The Queen Trials Books in Order

After defending herself against a peacekeeper, Clio enters a royal competition to protect her brother from retaliation. Fame offers temporary safety, but winning the king’s attention draws her into a contest where beauty, luck, and survival are inseparable.

Clio advances in the Queen Trials, surrounded by rivals already plotting her death. The next round offers three winners a wish the king must grant, giving her a possible advantage if she can survive long enough to claim it.

A terrible discovery forces Clio to reconsider her plan to escape the Queen Trials before the killing round. She wants to survive rather than rule, but leaving may demand a moral sacrifice she can no longer accept.

Thrown into the Wishing Well, Clio must collect three keys while navigating a deadly grid. Her secret wish could change everything if she wins, but its public revelation will leave her at the mercy of a king unlikely to forgive her.

Clio finally gains a chance to escape the Queen Trials, only to discover disturbing truths about the kingdom’s endless war. With the Rotunda determined to kill her, she must choose between personal safety and the responsibilities her new knowledge brings.

Having concealed her survival from the Rotunda, Clio moves secretly through the competition’s surroundings while preparing to reenter the Trials. The chance to observe unseen offers valuable discoveries, but revealing herself may expose her to an even darker threat.

Clio has the means to challenge King Ergondy but must survive his changing rules to find an opportunity. War and shortages become excuses for tighter control, while dismissal from the Trials threatens imprisonment rather than freedom.

As the Queen Trials reach their final round, Clio can no longer rely on those around her. With the remaining competitors approaching the moment when princesses become queens, survival depends on navigating the contest’s increasingly uncertain loyalties.