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3.34 AVERAGE
3.5
The first half of the book was really enjoyable and i was actually thinking about giving it five stars, but i didn't really like the second half. Everything was nice and then it suddenly took a weird turn and i was sometimes a little overwhelmed by the amout of things that were happening at the same time. They got themselves into so much trouble in like every chapter, yet there was always a magical solution waiting at the corner.
But i'm totally going to read the second book when it comes out, because i am really interested in Mira's character.
The first half of the book was really enjoyable and i was actually thinking about giving it five stars, but i didn't really like the second half. Everything was nice and then it suddenly took a weird turn and i was sometimes a little overwhelmed by the amout of things that were happening at the same time. They got themselves into so much trouble in like every chapter, yet there was always a magical solution waiting at the corner.
But i'm totally going to read the second book when it comes out, because i am really interested in Mira's character.
This was a great book. But so different from her normal writing. I did enjoy it though.
3.5 stars. I really like all of Richelle Mead's books. That said, I had high expectations for this book, and, upon finishing it, I'm a little disappointing. There were great characters, and I enjoyed the relationships in the book, especially the romance and the interesting and heartfelt friendship between Adelaide and two girls she meets in the Glittering Court. It's marketed as a fantasy, but it's not really. It could be compared to our history with the exception of a few name changes. The story, while interesting, dragged on in places, causing the book to feel much longer than the 400 pages it is.
Si bien me enganché con la historia y la leí rapidísimo, no entiendo de que van a tratar el resto de libros, en este ya pasan un montón de cosas y la historia avanza demasiado rápido.
Tenemos a Adelaide, nuestra protagonista, una joven condesa que para escapar de un matrimonio arreglado con un primo sin gracia, se hace pasar por su sirvienta y entra en La corte reluciente, una especie de academia para formar damas de clase alta que se casarán con los nuevos ricos del otro lado del océano.
En este libro vemos como Adelaide atraviesa esta nueva etapa de aventuras en una tierra desconocida. Tenemos un poco de amor y bastante traición, hubo un par de intentos de plot twist, pero no me parecieron muy acertados. La historia entretiene y se deja leer, pero sentí que le faltó un poquito más de drama o desarrollo de algunas situaciones para que la historia fuera más atrapante.
Tenemos a Adelaide, nuestra protagonista, una joven condesa que para escapar de un matrimonio arreglado con un primo sin gracia, se hace pasar por su sirvienta y entra en La corte reluciente, una especie de academia para formar damas de clase alta que se casarán con los nuevos ricos del otro lado del océano.
En este libro vemos como Adelaide atraviesa esta nueva etapa de aventuras en una tierra desconocida. Tenemos un poco de amor y bastante traición, hubo un par de intentos de plot twist, pero no me parecieron muy acertados. La historia entretiene y se deja leer, pero sentí que le faltó un poquito más de drama o desarrollo de algunas situaciones para que la historia fuera más atrapante.
Si bien me enganché con la historia y la leí rapidísimo, no entiendo de que van a tratar el resto de libros, en este ya pasan un montón de cosas y la historia avanza demasiado rápido.
Tenemos a Adelaide, nuestra protagonista, una joven condesa que para escapar de un matrimonio arreglado con un primo sin gracia, se hace pasar por su sirvienta y entra en La corte reluciente, una especie de academia para formar damas de clase alta que se casarán con los nuevos ricos del otro lado del océano.
En este libro vemos como Adelaide atraviesa esta nueva etapa de aventuras en una tierra desconocida. Tenemos un poco de amor y bastante traición, hubo un par de intentos de plot twist, pero no me parecieron muy acertados. La historia entretiene y se deja leer, pero sentí que le faltó un poquito más de drama o desarrollo de algunas situaciones para que la historia fuera más atrapante.
Tenemos a Adelaide, nuestra protagonista, una joven condesa que para escapar de un matrimonio arreglado con un primo sin gracia, se hace pasar por su sirvienta y entra en La corte reluciente, una especie de academia para formar damas de clase alta que se casarán con los nuevos ricos del otro lado del océano.
En este libro vemos como Adelaide atraviesa esta nueva etapa de aventuras en una tierra desconocida. Tenemos un poco de amor y bastante traición, hubo un par de intentos de plot twist, pero no me parecieron muy acertados. La historia entretiene y se deja leer, pero sentí que le faltó un poquito más de drama o desarrollo de algunas situaciones para que la historia fuera más atrapante.
The glittering court, the story is about a girl Elizabeth Witmore Countess of Rothford (Mouthful much?) also known as her Alias name Adelaide Bailey which she took from one of her lady maids who she changed places with to enter into a group of girls who have no nobility in their vains and are trained to act as such to be sold off to men in the new world looking for wives with higher breeding. (Did I get the general gist about right? I think so.)
* SPOILERS DOWN BELOW HERE IF YOU HAVE NOT READ DO NOT READ PAST HERE!*
I just want to address first that this book is labeled under fantasy, young adult and romance in my opinion 2 out of 3 of those are right. The one that seems off would be fantasy, which should have just been easily replaced with fiction I don't know it might just be me on this but it just felt like saying its fantasy could have just been replaced with fiction. ANYWAYS back to the story.
I have to say, considering how the short description described two other girls Mira and Tamsin I had expected a little more of those girls in the story instead Tamsin goes missing through more then half of the story reappears acts like nothing happen disapears again ad returns like a warrior with those who they find as enemies the Icori and we still don't get much of an insight as to why Tamsin was so determined to wed someone that is all powerful and how she got involed with the Icori. Instead we are left with her still being in a contract with the glittering court and left to still find a husband.
As for Mira I will give it this she was a little more involved with the story but not that much. She goes on her own wild adventures and doesn't return to late at night we are told she is left in the Doyle residence reading and might have also been going out with Aiana and learning to use the crossbow. We aren't told if she is still in contract only that she has plans for her future tat we are still don't know about.
I know people who end up reading this will wonder if I actually did like this book or not. I did! don't get me wrong but those are cliffhangers that Richelle Mead has left for us and it frustration as such from what I read this will be a trilogy one story told by each girl and I hope to get this plot holes filled as the story progresses.
What I like, I have read at least the first book in everyone of Richelle Mead's series and this is the first one told in this kind of time setting and I am amazed at Richelle's turn in this book its definately different then the others she has written. She of course has writing about royalty before with vampire academy and their royal moroi but this sense of royalty is different in a different time period and I loved it it didn't involved a fantasy world of vampire's, strigoi it was a normal mundane life and their struggled during that time with religion belief's and woman being treated as objects for men. I love how Adeline who has been raised from nobility and of course we see her break down because she isn't used to this sort of life still pushes her to go on because she wants to be free from her past. From a life that was giving to her she wants to learn how to struggle and to fight and councer her own life. Showing others how strung she truely is.
I do have to say even though the story itself is set back in time alot of this stuff is almost like current issues with religion belifs and people not respect others As well for those who want to own their own home (land in the book sense) but have to get through greedy people who only want more and more for themselves.
This book was a really amazing read, it has it's flaws of course but I can only hope everything gets wrapped up in the next few books. I can't wait to return to Osfrid and Adoria with this characters. <3
* SPOILERS DOWN BELOW HERE IF YOU HAVE NOT READ DO NOT READ PAST HERE!*
I just want to address first that this book is labeled under fantasy, young adult and romance in my opinion 2 out of 3 of those are right. The one that seems off would be fantasy, which should have just been easily replaced with fiction I don't know it might just be me on this but it just felt like saying its fantasy could have just been replaced with fiction. ANYWAYS back to the story.
I have to say, considering how the short description described two other girls Mira and Tamsin I had expected a little more of those girls in the story instead Tamsin goes missing through more then half of the story reappears acts like nothing happen disapears again ad returns like a warrior with those who they find as enemies the Icori and we still don't get much of an insight as to why Tamsin was so determined to wed someone that is all powerful and how she got involed with the Icori. Instead we are left with her still being in a contract with the glittering court and left to still find a husband.
As for Mira I will give it this she was a little more involved with the story but not that much. She goes on her own wild adventures and doesn't return to late at night we are told she is left in the Doyle residence reading and might have also been going out with Aiana and learning to use the crossbow. We aren't told if she is still in contract only that she has plans for her future tat we are still don't know about.
I know people who end up reading this will wonder if I actually did like this book or not. I did! don't get me wrong but those are cliffhangers that Richelle Mead has left for us and it frustration as such from what I read this will be a trilogy one story told by each girl and I hope to get this plot holes filled as the story progresses.
What I like, I have read at least the first book in everyone of Richelle Mead's series and this is the first one told in this kind of time setting and I am amazed at Richelle's turn in this book its definately different then the others she has written. She of course has writing about royalty before with vampire academy and their royal moroi but this sense of royalty is different in a different time period and I loved it it didn't involved a fantasy world of vampire's, strigoi it was a normal mundane life and their struggled during that time with religion belief's and woman being treated as objects for men. I love how Adeline who has been raised from nobility and of course we see her break down because she isn't used to this sort of life still pushes her to go on because she wants to be free from her past. From a life that was giving to her she wants to learn how to struggle and to fight and councer her own life. Showing others how strung she truely is.
I do have to say even though the story itself is set back in time alot of this stuff is almost like current issues with religion belifs and people not respect others As well for those who want to own their own home (land in the book sense) but have to get through greedy people who only want more and more for themselves.
This book was a really amazing read, it has it's flaws of course but I can only hope everything gets wrapped up in the next few books. I can't wait to return to Osfrid and Adoria with this characters. <3
DNF - This book was really boring and I wasn’t about to force myself to read it.
That, right there, is what can be called an extremely deceptive title.
It's a little unfair to have assumed so much from a title, when the blurb itself made no such suggestions - but I really thought this would have a least a hint of magic. It probably should have had at least a hint of magic, a little more glitter and shine and mist and dark to raise it above being simply adequate.
But despite all the bad, disappointed reviews I have seen of this, I have to admit it really was an ok read. This is, of course, disappointing in itself, as [b:The Glittering Court|27272506|The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)|Richelle Mead|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1460577362s/27272506.jpg|47326016] is by Richelle Mead - who of course wrote the fantastic (despite title and plot description suggesting otherwise) Vampire Academy series. Rose Hathaway, the lead in that series, is an absolute standout character and our narrator here definitely falls short of her brilliance. She's certainly headstrong, kind, even occasionally funny, and willing to give up everything she's ever known for an adventure. It still comes across a little flat. Something that really nagged at me while reading: I couldn't find a single mention of her real name. Though a few suggestions indicate it may have been Elisabeth, it'd be nice to know for sure. It might help her feel more real.
The romance was also handled well, and although it was pretty obvious who the lead interest would be Mead does actually build it into something slow-moving and believable.
The religious angle was an intriguing direction to head in, and did add some much needed tension - the main "villain" is just a tad too obvious, too definitely clear-cut evil.
Apparantly the next books will cover the perspective of the other two main girls, who seemed to spend a lot of time "hiding secrets" - evidently so the plots of books two and three weren't spoiled. However it made for some awkward interactions where everyone in the end knows what's going on except for the reader, which just comes across uncomfortable rather than intriguing.
Lastly, all the focus on marriage and riches was very, very difficult to relate to for someone who has never specifically desired either. Sure, it'd be nice to live in luxury but not at the expense (ha! see what I did there?) of everything else important. Like freedom, love, ethics etc. At least all the characters were able to choose their own path, and not all aimed for fortune.
In all, a perfectly fine read that simply lacked a spark.
It's a little unfair to have assumed so much from a title, when the blurb itself made no such suggestions - but I really thought this would have a least a hint of magic. It probably should have had at least a hint of magic, a little more glitter and shine and mist and dark to raise it above being simply adequate.
But despite all the bad, disappointed reviews I have seen of this, I have to admit it really was an ok read. This is, of course, disappointing in itself, as [b:The Glittering Court|27272506|The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)|Richelle Mead|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1460577362s/27272506.jpg|47326016] is by Richelle Mead - who of course wrote the fantastic (despite title and plot description suggesting otherwise) Vampire Academy series. Rose Hathaway, the lead in that series, is an absolute standout character and our narrator here definitely falls short of her brilliance. She's certainly headstrong, kind, even occasionally funny, and willing to give up everything she's ever known for an adventure. It still comes across a little flat. Something that really nagged at me while reading: I couldn't find a single mention of her real name. Though a few suggestions indicate it may have been Elisabeth, it'd be nice to know for sure. It might help her feel more real.
The romance was also handled well, and although it was pretty obvious who the lead interest would be Mead does actually build it into something slow-moving and believable.
The religious angle was an intriguing direction to head in, and did add some much needed tension - the main "villain" is just a tad too obvious, too definitely clear-cut evil.
Apparantly the next books will cover the perspective of the other two main girls, who seemed to spend a lot of time "hiding secrets" - evidently so the plots of books two and three weren't spoiled. However it made for some awkward interactions where everyone in the end knows what's going on except for the reader, which just comes across uncomfortable rather than intriguing.
Lastly, all the focus on marriage and riches was very, very difficult to relate to for someone who has never specifically desired either. Sure, it'd be nice to live in luxury but not at the expense (ha! see what I did there?) of everything else important. Like freedom, love, ethics etc. At least all the characters were able to choose their own path, and not all aimed for fortune.
In all, a perfectly fine read that simply lacked a spark.
Kind of lame. Like she could have done so much better with the relationship between Cedric and Adelaide