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ladygraves117's review
5.0
A thoroughly enjoyable book, that grabs you from the very beginning. The characters are easy to follow (but not boringly easy to like!), and their adventures are many and varied which keeps the book interesting.
mattcubic's review against another edition
Boring story, annoying narrator, quiet recording
lisamcc514's review
2.0
Did not finish at 32%
This book is way too complicated. There are so many characters who are all somehow related to one another. I couldn’t keep all of the characters and locations straight. And there are wayyyy too many points of view. I hate not finishing books, but this one was so over the top complex I couldn’t even bring myself to keep reading.
This book is way too complicated. There are so many characters who are all somehow related to one another. I couldn’t keep all of the characters and locations straight. And there are wayyyy too many points of view. I hate not finishing books, but this one was so over the top complex I couldn’t even bring myself to keep reading.
inspiretruth's review
1.0
DNF - 30%
I was really looking forward to listening to The Kingless Crown after being approved to review it; however, it was a bumpy ride. While I initially thought the story would be exciting, giving me A Song of Ice and Fire vibes, I quickly got confused with all of the characters and plots that were being introduced. It was like every chapter had a new story and, without the help of the narrator changing her voice to show who was speaking, I felt it impossible to keep up. Nevertheless, I decided to trek on in hopes that things would start to become clearer as the characters and I got acquainted.
While I’m amazed I lasted for as long as I did, I couldn’t find the drive to keep going. Though the story was starting to get interesting (after 7 hours), I wasn’t excited enough to find out what happened next. With such anti-climatic plots, I had no desire to see if the characters achieved their quests or if war broke out. I wish things were different, but there was just no way I was going to spend another 14 hours listening to the narrator completely butcher the Scottish accent. Publishers, if you’re reading this and preparing to record an audiobook, please make sure that when a narrator says they can do a Scottish accent, that it’s genuine and not some ear-bleeding nonsense that insults my father’s homeland!
*Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with a pre-release copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.*
I was really looking forward to listening to The Kingless Crown after being approved to review it; however, it was a bumpy ride. While I initially thought the story would be exciting, giving me A Song of Ice and Fire vibes, I quickly got confused with all of the characters and plots that were being introduced. It was like every chapter had a new story and, without the help of the narrator changing her voice to show who was speaking, I felt it impossible to keep up. Nevertheless, I decided to trek on in hopes that things would start to become clearer as the characters and I got acquainted.
While I’m amazed I lasted for as long as I did, I couldn’t find the drive to keep going. Though the story was starting to get interesting (after 7 hours), I wasn’t excited enough to find out what happened next. With such anti-climatic plots, I had no desire to see if the characters achieved their quests or if war broke out. I wish things were different, but there was just no way I was going to spend another 14 hours listening to the narrator completely butcher the Scottish accent. Publishers, if you’re reading this and preparing to record an audiobook, please make sure that when a narrator says they can do a Scottish accent, that it’s genuine and not some ear-bleeding nonsense that insults my father’s homeland!
*Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with a pre-release copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.*
thindbooks's review
3.0
*this e-arc was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*
I liked this book. It’s about four brides who have disappeared and has started a rebellion and now the kingdom is out of control. I love reading high fantasy novels and haven’t read anything good with high fantasy every Seinfeld Crescent City. I enjoyed the world building and the story plot line of this book. The author did an amazing job creating this whole new world and bringing in an original story. I do have to say that the book was a little hard to get into because of all the new information about the world and the pacing being a little slow in the beginning. But overall the writing of this book was well done!
I enjoyed the characters in this book but there are way too many POVs of different characters which are all written in the third person. It was really hard for me to keep up and it felt like you were back in school with new people and have to memorize all of their names. It was really hard to get used to all the new characters and keeping up with their character developments. I’m a reader that prefers 3 at most but not too many or get used to the main characters and then throw in some other povs to balance it out. There is some slow burn romance in this novel but truly it’s not the main factor of the story.
The ending was ok and not my favorite because it had an abrupt ending to it. In this book, I enjoyed all the plot twists that were thrown in which helped keep the story interesting. Mostly that dropped the stars for me was the characters which is a huge deal with me and the slow pacing. I’m still probably going to read the second book since I know the characters better but we will see. I think this book is for those who love complicated stories with many characters. This book is perfect for fans if Three Dark Crowns and Game of Throne.
I liked this book. It’s about four brides who have disappeared and has started a rebellion and now the kingdom is out of control. I love reading high fantasy novels and haven’t read anything good with high fantasy every Seinfeld Crescent City. I enjoyed the world building and the story plot line of this book. The author did an amazing job creating this whole new world and bringing in an original story. I do have to say that the book was a little hard to get into because of all the new information about the world and the pacing being a little slow in the beginning. But overall the writing of this book was well done!
I enjoyed the characters in this book but there are way too many POVs of different characters which are all written in the third person. It was really hard for me to keep up and it felt like you were back in school with new people and have to memorize all of their names. It was really hard to get used to all the new characters and keeping up with their character developments. I’m a reader that prefers 3 at most but not too many or get used to the main characters and then throw in some other povs to balance it out. There is some slow burn romance in this novel but truly it’s not the main factor of the story.
The ending was ok and not my favorite because it had an abrupt ending to it. In this book, I enjoyed all the plot twists that were thrown in which helped keep the story interesting. Mostly that dropped the stars for me was the characters which is a huge deal with me and the slow pacing. I’m still probably going to read the second book since I know the characters better but we will see. I think this book is for those who love complicated stories with many characters. This book is perfect for fans if Three Dark Crowns and Game of Throne.
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