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One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

5 reviews

maple_dove's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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lizzie___'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I love the series, but I felt that with this book the author really just tried to create a opening for as many sequels as possible, as some choices she made during the story clearly leave holes that give oportunity for a longer series... It kinda made me mad (?) 'cuz the story would be better/more interesting (in my opinion) if she didn't tried to make so many turns and plot twists!

With Katherine being the Queen we would still have an opening for AT LEAST one more sequel... Like how things would go whit the execution of her sisters (the discovery of Arsinoe's real gift and Mirabella facing Luca during her execution knowing the temple "trade" her for chairs in the council since she refuse to kill her sisters), what would happen with Jules and even how Katherine would deal with the fact that her king is dead and she has to hide it from EVERYONE... Would she manage to do that? The consequences for the island, her relationship with Pietyr, Genevieve being the new chief of the Arrons and the council (that now counts with a heavy presence of the temple), what really happened to Katherine and the forgotten queens...

It's just that the history could develope so much without her clearly molding it to go in a certain way to make it longer or without caracters making really boderline dumb and incoherent decisions in the name of leadin the history to places!

like when they decided to not sacrifice Jules even with her having the legion curse in name of "calmin down Wolf Spring" when is know that's a island tradicion to do things that way and that she was already disliked by them, how Billy's dad killed Natalia and they never even tried to look for Billy after that, how they sent just 3 really weak guards to escort Mirabella when she's know to be the most powerfull one, how when Katherine is crowned everyone is still treatin the other sisters like queens and obeying then even when it leads to then scaping, how only 12 members of the gift of the war (WHO WHERE SUPPOSE TO BE FUCKING WEAK 'CUZ OF THE GENERATIONS WITHOUT A QUEEN OF THEIR KIND) were able do destroy every single guard of the Volroy without being caught and how the council only was informed of the queens escape a freaking day later

Still it's a good read if you just want to have a good time and don't care that much about the series :)

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rinku's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

In the second book of the Three Dark Crown series, One Dark Throne, the pace of the story finally picks up and the stakes are higher than ever. While the first book was more an introduction to the characters and the world, the battle between the sisters intensifies here and gets more dramatic-

I’m still so much invested in this intriguing story. Since I’ve bounded so much already with certain characters, I was always worried that something terrible would happen to them. This leads to a more suspenseful atmosphere than before. Adding to this is that Katharine has lost her mind which makes her even more unpredictable than before. Besides her, the other two queens develop so much in the course of the story which was amazing to see. Thanks to the many different POVs besides the sisters, we get a closer insight in the politics of Fennbirn and how they play a huge role in the fight for the throne.

The ending was so dramatic as well:

It was so hard to see how Katharine became the queen and how Mirabella and Arsinoe couldn’t do anything to prevent it. They should be executed as well but Arsinoe was able to fake her own death while Mirabella thought it was her real death. Natalia’s death was so dramatic too, just as Nioclas’ death was brutal. After this, it is revealed that Katharine is barren, meaning that the whole system of the queens will probably end and nobody knows what will happen then. In the end, Mirabella and Arsinoe are able to flee but Joseph dies, and Jules goes back to Fennbirn

I’ve said it before, but all the characters are so well written. I’ve bounded so much with some of them (like Arsinoe and Jules) that I’m always worried that something will happen to them. My opinion on the queens has also changed a bit; the main ranking is still the same (Arsinoe > Mirabella > Katharine) but I don’t like Katharine now at all.

I mentioned this as well before, but I love that are only females in power positions. Besides this, there are so many great female characters. In comparison, the male characters, and the love triangle every queen has are just not great. I hate how Joseph couldn’t make a decision, and Pietyr’s justification for what he did was so weird.

In summary, One Dark Throne took all what made the first book great and extended upon it. There’s so much potential for the rest of the story since so many things happened that will change everything.

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bookishgoob's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking sequel. part of me doesn’t want to go to the next book from the fear of my heart breaking even more. Katharine is terrible and i can not stand any of the arryns. this book series is such an adventure and i very much recommend it

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emily_mh's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-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

3.25

I feel pretty much the same about this instalment as I did about Three Dark Crowns: this book had the same selling points and pitfalls. I added a quarter star to the rating as the second half is better and has definitely breathed new life into the plot line; I’m intrigued to see where the series goes next.

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