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The Rivaled Crown

Holly Renee

3.49 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

 Oh my GOSH!!! I could just go on and on about how good this book/series is but that would be too much. I can't say too much but WOW at the betrayal, it was a shocker. I also just adore the grandmother, she is amazing. There was some truly sweet adorable moments and then some very spicy ones too. Little traitor has never been such a compliment. Must read series πŸ’― 

✨ 𝑨𝑹π‘ͺ π‘Ήπ’†π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π‘Ήπ’Šπ’—π’‚π’π’†π’… π‘ͺπ’“π’π’˜π’ π’ƒπ’š π‘―π’π’π’π’š 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒆 ✨

The perfect ending to The Veiled Kingdom series!

Dacre has owned my heart since The Hunted Heir, and seeing his devotion and growth in this book made me love him even more.
Holly Renee gave us everything β€” tension, loyalty, spice, heartbreak, and an epic romance that felt so earned.

This finale was emotional, fast-paced, and utterly satisfying. I’ll be thinking about Dacre and Verena for a long time!

Thank you so much to Holly Renee for the eARC β€” I’m so grateful to have lived in this world early!
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DID NOT FINISH: 36%

I don’t think I can finish this one. I took a pause because I was so bored bad it’s been way too long. I don’t even care to find out how it ends. So much filler it feels like nothing is even happening. 

Update: I finally finished by reading the dialogue only. This was rough. Had potential to be so much better but fell short in so many ways. As others have said, the heavy backstory presented in this book would’ve been better intertwined throughout all three books. The characters lacked depth. It was repetitive. Unfortunate, because I enjoyed the first book of the series greatly, but the other two got worse and worse.

Initial: I have 40 pages left and I can’t finish. Book one of this series was interesting. Books two and three are not worth your time.
adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Surprised I didn't DNF if I'm honest 
challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First book was good and then it was all down hill from there.  Think I'll skip this author from now on.  I like her first books and then can't stand the rest.