LoveReading Says
What a story! This really successful and rewarding tale based on the Tudor Queens of Henry VIII, is recognisable, yet takes history by the hand and spins it on its head. Six queens based in six castles are needed in order for Henry of Elben to protect his kingdom, yet the magic involved takes its toll. Author Holly Race has created the most imaginative of worlds, with a deep dark magic roaming with a wild intensity. It is easy to slip into the pages, I left history behind and entered a new land, I didn’t question, I just believed. As with history, these women battle for survival and against societal assumptions, a fierce and savage reality blights their lives of apparent luxury. Personal flaws ensure a feeling of authenticity within the characters, and my initial thoughts altered as I explored their personalities. I loved how expectations are spun and twisted around the original form as the story takes on a life of its own. A number of themes engage around the corruption of power, the importance of trust and friendship, and the strength of women. This is an exiting start to a new series, and sits as a LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month. Six Wild Crowns sings with a vibrant provocative power, long may the Elben Series continue!
Liz Robinson
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Holly Race Press Reviews
Praise for Six Wild Crowns:
'A glittering, magnificent epic, dripping with menace and brimming with female empowerment. Absolutely incredible' Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things
'A ferocious tale of female rage and the strength of sisterhood, Six Wild Crowns is an inventive and fantastical reimagining of Henry VIII's queens - and their fight to reclaim the power stolen from them' S.A. MacLean, author of The Phoenix Keeper
'A beautifully written tale of resistance, rebellion, and sisterhood, with an ending that will leave you heartbroken and breathless for more' M. H. Ayinde, author of A Song of Legends Lost
'Six Wild Crowns is a beautiful feminist epic, a luscious and luminous read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne
'Enchanting and brutal. Holly Race's prose, like her queens, sizzles with power and purpose' Frances White, author of Voyage of the Damned
'Fiercely imaginative and beautifully written' Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters
'Six Wild Crowns is a blade sheathed in silk: slick, sensuous, yet sharp enough to cut' Lyra Selene, author of A Feather So Black
'Bewitching, furious, and sharp, this is a Tudor reimagining helmed by unforgettable heroines' Kritika H. Rao, author of The Surviving Sky
'Dragons and deceit and love and magic . . . this is a truly dazzling novel' Natasha Bowen, author of Skin of the Sea
'Six Wild Crowns is sultry, sapphic, and seminal; an intoxicating blend of the historical and the magical that will earn itself a well-deserved place in the fantasy pantheon' Nicholas Pullen, author of The Black Hunger
'Six Wild Crowns is a thoroughly delectable fantasy that celebrates sisterhood and courageous truth while exposing the active maliciousness of patriarchy. . . an intricate, powerful and utterly spectacular book. No one is ready for it' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen
'Written in lush, compelling prose and set in a richly drawn world, this sexy, feminist re-imagining of the story of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour is the romantasy book I've been waiting for' Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness
'Fierce and furious, this spectacular reclaiming holds a fantastical mirror up the six queens and shows that women are always stronger when united' Helen Corcoran, author of Queen of Coin and Whispers
'An intricate gem of a novel bursting with ancient magic and intrigue', Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth
About Holly Race
Holly Race is a writer and script editor, and has worked for companies including Working Title Films, Aardman Animations and Red Planet Pictures. She is a Faber Academy graduate, and her YA urban fantasy trilogy, MIDNIGHT'S TWINS, A GATHERING MIDNIGHT and A MIDNIGHT DARK AND GOLDEN was published by Hot Key Books (2020-22). She lives in Cambridge. SIX WILD CROWNS is her adult debut.
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