Reviews

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

sowhitemocha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

homosexualbats's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

strayfe_angel's review against another edition

5.0

LOVE - love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.

Yeah, loved it. I might literally die of anticipation before the next one comes out.

Hurry. Hurry. Hurry. Hurry!

callunavulgari's review against another edition

5.0

Despite the lack of Gen, I actually think that this one was my favorite.

katiebtatton's review against another edition

3.0

A Conspiracy of Kings follows Sophos, a character we met in the first novel in the series, as he fights to become the king he wants to be. It was hard to read this one because Gen is removed from the plot more often than I would like. He's the character I want to hear from and about, and the series moves away from him out of sad necessity.

hwymore's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

rubyredders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book made me love Sophos. He's such a lovable character who starts so full of doubts in himself who grows so beautifully over the course of the book. He is still him but he knows his worth by the end.

Seeing him and Helen reunited at the end

. I have to admit though, I missed not having Gen in the story more, he is just such a delightful menace. Despite the lesser number of pages I did find myself reading this one slower and I think a lot of it comes down to my favourite little guy not being in it more. Overall I enjoyed it, but after

the initial kidnapping/slavery plot and reuniting with Gen and Eddis etc - the war aspect we moved into -

my interest did drop off some

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

4saradouglas's review against another edition

1.0

Ugh... couldn't finish it. Giving up on this series.

nigellicus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious

5.0

HAHA MY PLAN TO READ LESS BOOKS THIS YEAR IS STILL ON TRACK HAHAHAHA GOODREADS THINKS I'M SOME SORT OF BOOK-READING ROBOT

Young Sophos, temporary heir to the throne until another one is born, gets kidnapped, is disguised with a bit of effective brutalirt, and hidden amongst slaves. Some fast thinking gets him away from his captors, but he is still a slave, and though he eventually escapes from that, his troubles really are just beginning, with his country at war, riven by civil war, and threatened by the manipulations of a hungry empire. 

Rousing, exciting, even swashbuckling stuff in a well-realised Mediterannean-flavoured fantasy setting. 

purplesilverink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0