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Crown and Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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somberliving's review against another edition

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I couldn’t get over a number of things. 

The constant, unnecessary sex scenes. So many. At least one a chapter. And they were always the same thing?  I love a good steamy scene, but you get to a point where you skip it because you know it’ll just be a mirror of the scene from last chapter. 

The insufferable obsession of the main character by the love interest. It’s cheesy to the point that I hate them instead of ship/love them. 

The cheesy/cliche trope of everyone being impressed by the main character. I get it, P is surprisingly powerful, but her words, choices, actions, and looks are always praised as being perfect. It’s unrealistic and makes every character interaction predictable. 

The fact that nothing happens. Is Armentrout even following a plot or is she just trying to increase the amount of books published, thereby increasing the amount of money she makes out of this series? 41% done and I swear nothing has happened except the thing that was so painfully obvious if you were paying any bit of attention in the last book. Also, this all should have happened in the last book- I don’t even count this as part of the plot of this one. 

Overall - unimpressed. Cliche. Only gets the hype because of the sex scenes (I wouldn’t even call them steamy because they happen so often the magic is lost). Would not recommend unless you’ve never read a book before. 







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bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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kifirth95's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0


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mybookthrone's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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


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juliette_95's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I really wanted to give this book 5 stars but it's obvious that it wasn't throughly edited and there was A LOT that could be cut out making it easier to read and you wouldn't lose anything from the plot of the story. I don't need 2 paragraphs describing everyone's appearance JLA come on. 

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