jhwadam 's review for:

The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
5.0

After reading Queen of the Tearling, I expected to enjoy a tale where the protagonist got her way in most issues and proved right in all important ones. Which, truth be told, I wanted to read - I was sick of things going wrong for stupid reasons.
But then all of a sudden, I couldn't be so sure of an happy ending any more. The heroine made cruel mistakes or had to choose between two evils with insufficient information. Things were going wrong indeed but the reasons weren't stupid at all, they were frustratingly realistic. And it was thrilling.