

Yet, knowing his true family fills a different part of who he is. His adoptive family gave him a sense of belonging. His place in the Guard gave him a greater purpose. His time as a theif brought him to Finnikin and Isaboe.

They are a part of him, certainly, but everything else in his life shaped who he became. My heart was hurting, and even though I knew Marchetta would probably make it hurt even more before she might start healing it, I was ready.įroi knows where he came from, and he’s trying to reconcile his beginnings with who he feels he is in Lumatere. That’s how my heart felt going into this book. Nothing about their relationship was ever going to be easy, but something about that moment, at the end of Froi, made my heart just hurt. My heart broke for Froi when he and Quintana were separated. Each character has gone through a different kind of heartache, and even though there is no perfectly happy ending because they can’t all go live together on an island where nothing bad ever happens and they’re always happy forever, I couldn’t help but hope for as happy an ending as they could have. Their stories are so beautifully written that my heart hurts a little bit when I think about them. I’ve fallen in love with every one of these characters. The complex tangle of bloodlines, politics, and love introduced in Finnikin of the Rock and Froi of the Exilescoalesce into an engrossing climax in this final volume. While in the valley between two kingdoms, Quintana of Charyn and Isaboe of Lumatere come face-to-face in a showdown that will result in heartbreak for one and power for the other.

Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn child’s right to rule. Summary of Quintana of Charyn from Goodreads:
