Six Wild Crowns

Name: Six Wild Crowns
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Holly Race
ISBN: 9781668649534

Author: Holly Race

Narrator: Olivia Dowd, Holly Race

Unabridged: 14 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 06/10/2025

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Historical Fiction, Dragons

Synopsis

NO KING CAN RULE THEM ALL.

From a major new voice in epic fantasy, Six Wild Crowns is a breathtaking epic fantasy of dragons, courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen them before.

As tradition has it, the king of Elben must marry six queens and magically bind each of them to one of the island's palaces or the kingdom will fall.

Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be her beloved Henry's favorite queen. She relishes the games at court and the political rivalries with his other wives. Seymour is the opposite - originally sent to Boleyn's court as a reluctant spy and assassin, she ends up catching Henry's eye and is forced into a loveless marriage with the king.

But when the two queens become the unlikeliest of things - friends and allies - the balance of power begins to shift. Together, they uncover a dark and deadly truth at the heart of the island's magic. Boleyn and Seymour's only hope of survival rests on uniting all six of the rival queens - but Henry will never let that happen.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maeghan 🦋 HIATUS on & off on April 30, 2025

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC! I have to start off by saying that I don’t think the premise of this book was an accurate representation of what happens. I really thought we’d get a cunning court and absolutely villainous women (which I was hoping for)… but I wasn’t served. I th......more

Goodreads review by Jamedi on June 13, 2025

Review originally on JamReads Six Wild Crowns is the first book in the historical fantasy series Queens of Elben, a Tudor inspired proposal written by Holly Race, published by Orbit Books. An excellent and possibly unique take that lifts from the inspiration of Henry VIII's wives to weave a compl......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on June 09, 2025

4.5 Stars Magic, political intrigue and female empowerment abounds in Holly Race’s vividly lush, historical fantasy that loosely reimagines Henry VIII’s six wives. It was such a unique take on the Tudor Queens and I genuinely couldn’t put it down! I do have to warn that, if you’re looking for histori......more

Goodreads review by Hayley on June 09, 2025

I was completely swept up in SIX WILD CROWNS. It’s a beautifully written, feminist retelling of the wives of Henry VIII, and I loved how it brought these historical women to life. The writing is lush and atmospheric, and while it’s not super fast-paced, I was totally hooked by the characters and the......more

Goodreads review by Elise on January 03, 2025

Thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown/Orbit for this early copy of Six Wild Crowns. If you’re picking up Six Wild Crowns for “a court teeming with dragons” and "Seymour acts as spy and assassin" within all the juicy intrigue promised in the synopsis, let me save you some time: those things are barel......more

Quotes

"Six Wild Crowns is a beautiful feminist epic, a luscious and luminous read."—Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne

"A ferocious tale of female rage and the strength of sisterhood, Six Wild Crowns is an inventive and fantastical reimagining of Henry VIII’s queens - and their fight to reclaim the power stolen from them. Race weaves a rich tapestry of political maneuverings, where love must war against sovereignty, truth battles tradition, and two queens forge heart-wrenching solidarity as they riot against a world determined to hold them down."—S.A. MacLean, author of The Phoenix Keeper

"A glittering, magnificent epic, dripping with menace and brimming with female empowerment. Absolutely incredible."—Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things

"An intricate gem of a novel bursting with ancient magic and intrigue."—Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth

"Six Wild Crowns is a truly unique retelling of the Tudors. Dragons and deceit and love and magic… I couldn’t put it down! Holly explores Henry VIII and his wives while weaving in themes of power, sisterhood, and love in its many forms. A truly dazzling novel."—Natasha Bowen, author of Skin of the Sea

"A beautifully written tale of resistance, rebellion, and sisterhood, with an ending that will leave you heartbroken and breathless for more."—M. H. Ayinde, author of A Song of Legends Lost

"A thoroughly delectable fantasy that celebrates sisterhood and courageous truth while exposing the active maliciousness of patriarchy. The Tudor period is reconstructed into a deftly woven fantasy fraught with all the court politics, betrayals and closely guarded secrets of the era. The wives of Henry VII are resplendent, shrewdly navigating a world intent on controlling them and ready to destroy it all in defense of the ties that bind them. This is an intricate, powerful and utterly spectacular book. No one is ready for it."—Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen

"Written in lush, compelling prose and set in a richly drawn world, this sexy, feminist re-imagining of the story of Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour is the romantasy book I've been waiting for."—Katharine Corr, co-author of Daughter of Darkness

"With glittering magic, powerful dragons, and a feminist bend, Six Wild Crowns skillfully weaves history and fantasy into an accomplished and brilliantly inventive reimagining of Tudor England."—E.M. Castellan, author of the In the Shadow of the Sun series

“Fierce and furious, this spectacular reclaiming holds a fantastical mirror up to the six queens and shows that women are always stronger when united.”—Helen Corcoran, author of Queen of Coin and Whispers