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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
This book was quite disappointing.
Firstly, when you jump into the story it's really hard to understand the world, because they started out using terms of the people of each quadrant with only a brief explanation blurb at the beginning. I constantly had to go back and review the characteristics of the quadrant and what the author was trying to imply. I also didn't like the writing style with multiple POVs. I feel like you don't even get a good feel for the characters. At least not enough to make you care if they died.
I kind of saw the plot twist coming, but just didn't understand how they would execute it. Many things were predictable and I found Keralie so frustratingly dumb. Like they should have just warned people as soon as they got to the capital. they could have prevented all the deaths if the queens were more cautious of the situation. Then it was clear she was the scapegoat and she still was like I'm gonna solve this mystery. Insert eyeroll here.
As mentioned, I just found the whole thing overall and disappointment.
Firstly, when you jump into the story it's really hard to understand the world, because they started out using terms of the people of each quadrant with only a brief explanation blurb at the beginning. I constantly had to go back and review the characteristics of the quadrant and what the author was trying to imply. I also didn't like the writing style with multiple POVs. I feel like you don't even get a good feel for the characters. At least not enough to make you care if they died.
I kind of saw the plot twist coming, but just didn't understand how they would execute it. Many things were predictable and I found Keralie so frustratingly dumb. Like they should have just warned people as soon as they got to the capital. they could have prevented all the deaths if the queens were more cautious of the situation. Then it was clear she was the scapegoat and she still was like I'm gonna solve this mystery. Insert eyeroll here.
As mentioned, I just found the whole thing overall and disappointment.
This book was a wild ride! I loved the world building and the mystery--and that twist completely shocked me! I know this is a standalone but I wouldn't mind more books about Quadara in the future!
If you are like me and love Kingdom (or here Queendom) and royalty story, you need to read For Dead Queens!!!
I listen to that book on audible and I really liked it ! This was a two reader cast, one for the four Queen's and one for Keralie. The cast is one of the thing I really enjoyed about that book. I really loved both narrator of the book.
Four dead Queen's is a story about the Queendom of Quadara, who's divided in four quartlet, each one govern by a different Queen. We followed Keralie and Varin who are trying too saved the four Queen's.
We then unravel a wonderful and complexe plot story that I enjoyed SO much. They're a lot of plot twist all along the book and each one are done so well written I never see one coming. Every time I thought that something was about to happened or that something was done by this or that person, I was wrong. In this book, what you thing is obvious really is not. There's no time in this book when nothing happens. There is always something that's going on in the main story or in a sub-plot and that's something I really enjoyed.
I felt really attached to Keralie and Varin, I loved them both so much and cared about them all along the story. The characters are well developed and complexed, the relations between all of them are also complexe and well explained during the entire book.
I listen to that book mostly in my car so it took me a lot of time to finish it but even when I didn't pick it up for a couple of day's I was never lost in the story. By the end of it, I was listening to the book while working because I needed to know how it will end.
I listen to that book on audible and I really liked it ! This was a two reader cast, one for the four Queen's and one for Keralie. The cast is one of the thing I really enjoyed about that book. I really loved both narrator of the book.
Four dead Queen's is a story about the Queendom of Quadara, who's divided in four quartlet, each one govern by a different Queen. We followed Keralie and Varin who are trying too saved the four Queen's.
We then unravel a wonderful and complexe plot story that I enjoyed SO much. They're a lot of plot twist all along the book and each one are done so well written I never see one coming. Every time I thought that something was about to happened or that something was done by this or that person, I was wrong. In this book, what you thing is obvious really is not. There's no time in this book when nothing happens. There is always something that's going on in the main story or in a sub-plot and that's something I really enjoyed.
I felt really attached to Keralie and Varin, I loved them both so much and cared about them all along the story. The characters are well developed and complexed, the relations between all of them are also complexe and well explained during the entire book.
I listen to that book mostly in my car so it took me a lot of time to finish it but even when I didn't pick it up for a couple of day's I was never lost in the story. By the end of it, I was listening to the book while working because I needed to know how it will end.
December was a weird month for me. I didn’t know what I was in the mood to read, I suffered one book, started another and DNF’d it. Right when everything seemed darkest and I was on the edge of a slump, I casually found this book whilst voting for the Book Shimmy Awards by Epic Reads. A standalone, and a title I recognized from Bookstagram. I quickly looked up the title, found out it was a murder mystery set in a fantasy world, and immediately procured myself a copy.
Four Dead Queens saved me from my reading slump.
The world is the first thing that I immediately fell in love with. I loved the idea of a nation ruled by four queens, the Queenly Law, the quadrants. I found it original and immediately enjoyable. The pacing is the second. There was hardly a dull moment, and the book was set up in a way that reminded me of a movie. The alternating points of views between the protagonist, Keralie, and the four queens, built up the plot and the mystery. Keralie and Varin discover the queens are dead, and at the same time, you see the points of views of the queens. For someone who lives on reruns of Murder, She Wrote, I found this really interesting, because it gave me the opportunity to try and investigate.
There was a moment I wasn’t liking where the resolution was leading—just one moment—but to explain it would lead me to accidentally spoil the plot and I won’t do that, not only because spoiling is a sin, but because it would ruin the fun of reading several plot twists, one of which blew my mind!
I definitely recommend this book to everyone who loves reading about a good mystery, or simply a fast-paced story, and to those who love books with the character dynamic where she is a devil and he’s a cinnamon roll.
Four Dead Queens saved me from my reading slump.
The world is the first thing that I immediately fell in love with. I loved the idea of a nation ruled by four queens, the Queenly Law, the quadrants. I found it original and immediately enjoyable. The pacing is the second. There was hardly a dull moment, and the book was set up in a way that reminded me of a movie. The alternating points of views between the protagonist, Keralie, and the four queens, built up the plot and the mystery. Keralie and Varin discover the queens are dead, and at the same time, you see the points of views of the queens. For someone who lives on reruns of Murder, She Wrote, I found this really interesting, because it gave me the opportunity to try and investigate.
There was a moment I wasn’t liking where the resolution was leading—just one moment—but to explain it would lead me to accidentally spoil the plot and I won’t do that, not only because spoiling is a sin, but because it would ruin the fun of reading several plot twists, one of which blew my mind!
I definitely recommend this book to everyone who loves reading about a good mystery, or simply a fast-paced story, and to those who love books with the character dynamic where she is a devil and he’s a cinnamon roll.
This is the second book that feels very slow in the beginning and middle. After the midpoint, these books have started to shine and the last hundred pages are awesome 🌟 Four Dead Queens had that same thing going on, but there were few other structural differences too that I did not much care about. I do not want to share because of spoilers, but trust me with this. The time goes differently in this book.
The world-building looked first to be exceptional but then it started to crumble. The Queenly Law woke up several questions and the stories about the Eonist way if life were horrible. Sorry, this is just mothers perspective.
This book might have worked better as a screenplay and in a tv series. There was lot going on, but it was written slowly and I did not like the third person perspectives at all (my opinion). Those were needed though so the writer could not do it another way around.
There is lot I’d like to say, but I hate spoilers, so I leave it like this: Read the book! It is a good read and you wont waste your time. Just don’t expect it to blow your mind like I did when I read the description of a ”mystery” book in the fantasy genre.
The world-building looked first to be exceptional but then it started to crumble. The Queenly Law woke up several questions and the stories about the Eonist way if life were horrible. Sorry, this is just mothers perspective.
This book might have worked better as a screenplay and in a tv series. There was lot going on, but it was written slowly and I did not like the third person perspectives at all (my opinion). Those were needed though so the writer could not do it another way around.
There is lot I’d like to say, but I hate spoilers, so I leave it like this: Read the book! It is a good read and you wont waste your time. Just don’t expect it to blow your mind like I did when I read the description of a ”mystery” book in the fantasy genre.
Dystopian/Sci-Fi. I did enjoy this book, I would never read it again though which is why I gave it the rating I did.
Four queens are dead. Why? Who killed them? In this dystopian/Sci-fi Keralie is on the hunt to find the queens murderer(s) so she can win a dose of Hydra to save her father - who is critically ill with days left to live. Can Keralie find the murderer(s) before she too gets pulled in to the web of chaos? Only time will tell, but time is ticking and she doesn’t have long.
Four queens are dead. Why? Who killed them? In this dystopian/Sci-fi Keralie is on the hunt to find the queens murderer(s) so she can win a dose of Hydra to save her father - who is critically ill with days left to live. Can Keralie find the murderer(s) before she too gets pulled in to the web of chaos? Only time will tell, but time is ticking and she doesn’t have long.
This was so captivating until the climax. The ending was too rushed and convenient and didn’t fit with the rest of the book.
I had this book recommended to me so many times, that when I seen this book in the book store, I couldn’t resist.
This was such a wonderful story with so many twists and turns, that I never seen them coming. I thought I knew where this plot line was going, but it surprised me every time.
While the first few chapters were overloaded with a lot of information, I had a hard time remembering everything as the story went on. I had wished the overload on information was spread out through the book.
I’d love to see more that this wonderful author can offer, seeing as this was her debut novel. I can’t wait for more!
This was such a wonderful story with so many twists and turns, that I never seen them coming. I thought I knew where this plot line was going, but it surprised me every time.
While the first few chapters were overloaded with a lot of information, I had a hard time remembering everything as the story went on. I had wished the overload on information was spread out through the book.
I’d love to see more that this wonderful author can offer, seeing as this was her debut novel. I can’t wait for more!
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes