A review by sweetmisty
How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole

4.0

This is my first time reading Alyssa Cole’s books and im not disappointed. I like how it switched between the main characters, Shanti and Sanyu, showing their perspective of things but also how they react on the outside to other people. At first I was skeptical when Shanti said her goal was to be queen, which reflected a lot of the thoughts and reactions that people had to her dreams in the book. However, she is progressive, socially aware, and compassionate enough to explain something that might be obvious to her in a way that doesn’t make someone feel bad. I really liked that about her. Sanyu was an interesting character cuz he always listened to what the people he looked up to had to say but he wasn’t stuck in his ways. He just wanted to have the right answers to please everyone and he had to learn that it was hard, especially as king. Wonderful writing. Great character development. I can totally see the chemistry between Sanyu and Shanti but they were both so annoying for trying to reject their feelings. Musoke really triggered me cuz his reasoning for being the way that he is (manipulative/sad/annoying) made no sense. It’s giving hopeless romantic lowkey (except he used intangible violence to make himself feel better).