krilves 's review for:

The True Queen by Zen Cho

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I think I might've enjoyed this more than the first book? Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the first book and it was exactly the kind of funny book I wanted at the time. This one has much of the same wit of the first one, but it feels a lot more serious - maybe because prunella isn't the main POV character this time ? Muna and Henrietta feel much more grounded as characters. Anyway, I loved this book. I liked that though it isn't a direct sequel as such, it still follows chronologically and with many of the same characters. I loved the plot and I'm so happy about the resolution - I read somewhere that endings need to have done kind of sacrifice following a big showdown; there must be *some* kind of loss (not necessarily of life) to go with the resolution. I've seen it in other books and sometimes it works! However I am REALLY happy we didn't get that kind of ending here. On the whole, everyone came out of it unscathed (and some, better off) and ALSO we got the happy sapphic romance I'd been hoping for at the end too. Perfect. Excellent. Exactly what I wanted.