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The Crowns of Croswald
by D.E. Night
4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Thank you to the publishers and Net Galley for giving me a copy of this book! This is my honest review, all views are my own.
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This was a wild ride! I was captivated by the story, I loved how descriptive and lively the narration was, and I thought the writing perfectly encapsulated the craziness of the world. The story was fun, but it got a little confusing occasionally. The beginning has some info-dumping, and I wish that the introduction wasn’t so jarring a difference from the first chapter and the actual story… Though the introduction does get explained later in the book! The main character, Ivy Lovely, is cute, headstrong, and willing to break a few rules to solve a mystery, but she is relatively new to the world of magic and it’s sometimes a stretch to understand how she made certain conclusions. The side characters are a little flimsier (some character names are mentioned as if they’re friends of Ivy’s, yet they’re never mentioned otherwise), so I hope they develop in the later books. As for the magic: I’m sure this book has been compared to Harry Potter for its magic school trope, but it’s a world of its own that holds up considerably well! The magic system is interesting, but not so complex as to make it confusing. The only confusion I truly had was from the glanagerie, which were used in a strange way near the end. Despite any confusion, I thought this book was super fun and deserves a solid 4 stars!
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Thank you to the publishers and Net Galley for giving me a copy of this book! This is my honest review, all views are my own.
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This was a wild ride! I was captivated by the story, I loved how descriptive and lively the narration was, and I thought the writing perfectly encapsulated the craziness of the world. The story was fun, but it got a little confusing occasionally. The beginning has some info-dumping, and I wish that the introduction wasn’t so jarring a difference from the first chapter and the actual story… Though the introduction does get explained later in the book! The main character, Ivy Lovely, is cute, headstrong, and willing to break a few rules to solve a mystery, but she is relatively new to the world of magic and it’s sometimes a stretch to understand how she made certain conclusions. The side characters are a little flimsier (some character names are mentioned as if they’re friends of Ivy’s, yet they’re never mentioned otherwise), so I hope they develop in the later books. As for the magic: I’m sure this book has been compared to Harry Potter for its magic school trope, but it’s a world of its own that holds up considerably well! The magic system is interesting, but not so complex as to make it confusing. The only confusion I truly had was from the glanagerie, which were used in a strange way near the end. Despite any confusion, I thought this book was super fun and deserves a solid 4 stars!