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A review by sagittarian
A Throne of Ruin by K.F. Breene
2.0
this was just as absurd, with just as much laughably bad, cringe-worthy dialogue as the first book, but somehow managed to be a smidge more enjoyable. i chalk that solely up to the last few chapters of the book, where a plot developed! a scheme was undertaken! and the reader was given breadcrumbs to follow instead of being force-fed information via a costumed butler!
if you have a trashy reality TV guilty pleasure, this book may be for you. once i got past (read: accepted, begrudgingly) the many, many flaws this book has, and focused all of my energy on the relationship between finley and nyfain, it wasn't....terrible. the last few chapters were especially exciting, but i'm not sure i can, in good conscience, recommend this as a read for anyone who has read even one good fantasy romance book in their life.
it's silly, it's problematic, it's full of sex to the detriment of plot, pacing, dialogue, and any of the things usually integral to a story's composition, but despite that...it was sort of fun? i'm not sure if it was actually better than its predecessor, or if i merely desensitized myself by reading these back to back. 2 stars for the scheming. (and a little for the smut. just a little.)
if you have a trashy reality TV guilty pleasure, this book may be for you. once i got past (read: accepted, begrudgingly) the many, many flaws this book has, and focused all of my energy on the relationship between finley and nyfain, it wasn't....terrible. the last few chapters were especially exciting, but i'm not sure i can, in good conscience, recommend this as a read for anyone who has read even one good fantasy romance book in their life.
it's silly, it's problematic, it's full of sex to the detriment of plot, pacing, dialogue, and any of the things usually integral to a story's composition, but despite that...it was sort of fun? i'm not sure if it was actually better than its predecessor, or if i merely desensitized myself by reading these back to back. 2 stars for the scheming. (and a little for the smut. just a little.)