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The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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glddstwmn's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This would be camp if it wasn't sincere.

I feel like there was so much potential for a good story and it was completely wasted.
I enjoyed the basis of the plot and the conflicts I felt made sense to the story line, but good lord, the dialogue is some of the worst I've ever read. Genuinely Ive read ao3 fanfics written better than this. Everytime I started to think the story was getting good or it was redeeming itself, the dialogue ruined it.

Idk how Casteel puts up with Poppy but honestly he is just as insufferable. All the characters personalities are flat, Poppy is "nOt liKe oThEr GiRls", a huge pick-me, and everyone just eats it up??

It took me until a few chapters into this book that there are two guys "Malec/k", I thought she was misspelling the name the entire series. Also both opposing queens names are too similar and it was confusing. These are all side characters that are only talked about we don't really meet them throughout the story so I felt that made it more confusing.

The ending was a cop out, imo. once the twist happened in chapter 46, I just skipped ahead to the last chapter and read from there.

I was really hoping that since they were married now, there would be some good smutty scenes but there was like 3? 4? and they were mid at best.

Tbh, I think I'm avoiding this author from now on.

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kaylsa8's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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kittykels's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

It was nice for there to finally be more action and less endless, rambling thoughts.

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bvanness428's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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frantically's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

For the first 80% or so, I was OBSESSED. Casteel Da'Neer the man you are 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Cas and Poppy are my babies 🥺 could've read about them for another 800 pages. What I don't wanna read about is worldbuilding/info-dumping. Throughout this book, there's at least 5 theories on who Poppy's parents are. I'm TIRED. Noone's who they say they is. Everything is a lie. I have no clue what's going on anymore ngl 😭 and I cba to try and figure it out

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zomigi's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

This book has an overwhelming amount of exposition! Way too much. The action scenes and sex scenes were very good, and I adored the little break in the middle to take a fluffy little stroll around Evaemon. But it felt like most it was characters explaining stuff to Poppy.

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4.0

Casteel and Poppy meet Casteel's parents. Poppy learns the truth about her biological parents, and she gets answers about Tawny and Ian. Poppy and Casteel

ascend the throne together.

This book felt like a filler book. I am 100% here for the Cas/Poppy romance story. The mythology of the world is interesting, but I am having a hard time understanding the difference between a deity and a god. The ending was too rushed. Casteel and Poppy's plan to overthrow the Blood Crown felt risky and rushed.

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