“Meet the next Katniss Everdeen. If you missed last year’s The Queen of the Tearling, run, don’t walk, to get it.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“Get caught up with Kelsea, a heroine so badass, Emma Watson’s already signed up to play her.” (Cosmopolitan)
“Katniss Everdeen, you have competition. . . . A thrilling sequel.” (Entertainment Weekly, The 10 Must-Reads of Summer)
“A bold storytelling choice makes this so much more fascinating than just a saga of warring kingdoms. . . . Completely gripping . . . It’s satisfying while leaving readers desperate for the next volume.” (Library Journal (starred review))
“Gritty, gruesome, and enthrallingly magical fantasy.” (Booklist)
“The Invasion of the Tearling glides over the sophomore slump, carrying the series upward with it. . . . The new Tearling characters are fascinating, and Johansen introduces them so smoothly, we care for them almost the instant we learn their names.” (Entertainment Weekly, A)
“All hail Queen Kelsea! In the series’ second action-packed book, the teen saves her throne from a power-hungry neighbor.” (Us Weekly)
“An intoxicating brew of dystopian fiction, high fantasy, science fiction, and a bit of horror. . . . A thrilling and thought-provoking read that takes this trilogy to even greater heights.” (Buzzfeed)
“Genre-bending . . . So good . . . Gripping.” (Buzzfeed)
“Johansen is a skillful maker of fantasy worlds, weaving medieval and modern themes together with the comprehensiveness of a George R.R. Martin. . . . A satisfying, well-crafted sequel that will leave readers looking forward to what might happen next. (Kirkus Reviews)
Erika Johansen grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. She went to Swarthmore College, earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and eventually became an attorney, but she never stopped writing.