Reviews with content warning for Physical abuse - Twee Verstrengelde Kronen

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Twee Verstrengelde Kronen by Rachel Gillig, Rachel Gillig

167 reviews

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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taryn_g's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sxndaze's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My darling, you’ve always had a choice.

an incredible sequel and an incredible duology. the mutilple povs give us so much more to digest and understand and while it took me a bit to get into elm’s story (not him though as i do adore his character), it comes together beautifully in the end.

everything is wrapped up beautifully and maybe too neatly, but im a sucker for happy endings and don’t crave angst too much.

the nightmare is my favourite and his banter with everyone is fantastic.

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bibliokayla's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bethann_coleates's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

I love a duology because it moves the story along but gives you enough time to delve into the important aspects of the plot. This book was a satisfying conclusion to the story of Elspeth, Ravyn, the Nightmare and the whole cast of characters working to try to unite the deck of Providence cards and save Blunder from the encroaching fog. I really liked that we got to dive more into Ione and Elm's stories and their unique motivations alongside the stories of Elspeth and Ravyn. Tying all these storylines together gave us a better insight into the history of the Providence Cards and makes for a very rewarding outcome. The last 100 pages were tense - I blew through the back half of this book because I needed to know what would happen as time was running short. A truly enjoyable series and would recommend it to folks looking for a dark/gothic fantasy that you can tackle in a short amount of time with a romance sub-plot.

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malakabdullah's review against another edition

2.0

- This book holds the same feeling as the first, I can’t consume the story in one sitting. I need it in chunks otherwise it’s not that good. I loved getting my hands on some Elm and Ione plot. But so far, it’s all just not enough to be captivating. I am enjoying it though don’t get me wrong. I’m just not obsessed.
- Reading this book has put me in a reading slump as I continued reading it! The first book, One Dark Window, I had to read in chunks at a time to enjoy it. The second book.. I had to read a chapter a day to avoid DNF’ing it. Aside from the typos and the -too much going on- storyline, I don’t regret reading this duology.
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Ravyn and Elspeth walked so Renelm and Ione could run. The story ended nicely, I'm quite pleased with how they resolved the providence cards issue after the mist was lifted.

This isn't a series I'd recommend to others but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Again, still not over the moon about anything that happened.

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cmrams's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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vic_to_ria's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

This book went by quickly. I liked the first one well enough but I really enjoyed this one. To me the pacing was better and so much more going on. It was fun. This one also includes multiple POV’s and that really helped build the story and get the plot going as quick as it did. Highly enjoyed, would recommend.
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I will say I wasn’t warned about the sexual content so here’s the warning. It wasn’t a consistent thing- only described twice at around 30% and 60% I believe but it did feel like it came out of nowhere for me-but I can’t read (heh pun intended) social situations 100% the first time around so it could have been building tension and I just didn’t pick up on it.

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miss_berry315's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Don't yield. Don't. Fucking. Yield.

I can't express how much I love this book and this duology.
I laughed, I cried, I had my heart filled with hope, and joy, and love, and then had it ripped out and stomped on repeatedly before it was picked up again and healed.
I could go on forever about how wonderful these characters are, and how beautifully they fit into such an amazing and perfectly done story.
These are characters I will hold close to my heart forever.

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