I’ve had the opportunity to Review Read the new book by Gena Showalter; Kingdom of Tomorrow. It has been released on September the first of this year.

It’s been a while since I read anything by Gena, the last series I’ve read by her was Alice in Zombieland which I really enjoyed back when the books came out. I have lost touch with the author for a bit, being picky on what books I wanted to read and putting the fantasy genre on a backburner whilst devouring crime thrillers.

I have been getting back into the fantasy novels and other genres as well and when I saw Gena had a new book, I’ve marked it as a book I wanted to read when it came out, never imagining I would be able to review read it.

The beginning was a bit slow and some bits were a bit unbelievable but hey, it’s fantasy so… Arden is known as ‘Panic Girl’ in her hometown and has been called that since high school because whenever a challenge presents itself, fear takes over for Arden. So, when she goes from ‘Panic girl’ / wallflower and becomes this badass halfway through the book, it gets a bit unbelievable since fear isn’t something you overcome easily.

Two worlds that were split but are now stitched together; Theirland is home to the Cured and believers of Astan and Ourland is home to ‘The madness’ and believers of Soal, their people called Soalians. The cured has knight, lords and ladies to fight people overcome with madness, feeders and glowers.

While Arden attends a very important appointment where she will hear if she’s accepted to the center to study agriculture which has been her dream for ages, the appointment takes another turn. Her mother had the madness and has been cured, not being able to work a debt has been building, a debt that will cost Arden dearly. She is assigned to Bala Royal Academy to become a lady which practically means she will be trained to fight those monsters.

High Prince Cyrus is one of the teachers at Bala’s and has taken a special interest in Arden, why is beyond her and she has a hard time trusting his intentions. Nothing is as it seems in this world and everything you believed has been a lie. To keep the ones you love save, big decisions have to be made and they won’t be made lightly because those decisions will alter the course of your life.

The lessons are grilling, the patrols the students need to attend to learn are dangerous but will give them a glimpse at how their future will look. The end will shock you; I know it will.

I’m giving this book ⭐⭐⭐,75 stars; it was good albeit the beginning was a bit slow and the transformation from Arden a bit too quick.