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The Glittering Court
by Richelle Mead
This book was just okay for me. I liked the main character a lot. She spoke her mind and definitely made her own choices. I also liked some of the world building. The author created an interesting society that in many ways mirrors our own. Particularly, the religious aspects were handled really well.
I did have a few problems though. Firstly, I am so so tired of authors leaving plot holes in their stories so readers will want to pick up the next book. I can understand a good cliff hanger, but when you read a book and two of the main characters have secrets the entire book and you still don't know at the end it's just frustrating. I know that the author is setting up for the next two books and they will follow these other two characters, but it felt cheap to me. I want to pick up the next book in the series because I loved the first. It's hard for me to love a book when there are elements left unexplained for no reason. If the plot holes were revealed I think I would be picking up the next book, but I can't do it after this one left me so frustrated by not fully developing and revealing what was happening with two of the main characters.
Another problem I had with this book was that it just had so much going on as far as genre, which was okay. I just kept feeling like I was thrown out of the world a little bit when new elements were introduced. I mean in this one book we've got royalty, finishing school, sailing, colonization, religious persecution, wars with native people, romance, matchmaking, frontier life, mining for gold, art forgery, pirates, just to name some. Some of these aspects were odd and handled well, while others were done pretty well in my opinion.
As I said I'm not going to continue this series. I just need my books to wrap up as a complete story, not leave with so many frustrating loose ends. It still was an exciting read though, and if you are interested in the wild adventures of a princess turned commoner I would give it a try.
I did have a few problems though. Firstly, I am so so tired of authors leaving plot holes in their stories so readers will want to pick up the next book. I can understand a good cliff hanger, but when you read a book and two of the main characters have secrets the entire book and you still don't know at the end it's just frustrating. I know that the author is setting up for the next two books and they will follow these other two characters, but it felt cheap to me. I want to pick up the next book in the series because I loved the first. It's hard for me to love a book when there are elements left unexplained for no reason. If the plot holes were revealed I think I would be picking up the next book, but I can't do it after this one left me so frustrated by not fully developing and revealing what was happening with two of the main characters.
Another problem I had with this book was that it just had so much going on as far as genre, which was okay. I just kept feeling like I was thrown out of the world a little bit when new elements were introduced. I mean in this one book we've got royalty, finishing school, sailing, colonization, religious persecution, wars with native people, romance, matchmaking, frontier life, mining for gold, art forgery, pirates, just to name some. Some of these aspects were odd and handled well, while others were done pretty well in my opinion.
As I said I'm not going to continue this series. I just need my books to wrap up as a complete story, not leave with so many frustrating loose ends. It still was an exciting read though, and if you are interested in the wild adventures of a princess turned commoner I would give it a try.