I Killed the King / Andrea Hannah & Rebecca Mix / Book Review

I KILLED THE KING After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia want peace. Everyone has flocked to Avendell Castle for the signing of the treaty. Nobody would miss the all-night masquerade to celebration. But as the partygoers gather, Avendell's King Costis summons a small group to his inner chamber: his son the crown prince, the Istellian treaty representative, a wild beast tamer, a questionable palace healer, and the king's own personal guard. And before he can tell them why he's brought them together, the room goes dark. When the mage lights come back, the king is dead. The princess's knife is in his side, in the weak spot only his guard knew of. The body is frothing at the mouth with venom from the beast tamer's monsters. An assassin tumbles out of the wardrobe, confused and dismayed with an invitation in the crown prince's handwriting in her pocket. And the healer is too drunk to make sense of any...