The Gilded Cage: the thrilling, unputdownable conclusion to The Prison Healer Paperback – 18 Oct. 2022

Exactly what was ordered. 1

I like the book obviously but it’s really hard to understand for me if she kiva grew up in a horrible prison how she is still so stupid to believe everything and anything and her sister told her and the constant way all of the characters have some knowledge but her everything is a great shocking surprise to her what a waif otherwise I think all the talk and personal monologues are for the writer to add new book and more money pffffft

Oh my word. Book 2 if the Prison Healer Series... What can I say but... wow! I have only read a few books in my lifetime that leave me so amazed at the authors ability to weave a story and this is one of those books.This book is about lies and betrayal but also about the importance of family and blood.Returning to freedom with members of the Royal House, Kiva has escaped prison only to end up in a Guilded Cage with her families enemies. But what if the people you should be afraid of is not the ones you were told to be afraid of but something or someone else entirely. This book makes Kivas story both heart breaking and brilliant as she navigates truth, family ties, politics and her growing feelings for someone she shouldn't love but who proves every time how worthy they are to be loved.Worth a read!Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Setting: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The second hand anxiety and discomfort with this is the only downside but push through those moments and it's worth it! Oh is it worth it. This is another cliffhanger and I'm off to start book 3!

What a great second book. Equally enjoyed thisnto the first book. Love the twist and cliff hangers in these book. Can't wait to start the final book

I absolutely loved this book, the series together was 5⭐ for me

The second installment of Kiva's survival. She's escaped Zalindov prison and is free to decide who she wants to be, which allegiances she wants to make and what path she wants to forge. It's an enjoyable read and fairly quick even though it's over 400 pages long. Kiva does make some quite annoyingly nieve decisions at stages, which are a little bit frustrating to read past otherwise an excellent read and a giant cliffhanger leads us into Book 3.

I enjoyed the first book in this series but I feel like this sequel really dropped the bar. The first 80% of the book is just Kiva wandering around being angsty about the fact she doesn't want to admit she's in love with Jarren. But I was reading ya fantasy romance so I knew a bit of that was to be expected. However there are a lot of really jarring plot points as well that kept knocking me out of the story. Warning for spoilers - skip to the stars to miss them.1. Concussion takes weeks or months to heal - she shouldn't have been staying a vigorous training regime less than 24 hours after being knocked unconscious. She's a healer so would know this. I know this is a minor thing but it really threw me out of the story and the editors and proof readers should have spotted this.2. Again, Kiva's a healer, taught by her dad who we learn has been taught in what is basically a medical school. No way her ethics would be comfortable with poisoning someone because there is always a risk of side effects. I definitely think she could have come up with another way to get away from a friend that wasn't poisoning them.3. The further I got through the story the more I wondered how has she been indoctrinated with the vengeance of her mum when she's been locked away? I can't see her dad drilling vengeance into her and even if he had, she's been by herself for many of her formative years. So while I can understand Kivas siblings being for the cause, I really can't see why Kiva is so torn. Which brings me onto4. She's a teenager, teenagers are notoriously selfish. She's also spent the last 10 years looking out for herself only, and begrudgingly Tipp. I just couldn't get on board with her being so torn between family and Jarren.5. There was a lot of contrived conveniences too, like the thing they needed for the final plot point handily being 20 minutes from the castle. There actually being a way to usurp the crown with objects - what law maker would right that into a law? People being tailed when it was handy for the plot but not when Kiva needed to sneak into a top secret council meeting. The leaders of the rebble group not thinking it would be suspicious for the Crown prince's guest to sneak out to the docks for a chat in an alley.There were more but those were the big ones.****That being said, once again the twists were very well laid out at the end, and I did want to keep reading. This being a great premise, and the fact that I really enjoyed the first book, meant I was more annoyed that there were so many points that knocked me out of the story. It's also a shame also that most of the actual progress of the story was confined to the last 20% of the book.I may read the third book as I do feel invested in the characters but I'll see how I feel when it's released.

Just when I thought I couldn’t love this series anymore this made me realise I could. I won’t say to much as it can be spoilers for how the last book ended but I loved seeing them all become closer. But CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT ENDING. I fully felt like my heart had been ripped out and stamped on, I don’t know who I’m hurting more for either. Again so many twists I didn’t see coming, one thing I will say is I HATE Kivas sister with a passion but absolutely adore her brother. I cannot wait to read the next one.