librarianshell 's review for:

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

3.0

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Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte was a bit of a confusing read. I found the mix between the somewhat Victorian? time period and the modern/magical technology to be hard to digest. It almost seemed steampunk like, but not? Also, the 4 quadrants reminded me of Divergent. That being said, the premise was super interesting. The alternating viewpoints between Kera and the Queens kept me devouring the pages to find out what happened next. Not a bad book for being a debut, but also not a great one. I think it needed more continuity.

Spoiler

I also found the HIDRA thing, the body suit things (living organisms???) and the "technology" on the comm chips to all be quite far fetched and just odd and out of place

I would've really enjoyed this with just the palace intrigue, 4 Dead Queens, and Kera, minus all the sci-fi add ins.