721 reviews for:

The Rivaled Crown

Holly Renee

3.49 AVERAGE

micachu_reads's review against another edition

3.0

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I had to drag myself to the finish line for this and I’m quite sad about it.

I was very excited for the finale to this trilogy because I absolutely loved book 1, Veiled Kingdom, and while I thought book 2, Hunted Heir, was too short with nothing really relevant happening, I still enjoyed it.

Rivaled Crown, however, started out pretty strong. It immediately locked in my attention and I practically devoured the first 25% and then…it just dragged on and on and onnnnnn….

And to be honest, it was quite cringe.

Seriously, I was cringing most of the time that Dacre and Verena are talking to each other because it’s literally consistently extremely POETIC.

I swear no couple speaks like this ALL THE TIME, not even in fantasy books.

They rarely had any normal conversation. Every time they talk to each other, it’s like someone shoved down a poetry book down both their throats.

The ending was pretty anticlimactic. It’s weird that Dacre’s dad was redeemed when he’s basically President Coin from Hunger Games. It was weird.

I just really truly enjoyed the first quarter hence the 3 stars.

Oh and plus the spicy scenes are actually good. At least when they’re going to poundtown, they talk like normal people.

starlight_seas's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

haleywillreadit's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

charleypie2912's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aliekevanreemst's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sam_cranford's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional 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

aworsey's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful fast-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: No

thereissara's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

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Écriture bof, description bcp trop longue pour rien et plot trop prévisible, on se lasse des perso

jennylee825's review against another edition

2.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

chr1st1e's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes