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cat_is_ok 's review for:
A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty
by Stacia Stark
Ohhhh, now I understand why there were so many hateful rants about book one. I think most of those were really because they had already read this book. The author really decided to lean harder into every weakness in her characters and really force them to the forefront. The pace was so slow. It felt like it took forever for them to get their band together. The names in here are so bad and it gets worse every time I hear them. I wonder if she realized how any of them would sound out loud. We get to hear from the queen to show us her activities while Prisca and Lorian are running around trying to find artifacts and allies and taking long baths. It’s got a few instances of significant events, but presented in the most boring way. I struggled to finish this one. This one ends on a cliffhanger, with some characters literally falling into a chasm in the last sentence. I will probably try the next one, but I am going to take a break before I come back to this series.