A review by psydneigh
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The things Isolde says and does are the epitome of cringe imo. This girl was raised as a princess. She might not like being prim, but damn you couldn’t fake it til you make it? I also think the dialogue got a bit repetitive at times.
I feel like Isolde was prejudiced to the point of being annoying. I get that she’s supposed to have had these grudges since she was born, but her inner dialogue shows her questioning what’s true and she waits how fucking long to check out the library? 

Also all the killing and punishment at court by Isolde and Adrian? Wtf?! I get it, but it also seemed like Adrian wasn’t all psycho before bringing her to the castle so it all just seemed like a little much.
 

All in all, I enjoyed but to me, this wasn’t anything special.
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