
The Eastoffe family’s affection is a balm on her weary spirit, though Etan, a surly cousin with a deep distaste for Coroans, threatens to upset the uneasy peace she’s found.

You will never catch me as a groom.” BlurbĬan you follow your heart when it’s already broken?Īfter fleeing Coroa and leaving the memory of her beloved Silas behind, Hollis is unsteadily adjusting to life in Isolte. “After everything our family has been through, I can’t think of anything more reckless than to drag someone else into it. Although the ending wasn’t satisfying for me as a reader, I still enjoyed the rest of the book. Nothing to drag it out, especially after how well the romance was built up until this point. In the last two paragraphs, they find their happily ever after, and then it was just done. Unfortunately, just like in book #1, I feel as if Kiera Cass just didn’t stick the landing. Hollis suffered a few growing pains in the last book, and in this, she grew up a little and did what needed to be done, no matter what it was. To my pleasant surprise, I found that I liked this book better than the last, and I especially liked Etan as a love interest. After losing everything, Hollis chooses to accompany her family to Isolte, but she can’t help but think she’s walking straight to her death.Īfter how The Betrothed absolutely shattered my heart, I didn’t have high hopes for The Betrayed. This book started right where the first ended. “You will never catch me as a groom.” -Etan Northcott’s famous last words
