Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re doing well. Today I’m posting my review of Sarena & Sasha Nanua’s novel Daughter of the Dawn.

You can read my review of book one: Sisters of the Snake

Daughters of the Dawn by: Sarena & Sasha Nanua: Ria and Rani are just getting used to their new life as princess sisters at the palace when a prophecy threatens to displace them. The Blood Moon will rise in a month’s time, and with that comes Amara’s last chance to destroy everything. Now Ria and Rani must find the Bloodstone to stop Amara and the prophecy from coming true. Faced with new challenges and new places, this quest takes the sisters on a path that has them questioning who their true enemy really is and if they’ll get their mission done in time. Filled with so many ups and downs, this led for quite the conclusion. This had a marvelous resolution to a very fast-paced duology. This novel really did take the reader through the ringer and they enjoyed it. Sure, this novel was a bit on the long side and dragged in parts, but it did a really good job of bringing all the elements together and ensuring they all worked out in the end. This novel was not only a continuation of the first novel, but a revelation of deeper world building and the reader really liked that; it was great to see that we were following the plot, but it was fun to explore and see more from this world. The authors really took their time with all the different magic used, which yes could get a bit much to read at times, but it did feel like it paid off in the end. The magic in this was brilliant because it was clever and really thought out. All of it had a purpose and we got to see how deep rooted it was, really charming to read. The reader had no idea how this was going to end; characters were all over the place, working together, yet doing their own thing, it was chaotic, but in a good way. The twists and turns this took really left the reader on their toes, wanting more, needing to know more. The story could get serious, but for the most part this was a lot of fun to read. The romance plotlines were alright; the reader didn’t quite feel the chemistry between some of the couples, but that’s okay because it didn’t take up the focus of the story; there were times when it felt a little in the way because the authors were trying to use the romance to further the plots but it didn’t always work for this reader. That aside though, the rest of the plots were super engaging and the characters really grew, too. To see how far both our princesses have come since the beginning of the first book was truly amazing. They learned so much about themselves, each other, the people around them and the world they live in. It was so wholesome and wonderful to read. The one antagonist from the first book really turned around in this one. She always had a motive for the things she did, but seeing it all play out, and to see how far she’d go, really opened her character up; it also opened up the characters around her, too. In the end, this was a delightful end to a captivating duology.