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The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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smashley_rr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Not my favorite if the series, but there were some good parts. One problem is I feel like it just keeps getting more and more complicated and harder to keep all the details of the timeline and gods and history and characters straight, etc.

I know some people were very upset by the growing relationship between Poppy and Kieran, but I did not understand why so many said she was cheating. Kieran is clearly emotionally supportive of Cas and Poppy, and I don't think it's fair to say he also did not need support with Cas imprisoned. Since we did not see them all together much after the joining, I look forward to seeing how that relationship will be different in the next book.

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immdanii's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

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eleek0609's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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kateped's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-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

3.75

By far the best in the series so far, color me highly surprised and very intrigued. It’s still very long, too long, but didn’t feel as long as the other ones because the story continued at a good pace all throughout. If it weren’t for the massive and disjointed info dump at the end this would’ve been 4 solid stars and I’d be eating my words. The writing is still not excellent and a bit cringy but I had a hard time putting it down because I needed to know what was going to happen. Chapter 44, though…. Holy 🌶️ 🥵. There are a LOT of plot holes and things that simply cannot and won’t make sense, but it didn’t bother me as much this time. Either she’s worn me down that much or it is slightly better. I think it’s slightly better. It might also just be my borderline obsession with Reaver. I would read an entire series about Reaver….. someone make it happen
There is no next book yet, and I kind of wish this was the final installment. There was a clear ending available here but she didn’t choose it, and the cliffhanger is a bit underwhelming.

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zimmerlemon's review against another edition

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tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

Idk how I'm still so invested in this series when the recent books have low-key been hard to get through (sooo close to DNFing), but somehow I'm still here. There's some world building that's hard to hold onto (especially combined with the previous book about Sera and Nyktos) and the build up to everything felt like it took forever. I also thought this was going to be the last one and I'm a little disappointed it's not LOL I was ready to be free. I do have a soft spot for the main three characters and I <3 Reaver and Nektas so I guess that + curiosity will keep me around for the next one.

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magical_gnomead's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

I had hoped this was the end of the series, but it seems like the author is trying to hang on and get the most of it. It was overall a good book. A little more sexual than necessary. There were a couple times I would think, "really?! Another?!" but, oh well.

I had a feeling a triangle romance was inevitable. She set it up and hunted at it so many times, but I'm not too sure it was necessary. Maybe she was just trying for something different than most other books. I don't necessarily believe that with how protective Casteel is of Poppy, that he would just roll over when it came to Kieran's attention to Poppy, and vise versa.

There is also a lot unexplained about Tawny. Which I have no doubt will be revealed in another book. Really bummed the series isn't done. I wished for a clean end, but these 5+ book series just really like the attention of having "just one more book" feels. I'll MAYBE read it? My heart is yearning for another, especially with so many great TBRs waiting. Guess we will see.

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abby271's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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sarah_speaks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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mightymaite's review against another edition

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emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

What a beautiful progression of the story. Poppy and Cas being apart so long made you suffer, but also made the character and relationship development in this book possible. The trauma that Cas went through, the aftermath and the impact on Poppy were so gripping! The atrocities of war in this book were written beautifully and so visually that it gripped you by the throat and branded itself on your eyes.
After seeing the relationships between the characters change and develop over multiple books, it was the perfect time for the Joining to happen. Very natural progression to get here. Tastefully written, full of love and friendship.
This book was the perfect bridge between Poppy's and Nyktos' storyline.

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