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Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel

6 reviews

mrshays's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-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

Steve West as Richard was astounding in the audiobook narration.

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maxinesf's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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spootilious's review

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Read: October 17, 2023
Title: Solomon’s Crown

Author: Natasha Siegal

Genre: Historical Fiction / LGBTQ Romance
Rating: 3.5 / 5
Review:

This book was very cute. There was no real feeling of suspense or worry despite the subjects of war and the like. So, I would classify the novel as a ‘Cozy’ Historical Fiction though I am unsure if others would agree.

The prose was beautiful and well written, reminding me a log of Song of Achilles, and each character was well rounded and unique.

This book was given such a high rating, not because I enjoyed it (tbh I was quite bored with most of it, though it’s obvious that I am not the target audience) but rather because I can not find many faults with the book. The two that I did find were simply that the book’s pace was slow and monotonous, and there were many repetitive aspects of the main characters.

Overall, though, It was definitely a solid read and highly recommend it to individuals that enjoy Historical Fiction and Cozy LGBT novels.

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TW:
Minor: War, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

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jpitts's review

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Meh. I really don't have much at all to say about this. I guess I'm just not into this kind of like...medieval European politics RPF. I just got bored.

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caseythereader's review

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Thanks to Random House for the free advance copy of this book.

- OH MY HEART, THIS BOOK! I never thought I would care about European kings from a thousand years ago but now I will go into battle for Philip and Richard.
- SOLOMON'S CROWN envisions the rival kings as secret lovers, opposites inexorably drawn to each other. They both know the relationship can never be, and both fall into it willingly anyway.
- Be forewarned that there is a lot of political gamesmanship here, as they are warring over a few duchys throughout the book. But Siegel makes it all fairly easy to follow, and of course, the relationship between the two kings is really the driving force of the book.

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hilwithonel's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

beautifully written, absolutely breathtaking love story. I loved all the main characters in this story and rooted so hard for Phillip and Richard. Fantastic writing and beautiful romance.

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