A review by ravensandlace
Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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It’s always so sad to see a series you’ve loved from the start, come to end. Even if the ending was a great one, like this one was, I still can’t help but feel a little bit sad that we won’t be getting anymore of these books. I do have one more book to read, a prequel, but other than that, this series is finished for me. I think, down the road, I’ll write a series review of this series. In this review, I’ll briefly touch on the ending of this series but for the most part, this review will be mostly about this book and my thoughts about it. 

This wouldn’t be a review about the Three Dark Crowns series if I didn’t mention my love for Katharine. She is still my absolute favorite queen. I still think she is the best queen out of all of them. Her growth in this book was amazing and I truly thought she embodied what it meant to be a queen. And I think deep down, she just wanted to be loved. That’s all anybody can ask for me in life, to be honest. 

The other queens, Mirabella and Arsinoe, were okay. I liked them but they aren’t my favorite. Arinsoe still had a pretty abrasive personality that didn’t get any better throughout the whole book. I don’t much care for abrasive personality types. It gets frustrating to read. Mirabella was okay, as well. She didn't have a lot of page time, which honestly didn’t bother me too much. I wanted more of Katharine. 

The reason why I rated this book 3.5 stars is because this book was so slow. The series itself is a pretty slow series. There is a lot of political intrigue and planning throughout the whole series but especially in this one. There were a lot of pages of feelings and planning. There weren't a lot of things actually happening. The major events happened far and few inbetween. It really made me not want to read this book. 

Overall, this was a good book. I did enjoy myself, for the most part, while reading this book. I still very much adored my Katharine. I thought she was the best part of this whole book and the series as a whole. The end of this book left a lot of room to have a potentially brand new series, which I hope happens. Overall, I’m glad I finished this book and I’m glad I finished this series.  
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