About the Book Kill The Queen by Jennifer Estep Series: Crown of Shards Book One Genre: Adult Romantic Fantasy Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: October 2, 2018 RATING/REVIEW: ☕☕☕☕ (4 cups for this thrilling adventure that deals with a kingdom, betrayal, revenge and magic) In Kill The Queen, we are introduced to a world were magic is currency and where a kingdom is in peril because of family betrayal. Lady Everleigh aka Evie is royalty in the kingdom of Bellona but she's treated more like a servant because for one, she's an orphan, dependent on the good graces of her aunt and cousin, the reigning queen and crown princess. For another, she's a mutt, someone who has no magic or just a whiff of it that is of no use to the kingdom. When the queen is assasinated by her own daughter, Evie manages to escape and hides within the ranks of the gladiator troupe. Here she learns to fight and to decide what her next move should ...