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The Betrayed

The Betrayed

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  • Author：Kiera Cass
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Summary

Can you follow your heart when it’s already broken？

After fleeing Coroa and leaving the memory of her beloved Silas behind， Hollis is unsteadily adjusting to life in Isolte。 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。

While tensions at home ratchet up， disquiet in the kingdom of Isolte is reaching a fever pitch。 The Eastoffes may have the power to unseat a tyrannical king—but only with Hollis’s help。 Can a girl who’s lost it all put the fate of her adopted homeland over the secret longings of her heart？

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Lamaleluna ，

No estoy segura de si es un libro 2 estrellas o 3 estrellas。Qué contarles？Me gustó más que el primero （menos mal porque odié el primer libro）。 Sin embargo sigo insistiendo una vez más que los únicos libros de Kiera Cass que valen la pena son los 3 libros de la selección。 El resto fue pura decepción， la autora se copia a su misma。 En la sirena intentó agregar un factor de fantasía y no le funcionó。 En la prometida y la traicionada intentó agregar política y tampoco pudo hacerlo。Este libro arranca No estoy segura de si es un libro 2 estrellas o 3 estrellas。Qué contarles？Me gustó más que el primero （menos mal porque odié el primer libro）。 Sin embargo sigo insistiendo una vez más que los únicos libros de Kiera Cass que valen la pena son los 3 libros de la selección。 El resto fue pura decepción， la autora se copia a su misma。 En la sirena intentó agregar un factor de fantasía y no le funcionó。 En la prometida y la traicionada intentó agregar política y tampoco pudo hacerlo。Este libro arranca con el desastroso final del libro anterior。 Con Hollis huyendo una vez más。 Desesperada。 Mucho más de la trama no les puedo decir。Digamos que hay romance， al igual que en todos los libros de la autora。 Y que， si bien me gustó más el romance de este libro que en el libro anterior sigue sin ser destacable。 El personaje masculino me daba prácticamente igual。Hollis como personaje mejoró bastante。 Esto no quiere decir que me caiga bien。 Pero comparada con el libro anterior está mucho más soportable， usa más su cerebro y piensa las cosas dos veces antes de actuar。El gran problema de este libro para mí fue la política。 La autora crea una guerra entre reinos que se ve muy falsa。 Muy poco real。 Tanto el problema como la solución。 Hay un personaje que saca un ejercicio DE LA NADA。 No se sabe ni de dónde lo sacó。 Hay literalmente una familia de 5 personas intentando derrocar a un gobierno。 Una familia con NADA de poder vs UN REINO， que tiene poder política y económico y que sin embargo no hace nada para detener a esta familia。 El pueblo no tuvo ni voz。 Salían de la nada y hacían lo que a la autora le convenía en el momento。 Claramente hubo un gran fallo ahí。El final me gustó， pero no me gustó cómo se llegó a él。 Y siento que las últimas páginas fueron muy de cuento de hadas。 Poco creíble。Hubieron muchas muertes también。 Poco creíbles。 Me rei con cada una de ellas。Yo leyendo La traicionada: 😳🤣🤔🙃😬 。。。more

Tess Liebregts ，

I am done

Suzy S ，

This book is a major disappointment。 Flat characters， uninteresting plot， completely predictable and overly melodramatic。 Only reason it’s not a one star is that it wasn’t full of grammatical errors。 I was so excited Kiera Cass had new work out that I preordered the first one。 It too was disappointing， but ended well。 I had hopes this one would pick up at that level of writing， so once again， preordered it。 Instead， while it picked up at the same point in the story （and treated us to a seemingly This book is a major disappointment。 Flat characters， uninteresting plot， completely predictable and overly melodramatic。 Only reason it’s not a one star is that it wasn’t full of grammatical errors。 I was so excited Kiera Cass had new work out that I preordered the first one。 It too was disappointing， but ended well。 I had hopes this one would pick up at that level of writing， so once again， preordered it。 Instead， while it picked up at the same point in the story （and treated us to a seemingly endless carriage ride to kick off the book）， the intensity never came back。 Hard to believe this is the same author that gave us the creative and politically innovative Selection series。 Again， a major disappointment。 。。。more

Agnieszka G ，

3，5

Janneke ，

I absolutely loved this book。 This book was everything I wanted when I heard Kiera Cass was releasing The Betrothed and more。 I really feel like this was the story she wanted to tell and The Betrothed was just the necessary set-up to get here。 The issues I had with the first book （the pacing and insta-love） were completely gone in this one。 This book kept making me want to continue reading in the same way The Selection series did

The Bookerina ，

This review is available in 🇬🇧 English and 🇳🇱 Dutch。 You can find the full （spoiler free） review on my blog！Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇳🇱 Best of YA books was zo vriendelijk om mij een recensie exemplaar te sturen in ruil voor mijn eerlijke mening over dit boek。Ik moet zeggen， in het begin vond ik het boek wat traag en trok het mij daardoor iets minder dan de Beminde maar natuurlijk bleef ik doorlezen！ Uiteindelijk begint de bal te rollen en werd het steeds lastiger het boek neer te leggen。 Hollis wordt la This review is available in 🇬🇧 English and 🇳🇱 Dutch。 You can find the full （spoiler free） review on my blog！Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇳🇱 Best of YA books was zo vriendelijk om mij een recensie exemplaar te sturen in ruil voor mijn eerlijke mening over dit boek。Ik moet zeggen， in het begin vond ik het boek wat traag en trok het mij daardoor iets minder dan de Beminde maar natuurlijk bleef ik doorlezen！ Uiteindelijk begint de bal te rollen en werd het steeds lastiger het boek neer te leggen。 Hollis wordt langzamerhand zelfverzekerder en die persoonlijkheidsgroei is leuk om te zien。 Ook zit er voor mijn gevoel veel meer actie in dit boek dan in het eerste deel。 Er is wel wat humor aanwezig in het boek om het iets luchtiger te maken。Hollis maakt een hele reis vanaf De beminde tot aan het einde van De bedrogene en leert hoe hoog de prijs van liefde soms kan zijn。🇬🇧 Best of YA books was kind enough to send me a review copy in exchange for my honest opinion。I must say， in the beginning I found the book a bit slow and therefore it pulled me a little less than the Betrothed， but of course I kept reading！ Eventually the ball started to roll and it slowly became more difficult to put the book down。 Hollis is gradually becoming more confident and that personality growth is nice to see。 I also think there is a lot more action in this book than in the first book。 There is some humor in the book to make it a little more lighthearted。Hollis makes a long journey from The Betrothed to the end of The Betrayed and learns how high the price of love can be sometimes。 。。。more

Francisco Pablo Narváez Espartero ，

Bueno， me ha gustado bastante más que la primera parte， devolviéndome a lo que tanto me gustaba de la selección。 Ha estado muy bien， y todo el entramado con el Rey Quinten ha sido justo。 El único problema que he tenido ha sido justo después de eso。 A partir de ahí el ritmo ha sido infinitamente más rápido。 Que ningún problema por eso， pero quizás me hubiera gustado que se solucionara uno o dos problemas que han aparecido después con un poquito más de calma y no con un recurso barato。 Por el rest Bueno， me ha gustado bastante más que la primera parte， devolviéndome a lo que tanto me gustaba de la selección。 Ha estado muy bien， y todo el entramado con el Rey Quinten ha sido justo。 El único problema que he tenido ha sido justo después de eso。 A partir de ahí el ritmo ha sido infinitamente más rápido。 Que ningún problema por eso， pero quizás me hubiera gustado que se solucionara uno o dos problemas que han aparecido después con un poquito más de calma y no con un recurso barato。 Por el resto？ Me ha turboflipado。 ¿Y sé que no se le describe así， pero a nadie le parece que Etan da el pego como Enjolras de Les Miserables？ 。。。more

Stephanie ，

Maybe 3。5

Ruth ，

The last third of the book was amazing， the rest funny and like the betrothed

Grace ，

Only the last third was good。 First 2/3 were as bad as the betrothed

Heather ，

This is not the Kiera Cass of The Selection。 The Betrothed felt like the longest exposition ever， so I held out hope that the series would develop some depth。 No such luck。 The plot is predictable and weakly developed， the characters are flat， and the writing is stilted。 The whole story feels like an inexperienced and immature attempt at YA fantasy。

Annika ，

oh my goddddd this was soooooo good。 it was truly a wild ride。 absolutely perfect。 will be rereading this often。 amazing。 i cannot stop thinking about how much i love this book。

Luc ，

Keira Cass does it once again and this book is so amazing

Kari ，

I really enjoyed this book。 It was a good sequel to the first book and ended up even better than I expected it to。

Morgan ，

4。5 stars

Laura Skladzinski ，

The problem with duologies / trilogies is that the authors often presume we remember every bit of the first book。 Well， I did not with this one， since I read The Betrothed over a year ago， and I wish there had been some kind of refresher。 Hollis was previously engaged to the future king of Coroa， but ran away to instead marry a regular guy， Silas。 At the end of The Betrothed， there is a massacre at her wedding， and Silas and all Hollis' family is killed。 In this book， she's on the run with the f The problem with duologies / trilogies is that the authors often presume we remember every bit of the first book。 Well， I did not with this one， since I read The Betrothed over a year ago， and I wish there had been some kind of refresher。 Hollis was previously engaged to the future king of Coroa， but ran away to instead marry a regular guy， Silas。 At the end of The Betrothed， there is a massacre at her wedding， and Silas and all Hollis' family is killed。 In this book， she's on the run with the few remaining members of Silas' family， as they try to incite a revolution。 This was a quick， frothy read， and while I struggled to remember pieces of the first book， I still enjoyed it。 I think the duology would probably be much better if you read them back to back。 。。。more

Lotus_potterhead ，

4 stars！ I loved this book so much more then book 1！ This was a good and the ending was very satisfying。

Xavier University Library ，

The Betrayed is the second book in the The Betrothed series。 This has been an enjoyable series so far with interesting characters。 I am not sure if there is going to be another book in the series but this one left the series in a good place to continue。

Jenn ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Not my favorite series from Kiera Cass but it was pretty good。 I couldn't help but laugh at the new meaning of falling on one's sword and exclaim wtf。 Otherwise I enjoyed the love story between Hollis and Etan。 I loved the witty banter。 Not my favorite series from Kiera Cass but it was pretty good。 I couldn't help but laugh at the new meaning of falling on one's sword and exclaim wtf。 Otherwise I enjoyed the love story between Hollis and Etan。 I loved the witty banter。 。。。more

Lulai ，

Une lecture sympa， une fin qui convient bien au style de Kiera Cass。 Une lecture simple rapide et divertissante

Kate Yang ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 At first， I did think this book might be better than the first。 I hoped there are more things to develop（with unexpected plot twist or something）， but that is the complete opposite because I literally predicted everything correctly。 First， Ethan and Hollis will fall in love。 Second， Jameson is the one who kills Silas。 Third， the two countries will become one so easily without any difficulties。 THE END。 The fact that everything comes so easily makes the book so bad。 How can two bad guys with powe At first， I did think this book might be better than the first。 I hoped there are more things to develop（with unexpected plot twist or something）， but that is the complete opposite because I literally predicted everything correctly。 First， Ethan and Hollis will fall in love。 Second， Jameson is the one who kills Silas。 Third， the two countries will become one so easily without any difficulties。 THE END。 The fact that everything comes so easily makes the book so bad。 How can two bad guys with power lose their thrones so easily？ At the end， there is nothing to look forward to。 Plus， there is zero romance that can grasp me in the book。 。。。more

Grace Ghoorah ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Ok I actually really liked this book and I was surprised because I hated the first one。 I love how she ended up with Etan bc I literally fell in love with him through the pages but it did kinda weird me out how she falls for her dead husband’s cousin。 I think a lot of the things that happened were very abrupt and unrealistic and that has been a pattern throughout the series but I did enjoy the plot so that’s that。 Sorry this review is all over the place。

Jade ，

1st Read: ★★★That was a massive improvement from the last book。 Oh， my word。 I still have many critiques， but overall， a vast improvement。 Now onto the issues。 First， everyone needed to chill on the tears。 It seemed like people were crying， either tears of sadness or joy， at least twice a chapter。 That really got on my nerves。 Her writing is just not up my alley anymore。 I still love the Selection， and while there are problems with the composition and writing， I still love that series。 I could s 1st Read: ★★★That was a massive improvement from the last book。 Oh， my word。 I still have many critiques， but overall， a vast improvement。 Now onto the issues。 First， everyone needed to chill on the tears。 It seemed like people were crying， either tears of sadness or joy， at least twice a chapter。 That really got on my nerves。 Her writing is just not up my alley anymore。 I still love the Selection， and while there are problems with the composition and writing， I still love that series。 I could see 13-year old me absolutely loving this series， and in that regard， it is definitely for younger audiences。 I've just moved on to more mature writing。 Now， what was good about the book。 I liked that there seemed to be a direction right from page one。 Was the ending predictable？ Yes。 Did I wish that there was an epilogue？ Absolutely。 I liked the romance much more in this book。 I felt like there was more chemistry and history between the characters。 The romance was angsty towards the end and I was on the edge of my seat， screaming at the characters the answer that was so obvious to me （I was right， by the way）。 But for YA readers who are "phasing out" of the YA genre， this series is definitely not for you。 。。。more

Liz ，

Both books were incredibly unrealistic but I still read both in less than a week 😭

Courtenay ，

OMG， what on earth happened？ If Cass had just summarized book one into about 25-30 pages and tacked it to this one， she would have had a dynamite story without that Betrothed mar on her record。 This story was SO much better than the first one in the duology， much more reminiscent of the quality of her Selection series。 Nevertheless， I don't think I'll ever be able to get my teenage daughter to read her books again。。。 she absolutely hated Betrothed and never finished it。 Sad。 WORTH A READ， REALLY OMG， what on earth happened？ If Cass had just summarized book one into about 25-30 pages and tacked it to this one， she would have had a dynamite story without that Betrothed mar on her record。 This story was SO much better than the first one in the duology， much more reminiscent of the quality of her Selection series。 Nevertheless， I don't think I'll ever be able to get my teenage daughter to read her books again。。。 she absolutely hated Betrothed and never finished it。 Sad。 WORTH A READ， REALLY。 。。。more

Shaina ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Wow。 WOW！5/5 StarsI loved this。 Straight to my ‘favourites’ shelf。 Where should I even start。 I loved Hollis and Scarlet’s relationship in this book。 They were friends in the last book， yeah， but you can really see them becoming sisters in this one。 Not only that， but in the last book Hollis was so reserved and was such a lady， poised， silent， but in this book there was so much character development。 I mean， she became a warrior queen by the end！ And she thought that she couldn’t do it。 *eyeroll Wow。 WOW！5/5 StarsI loved this。 Straight to my ‘favourites’ shelf。 Where should I even start。 I loved Hollis and Scarlet’s relationship in this book。 They were friends in the last book， yeah， but you can really see them becoming sisters in this one。 Not only that， but in the last book Hollis was so reserved and was such a lady， poised， silent， but in this book there was so much character development。 I mean， she became a warrior queen by the end！ And she thought that she couldn’t do it。 *eyeroll* Honestly， the only thing that I’ll have a mini rant about is that Hollis just jumps around between men。 I’m sorry， but honestly。 I mean she was engaged to the KING， and I know， even though he didn’t really want her as his wife for anything other than a pretty face， I feel like if she would have stayed with him， he would have been ok to her… but maybe not seeing as he MURDERED HER HUSBAND（！！！）。 But then she jumped to Silas， who I honestly think was perfect for her。 They were so cute。 But then like a week… A WEEK after Silas’s death， she starts thinking， hmm， Ethan is cute。 NO ETAN IS NOT CUTE YOU SHOULD BE IN MOURNING！ 😒😒But by the end， I was totally all team Hollis and Etan。 But just to add some more drama （lol）， I honestly think that Silas is still alive。 Either he was taken， or he ran， or something。 But in all of Scarlet’s flash-backs， she never said anything about seeing Silas’s body， only Sullivan， her father and her younger brother， Saul。 Never Silas though。I don't know， maybe I am just hoping that if we get another book （even though it’s a duology， I’m still crossing my fingers， lol）， Silas might be in it。 I really liked him with Hollis， more than the other two love interests， personally。 Anyways， I liked the first book， but I LOVED this one。 Also， I read the whole thing in like， one sitting so。。。5/5 Stars。 。。。more

Awjtf ，

Great sequel！ Loved it！

Annie Rose ，

Perfect romance。 Inspiring and heartfelt。 One of the best books I’ve read！ Kiera Cass totally nailed this series！ I totally recommend。 Especially if you have read The Selection and loved it。

Marissa ，

It was a cute read but definitely meant for a younger audience。

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