Reviews

Savage Crowns by Matt Wallace

oworthyfool's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

5.0

irish's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

gabrielhawke's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

errantreads's review

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Finished! What a great and unique series. Wallace, @[email protected],  really knows how to paint a picture on the page. A fantasy, but without being a fantasy. Steampunkish, scifi-ish, fantasy-ish. Recommend. I even more highly recommend this series for folks who don't normally read series (like myself), and for folks who crave fantasy (-ish) written for adults (like myself).

Also notable: this series showcases female, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ empowerment in case that is a deciding factor for you.

And I can't say it often enough: the covers are bitchin'. :) #SavageRebellionTrilogy

bookgrrl's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

You know when you read a series, and you get to the last book, and you think “well that was kind of a let down”? 

Yeah, that doesn’t happen here.

This is the last book in the Savage Rebellion trilogy, and it is just as engaging and well done as the previous two books. I think overall my favorite character is Evie, but I have a real soft spot for Bam 🥰. 

I definitely want to compliment @mattfnwallace for the overall writing of our main characters, who are all women. Unfortunately many male writers do a poor job with female characters, in that they focus a bit too much on their physical appearance, or just turn them into stereotypical caricatures (ladies, you know what I’m talking about). But here they are written like, I dare say, male characters. They are badasses in their own right, not due to their gender, and this is so overdue in the literary world. Bravo!

Please please give this series a chance, you’ll be happy you did!

Thank you to NetGalley & Gallery Books for this advance reader copy. All opinions are my own.