athryn 's review for:

The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge

3.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After the previous two books, I was really looking forward to this. Unfortunately it was a bit of a slog. She opened up the world and universe but didn't really take advantage of it. There's a lot of time spent just spinning the wheels of the plot and doing a lot of setup and then quickly resolving things. It felt bloated. It did finally pick up near the end of the book, but I just didn't enjoy this one as much as I did The Snow Queen.