The Wood Queen

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"Donna Underwood is facing an alchemist tribunal for stealing the elixir of life when her ailing mother takes a turn for the worse. Donna seeks an audience with Aliette, the Wood Queen, who offers a deal: if Donna can use her powers to open the door to Faerie and send the wood elves home, Aliette will free her mother from the elven curse that shattered her mind.

Along with friends Navin and the half-fey Xan, Donna struggles to unlock the secrets of her iron tattoos in time to save her mother’s life. But she discovers that some secrets might be better
left untold . . ."

Donna finds out in this book that not everything she was taught was correct. People in her life left out a lot of truths. I believe this is why she keeps making the choices she does. She doesn't understand the truth, and she wants the truth from everyone. However the only person that is willing to tell her anything is the Wood Queen, that has once again given her a choice that she doesn't feel is a real choice. She can either let her Mom die, or she can save her.
I liked this book, and liked how the story picked up where the first book left off. I am now very curious as to where the third book is going to go with the story.