Step inside the pages of an immortal adventure...
Rachel and Robert have defeated the tyrant Malstain and become the heroes of Krasnia, but all is not how it should be. Robert is swept away with his new friends, leaving Rachel alone to take care of her ailing father, who's lost without their beloved mother.
From nowhere, a boy appears knowing the secrets of the hidden blood-red key. For the key is a way into the Hinterland - and Rachel must promise that, as a new key keeper, she will answer when it calls. When a young girl, Elsa Spiegel, is illegally smuggled into the Hinterland, Rachel has no choice but to use her key to save Elsa. But her fate is linked to Krasnia, and Rachel must battle to save her home as she knows it.
The Book of Stolen Dreams was one of my favorite books in the latter part of 2021. At the time I hoped there would be a second but I didn't know for sure. I'm happy to say this sequel more than lives up to the first volume (if you really wanted to you could read this without having read Dreams, but you'd be missing a lot, and also spoil the ending of Dreams for yourself.)
In the review for Dreams, apart from saying 'amazing' far too many times, I said that I hoped the sequel would make me cry less. Sadly, it didn't, but it's the good kind of crying, so I didn't mind too much. But book three will need a lot of tissues at this rate!
I really do hope there's a third book. The story in this one was - sorry - amazing, so clever and imaginative and far beyond anything I expected when I picked it up. My proof didn't have illustrations, but going by Dreams they're going to be brilliant. I can't wait to see what happens next.
The Secret of the Blood Red Key publishes on the 14th of September, 2023. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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