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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
This is the first time having read a dystopian story. The book is marketed at young adults.
It’s about a young woman who joins the Princess Trail to see who will win and marry the Prince. They are set a number tasks to be completed. There a number of Echelons from the outcast to the royal.
I love how the author has crafted her characters and how the story has been weaved between the different settings and story lines.
It’s about a young woman who joins the Princess Trail to see who will win and marry the Prince. They are set a number tasks to be completed. There a number of Echelons from the outcast to the royal.
I love how the author has crafted her characters and how the story has been weaved between the different settings and story lines.
This is described as The selection meets The Hunger Games and honestly I can't think of a better description. I did enjoy this but you can see the similarities to both series which did put me off at first. Having said that I did want to keep reading to see what happened and I will continue the series.
A lot of people left negative reviews for this book, but honestly, I really enjoyed it. The princess trials are definitely an interesting concept.
I think the issue with this book stems from the fact that there just is not enough world building, so that may be where people get annoyed with the book. I feel that this book could have been longer just so that we could have gotten more world development to understand our characters a bit better as the book jumps right into the story and our character's experience.
I think folks need to learn how to go into reading books without heavy comparisons. If you wanted to read a story that is exactly like Hunger Games, then you should go back and just re read Hunger Games. If you are a fan of books in the genre of Hunger Games and understand how to not have bias read this book.
I think the issue with this book stems from the fact that there just is not enough world building, so that may be where people get annoyed with the book. I feel that this book could have been longer just so that we could have gotten more world development to understand our characters a bit better as the book jumps right into the story and our character's experience.
I think folks need to learn how to go into reading books without heavy comparisons. If you wanted to read a story that is exactly like Hunger Games, then you should go back and just re read Hunger Games. If you are a fan of books in the genre of Hunger Games and understand how to not have bias read this book.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was gifted this book by a friend and it really seemed like something I would love as it’s aimed for fans of The Hunger Games and The Selection series. But I got halfway through before I decided to start skimming the rest of the book and then skipped to the last 10% or so just to see how it ends. I have such a hard time DNFing a book that I just struggled through it. It felt too similar to THG and TS but with a more immature writing. The main character is literally named after sweet corn and I did not like her naive thought process with Ryce and the Red Runners or her attitude that they would just rescue her if she was in need. Although I skimmed a lot of the end, I felt like the plot changes were expected. I did not feel interested in any aspect of the book and do not plan to continue reading this series.
I was lost when the author mentioned tomato trees for such a agriculture society. Needs edited.
I got past the first trial and decided to end it there. The trial had no feelings behind it, a girl gets attacked by a bird and then they have to walk to their destination. I also just had to roll my eyes at the prince's entrance and oh of course he was the train guard and ugh it's so predictable, I'm out.
A story reminiscent of the Hunger Games but with Royalty. Full disclosure I have not read The Selection so I cannot speak to the similarities to that series.
The heroine, Zea, is extremely likable - no 'special, very beautiful, chosen one' here - just a regular girl who is part of the lower echelons of society and sees the injustices being done against her kind and wants it to stop - taking down the monarchy is just a step in that direction.
The book starts off with Zea rescuing another Harvester Girl from a corrupt guard and because of this, the Youth Leader of the Red Runners (a rebel group that Zea has joined that also wants to overthrow the monarchy) notices her and easily convinces her to join the Princess Trails in order to get intel that the group needs to be able to start the revolution she is so desperate for.
Zea has to compete against 30 some odd other girls in order to get to the Palace so that she can, in fact, do her sleuthing and spying. Along the way, she meets a few guards that are more than meets the eye and piques the curiosity of a visiting ambassador.
Before she knows it, the whole of the Princess Trails becomes something much more deadly than she had expected.
There were some plot twists to the book that felt kind of obvious though i don't think that's necessarily the writers fault but mores so the overall trope that was used.
The pacing was a little mixed. Sometimes it felt too slow and other times it felt like it was going smoothly.
Overall I did enjoy the book and would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a dystopian, royalty competition.
The heroine, Zea, is extremely likable - no 'special, very beautiful, chosen one' here - just a regular girl who is part of the lower echelons of society and sees the injustices being done against her kind and wants it to stop - taking down the monarchy is just a step in that direction.
The book starts off with Zea rescuing another Harvester Girl from a corrupt guard and because of this, the Youth Leader of the Red Runners (a rebel group that Zea has joined that also wants to overthrow the monarchy) notices her and easily convinces her to join the Princess Trails in order to get intel that the group needs to be able to start the revolution she is so desperate for.
Zea has to compete against 30 some odd other girls in order to get to the Palace so that she can, in fact, do her sleuthing and spying. Along the way, she meets a few guards that are more than meets the eye and piques the curiosity of a visiting ambassador.
Before she knows it, the whole of the Princess Trails becomes something much more deadly than she had expected.
There were some plot twists to the book that felt kind of obvious though i don't think that's necessarily the writers fault but mores so the overall trope that was used.
The pacing was a little mixed. Sometimes it felt too slow and other times it felt like it was going smoothly.
Overall I did enjoy the book and would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a dystopian, royalty competition.
I’m sure if you are a 12-year girl who is really into fantasy, this is right up your alley. However, I am well beyond 12 years old, so the juvenile nature of this book annoyed me greatly after a while and I was so ready for this 500+ page book to be over. Everyone was literally hateful towards and/or trying to kill off the main character, Zea, and to me it was just like all the characters were like every badly drawn caricature of a villain you’ve seen in a B movie before. Except for Zea, who also suffered from a martyr complex, which I generally cannot stand, although overall I did not mind her too much. But I did not like her enough to read anymore of this series beyond this book, which to me felt a bit cartoonish and again juvenile in nature, so just not for me.
adventurous
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
New surprises in every chapter. Kept me hooked through the whole book.