see how this title fits the story. There is no real lead up to a throne or any indication that one of the girls was meant to be on the throne to begin with.

Overall, I feel like this one just fell exceptionally short.

I should probably start this with a warning of my only child status, which causes me to have a disconnect with sibling relationships in books sometimes. I don’t really know what’s it’s like to be or have a sibling and I think I can judge characters too harshly because of this. That being said, I had a hard time relating to Sophia in this story and ultimately ended up not finishing the book.

Right off the bat I could tell this world was well thought out. I was intrigued by it, but we’re thrown RIGHT IN the action and it was a little jarring. The opening scene is of sisters Sophia and Kate fleeing their terrible orphanage in a high action chase. But having just met these characters, I found myself weirdly disinterested in the outcome. I wish there had been a bit more build up to it. It would have been great to have a small glimpse of their life in the orphanage and their familial bond before seeing them run away. I would have cared a lot more.

After they ditch their pursuers, Sophia and Kate must decide what to do next and they have very different opinions. I really admired Kate’s strength and her longing for freedom. She wanted to flee to the countryside where they could learn to fight and take care of themselves away from prying eyes. Which to me, makes perfect sense. But Sophia comes up with some plan to become a royal? She wants to go to the castle and just blend into high society??

It’s also pretty apparent that Sophia knows what happened to their parents and Kate doesn’t. They’ve spent years in a horrific orphanage and poor Kate has no idea why. Sophia refuses to share it with her for whatever reason and I also had a hard time with that. Maybe Sophia’s reasons were good, but it's hard to imagine any reasonable explanation for why she would keep something of that magnitude from her own sister.

Sorry, this one just wasn’t really for me, but I appreciated the excellent world building!

Okay but first, oh my god. I don't know how, but I knew there was going to be some sort of ending that I really really would not like. (Cliffhangers are not fun when you have no way to get your hands on book two!)

I'm going to try and write out some form of coherent thought so we're going to see how this goes.

Our protagonists, Sophia (17) and Kate (15) are sisters with a telepathic talent. The two escape on Sophia's birthday and separate as they run, each with their own goals in mind on how to survive.

Sophia, who chose to infiltrate the nobles court and marry rich to escape the city, finds herself instead in the arms of the youngest Prince of the kingdom – instalove, really. It's the part of this storyline I felt was really shallow. As the elder of the two sisters, who had had to endure with a more developed mind, Sophia's entire thought process came off quite shallow and conceited for me and I felt that her idea of "survival" held more holes than her sisters. Her background was that she'd escaped death and destruction from over the waters, where war was raging and threatening to spill over – she finds a friend on the inside, Cora, who was previously raised in the orphanage too and is now conveniently the makeup artist for the noblewomen there. I would have liked to see more between Core and Sophia, I think it would have given more into the background of both the two girls and that a strong bonded friendship between them would have made sense considering that they were both alone (and Sophia was without the only family she'd grown up with). Cora's background would have also been interesting – a new dynamic on how life after the orphanage might have turned out had Sophia stayed.

Kate, who chose to somehow find her way into an apprenticeship and then into the free garrisons to fight, finds herself aiding a blacksmith with a son who has just (conveniently) left to fight this massive war across the ocean. She comes off as the more practical of the two sisters, I think, and I felt she was more successful in her survival plan in the long run – Sophia's seemed like a short-term solution to a huge problem, with way too many pitfalls.

The pace of the whole book was quick. There's no waiting around doing random things before the story kicks off, which is both good and bad. Good because everything in the story was moving forward and I wasn't lulled into any sense that things were about to get boring. But bad because it was over quite soon, and there was a lot left unanswered – this also meant that most of the plot twists were left as half cliffhangers that spurred you on!

Of the two sisters, I enjoyed Kate's storyline more than Sophia's but after the ending, I have no idea what I feel. I just know that I want to continue with this series because there are so many unanswered questions – I want to know more about the intricacies behind this war, how it started and why; to see more of the princes, Rupert and his violence and Sebastian and his golden heart, to find out how they became that way; the world building in more intricate layers, how the religion of this Masked Goddess meets the politics of the Royals and nobles; the back stories of those who helped the sisters survive their time; what happens next to Sophia, and to Kate, and more of their past and explanation about their powers. It's a long list, I know, but this book has opened doors to a vast amount of potential directions that I'm so excited for.

I recommend this book for those who enjoy reading a series where survival is everything, particularly with many walls of conflict surrounding the main characters.
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4.5/5

I do not like cliff hangers... I really do not like cliff hangers when the book was really good and I must now jump into the next book. And this book I loved. It was a story of two sister Kate and Sophia and I must admit that I was more a fan of Sophia's story than Kate's but they were both great. I am ready to see what Book 2 has to offer.

I couldn't finish this book :( I got about halfway through before I had to call it quits. So we're following sisters who are orphans of course who of course have noble beginnings (I'm guessing that part although they hint at it enough) and have secret powers. It sounds so interesting!!! I just wish I could get into it. I think their characters while intriguing in the beginning before they started to feel a little two dimensional. They kind of both got exactly what they wanted (although I'm sure that all goes to ish but fortunately I didn't have to suffer with them through that part). They just didn't make me want to stick through to see to the end of their story.

I received this book from Netgalley and Publisher for free in exchange for an honest review.

First, I want to start by saying this cover is beautiful. That is what drew me into the book then after reading the synopsis, I found this book intriguing. But with that being said, this book did not meet my expectations. I tried to push my way through it. I ended up making it about 30% of the way through and just had to DNF the book. I don't like putting a book down but I just did not want to waste my time trying to push through it. The book had a good concept, It just wasn't executed properly.

Some are saying it is 3 dark thrones meets a Throne of glass. I could see where they might be getting that from but the story just did not do it for me.

This is the start of another wonderful series by Morgan Rice. The cover is absolutely gorgeous! The characters are well written and relatable in this gritty, romantic, and adventurous epic fantasy novel. The world building was great and I found myself so attached to these sisters stories and wanting to see where they will go in the next book!

Sophia and Kate are sisters and orphans growing up in a harsh world with big dreams. One wants to be royal and the other a hunter warrior. They also both have a secret that they have to hide, they are both mind readers. After terrible abuse at the orphanage the sisters split up to try to achieve their goals but they are never too far away with their abilities.

They both find themselves stealing things to survive but this makes Kate's anger and rage more intense. Kate is also very protective and tries to become a warrior who can always protect herself and her sister. Yes there is insta-love but it's not something I hate if it's done well and furthers the story. Sophia uses her psychic power to her advantage to gain entrance to the court and meet the prince she has her eye on. Is Sophia too naive for a life in court though?

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book for a fair and honest review.