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A review by alicesbookrecs
The Queen of Days by Greta Kelly
3.0
- Heist
- Time magic
- First and third person POVs
- Good writing
- Multiple povs
- Gods
- Good word building
Bal and his crew take on a new heist, with the addition of one new member ,- the Queen Of Days - one of the best thieves around. However, things start to go terribly wrong and although their were rumours that the Queen of Days wasn’t human nobody expected them to be true.
I loved the premise of this book when I first started it - an epic heist and a stranger that has time magic - but around the 30% mark I just couldn’t get into it anymore.
The plot wasn’t anything that special and my attention fizzled out pretty quickly. In terms of characters, I personally couldn’t get attached to them, my favourite was probably Tass and that’s only because she had cool powers. You just don’t really get attached to them or learn too much about certain others. I would have loved the see more of the crew being developed, Kai in particular.
But let’s talk about Bals character for a second. Bal has the worst leadership skills I’ve ever seen but he’s still somehow the leader of a team that his family follows despite it risking their lives? His obsession with his ex fiancé is also questionable as again, he puts his teams lives on the line for her despite her being indifferent to him. I just felt like these needed a bit more exploration.
The writing though was amazing throughout, with the world building being done really well throughout the book. However, the switch from first person in Bals pov to third person in Tass’ was initially a bit confusing; it would have made more sense if the world book was in first person or vice versa.
Thank you so much to Wunderkind PR for an arc of this - All opinions are my own
- Time magic
- First and third person POVs
- Good writing
- Multiple povs
- Gods
- Good word building
Bal and his crew take on a new heist, with the addition of one new member ,- the Queen Of Days - one of the best thieves around. However, things start to go terribly wrong and although their were rumours that the Queen of Days wasn’t human nobody expected them to be true.
I loved the premise of this book when I first started it - an epic heist and a stranger that has time magic - but around the 30% mark I just couldn’t get into it anymore.
The plot wasn’t anything that special and my attention fizzled out pretty quickly. In terms of characters, I personally couldn’t get attached to them, my favourite was probably Tass and that’s only because she had cool powers. You just don’t really get attached to them or learn too much about certain others. I would have loved the see more of the crew being developed, Kai in particular.
But let’s talk about Bals character for a second. Bal has the worst leadership skills I’ve ever seen but he’s still somehow the leader of a team that his family follows despite it risking their lives? His obsession with his ex fiancé is also questionable as again, he puts his teams lives on the line for her despite her being indifferent to him. I just felt like these needed a bit more exploration.
The writing though was amazing throughout, with the world building being done really well throughout the book. However, the switch from first person in Bals pov to third person in Tass’ was initially a bit confusing; it would have made more sense if the world book was in first person or vice versa.
Thank you so much to Wunderkind PR for an arc of this - All opinions are my own