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A review by purple_reads
The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout
1.0
Based on the previous two novels of this series, I had high hopes for this book. Yet I was incredibly disappointed.
I don’t even know where to start: the lack of character development transitioning, the overused jokes and witty banter, the pacing, the unneeded chapters or the cringeworthy romance.
To be honest, I did kind of enjoy the character Poppy became at the end of the book but the transition she had from the end of AKOFAF to the beginning of this book was just not there. It felt as if she changed overnight all for the sake of moving the plot along. She also moves with the plot and not the other way around; she never makes a choice in which she actually has another favourable option, the plot is forcing her to do things.
This book definitely did it for me with the overuse of jokes. How many times do we need to hear someone mention Poppy stabbing someone or Poppy asking Kieran questions? The witty banter didn’t even feel like banter anymore. It was boring and not fun to read about.
Furthermore, the pacing was totally off. The build up and lack of climax and then the amount of info-dumping we got was just totally off-key with each other.
Then there’s the amount of unneeded scenes and chapters. I almost DNFd because of these.
The romance got worse. The smut was horrible.
I only stayed for the plot and the cliffhanger was such a let down.
Great ideas and a lot of potential but the writing wasn’t handled well.
The only good thing to come of this were the plot twists.
Stars ~ 1
I don’t even know where to start: the lack of character development transitioning, the overused jokes and witty banter, the pacing, the unneeded chapters or the cringeworthy romance.
To be honest, I did kind of enjoy the character Poppy became at the end of the book but the transition she had from the end of AKOFAF to the beginning of this book was just not there. It felt as if she changed overnight all for the sake of moving the plot along. She also moves with the plot and not the other way around; she never makes a choice in which she actually has another favourable option, the plot is forcing her to do things.
This book definitely did it for me with the overuse of jokes. How many times do we need to hear someone mention Poppy stabbing someone or Poppy asking Kieran questions? The witty banter didn’t even feel like banter anymore. It was boring and not fun to read about.
Furthermore, the pacing was totally off. The build up and lack of climax and then the amount of info-dumping we got was just totally off-key with each other.
Then there’s the amount of unneeded scenes and chapters. I almost DNFd because of these.
The romance got worse. The smut was horrible.
I only stayed for the plot and the cliffhanger was such a let down.
Great ideas and a lot of potential but the writing wasn’t handled well.
The only good thing to come of this were the plot twists.
Stars ~ 1