BUT should it be read as a stand-alone, inquiring minds want to know? Of course not, why on earth would you do this to yourself? Never mind, we have now been blessed with The True Queen, a companion novel set in the same world but featuring different protagonists which can be read as a stand-alone. I can’t believe it’s been four whole years since the delightful Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho knocked my socks off and charmed my cold, cold heart. Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Sorceress Royal series but can be read as a standalone But if Fairyland’s true queen does finally return, trouble may find her first. She must also find Sakti, break their curse and somehow stay out of trouble. But when the Sorceress Royal’s friends become accidentally embroiled in a plot – involving the Fairy Queen’s contentious succession – Muna is drawn right in.

To save her sister, Muna must learn to navigate Regency London’s high society and trick the English into believing she’s a magical prodigy. But the pair travel via the formidable Fairy Queen’s realm, where Sakti simply disappears. Their only hope of salvation lies in distant Britain, where the Sorceress Royal runs a controversial academy for female magicians. And Muna and her sister Sakti wake on its shores under a curse, which has quite stolen away their memories. 'A sheer delight from beginning to end'Samantha ShannonA joyous mash-up of Jane Austen and high fantasy'M.The enchanted island of Janda Baik, in the Malay Archipelago, has long been home to witches. And although it's set in the same world as her award-winning novel, The Sorcerer to the Crown, this reads as a standalone. It's set in a sparkling version of Regency London, with a fairy tale twist. The True Queen is Zen Cho's spelling binding second book. She must also find Sakti, break their curse and somehow stay out of trouble.īut if fairyland's true queen does finally return, trouble may find her first. To save her sister, Muna must learn to navigate Regency London's high society and trick the English into believing she's a magical prodigy.īut when the Sorceress Royal's friends become accidentally embroiled in a plot - involving the Fairy Queen's contentious succession - Muna is drawn right in. Their only hope of salvation lies in distant Britain, where the Sorceress Royal runs a controversial academy for female magicians.īut the pair travel via the formidable Fairy Queen's realm, where Sakti simply disappears. The enchanted island of Janda Baik, in the Malay Archipelago, has long been home to witches.

The true queen by zen cho