The Dragon Choker

Cracked Slipper Series Book 2

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Pub Date 15 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 26 Mar 2020

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Eleanor Brice Desmarais, she of the cracked glass slipper and unladylike intellectual propensities, has learned that happily-ever-after is as rare as a frozen dragon, even for a happenstance princess. She survived a plot against her life, but her marriage to the alcoholic, womanizing Prince Gregory of Cartheigh remains at best a sham, and at worse, a potential noose around her neck.

Gregory is increasingly suspicious of Eleanor’s unusually close relationship with his best friend, Dorian Finley, and with good reason. Ironically, Gregory seems to be engaged in his own scandalous love affair— with Eleanor’s scheming stepsister, no less.

Eleanor understands the harsh realities of women’s lives in her kingdom, so she turns her energies to a school for impoverished girls, until an evil magician’s deception destroys the school and unleashes a festering plague. From the Fire-iron walls of Eclatant Palace to the slums of Meggett Fringe, no one, magical or mundane, is safe from the fever-induced delirium of the Great Burning. Not even Eleanor’s children.

As Eleanor’s happily-ever-after morphs from circumspect to heartbreaking to mortally dangerous, for both herself and Dorian, she faces her greatest losses and her harshest reckoning. No matter what life hands her, however, she finds the strength to do what she must. She stares down her challenges, protects her loved ones, and fights to change the world. Just like women everywhere, in her world, and ours. 

Eleanor Brice Desmarais, she of the cracked glass slipper and unladylike intellectual propensities, has learned that happily-ever-after is as rare as a frozen dragon, even for a happenstance...


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I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is the second book in the Cracked Slipper series (retelling of cinderella) and I wasntdisappointed at all. This was a fantastic sequel to The Cracked Slipper and tied up many loose ends. My heart breaks for Eleanor so much in this book so many times. I'm so excited that the third installment is coming out soon too! As I cant wait to find out whats in store in book three.
This is one of the best retelling series I've read.

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This was a good sequel to the first book, The Cracked Slipper. Eleanor falls more and more in love with Dorian, while her husband, Prince Gregory, starts a new affair with her evil stepsister Sylvia. While visiting a very poor section of the kingdom, Eleanor decides to try and make a difference for the young girls, whose only options in life are servant work or prostitution. She starts a school for girls to try and give them a better life. But when the girls start to disappear, and are found either murdered or sold to prostitution, the town turns against Eleanor. And when an evil magician reappears, Eleanor's life is once again in danger.
I didn't like this book as well as the first one, but I like the way Eleanor is becoming more mature and able to stand up for herself. It was hard to read about their burning pandemic when we're surviving our own pandemic in real life. Maybe an evil magician created Covid19 as well!
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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this was another great entry in the series, the characters were great and I really enjoyed reading this.

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