The Key (The True Reign Series, book 1) - Jennifer Anne Davis

The Key is yet another great book with a killer cliffhanger.  Usually I start talking about the beginning of the book, but I am still distraught over the last paragraph and I finished reading this last weekend.  If I didn't already have a ton of books that I recently purchased to read, I would have immediately bought the sequel, Red.  I still probably will in the next couple of weeks.

Isn't the cover so pretty?  It looks mysterious and intriguing.  That's exactly how the book is.  The cover is very fitting to the story line.  As the series title suggests, this is a book about royalty.  I am not going to give a synopsis of the story line because I don't want to give away any spoilers, but it's a great one.  I loved being transported into a world of royalty.  There is so much, drama, deceit, betrayal, and hope in this book.  I became emotionally attached to Rema, the main character.  I kept hoping that she would realize who she was and that the evil powers that be would become defeated.

Every sentence of this book held my interest. Every chapter made me feel something.  This is a very well-written book.  As everyone knows, I love books that make me feel something.  And to make me feel multiple emotions is even better.  I cheered for Rema and wanted her to succeed.  I fell in love with Darmik because I truly believed that he was the good one in a family of a heartless king and an even more despicable prince.  I hated Prince Lennek and I wished I could crawl into this fictional royal world and punch him in the face.

And the ending!  It's one of the best cliffhangers I have read.  I sat on my couch with my mouth hanging open for what felt like eternity because I couldn't believe THAT was how it ended.  I cannot wait to find out what happens next.