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A review by kieracaspall
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
2.5
I feel like I should have liked this but it just wasn’t what i’d hoped. If a book is coming in just shy of 600 pages, I want to feel invested in the characters, want to feel like I KNOW the characters! Yet there were moments in the final third where I was going wait…who?!
Unfortunately it just didn’t really do any of what it set out to do. As a historical fiction, I felt like I didn’t come away informed enough about the time period it was set in. The romance line was flimsy and undeveloped. The characters lacked depth and didn’t catch my interest.
Overall it wasn’t a terrible book, just very smack bang average, and probably not one that i’ll remember very well. I’m unlikely to read the next one.
Unfortunately it just didn’t really do any of what it set out to do. As a historical fiction, I felt like I didn’t come away informed enough about the time period it was set in. The romance line was flimsy and undeveloped. The characters lacked depth and didn’t catch my interest.
Overall it wasn’t a terrible book, just very smack bang average, and probably not one that i’ll remember very well. I’m unlikely to read the next one.