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A review by sab432
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
4.0
4.25 STARS
I had such a fun time with this! I love when you pick up a book randomly and it just does everything you wanted from it.
I thought this was an engaging story which was really at its a core a mystery with a fantasy backdrop. It was unexpected as this was a good old whodunnit and it just reminded me how much i enjoy a mesh of those two genres. I couldn't put the book down, I wouldn't say it was the most action-packed story or anything but something about the way it was told with the various POVS, as well as the interesting plot twists made for a real page-turner.
The way that the author subverted my expectations on multiple occasions was great to watch unfold. For example when I assumed there are two different timelines happening at the same time for a large part of the book until your realise that isn't actually the case.
This wasn't the most overcomplicatrd, nuanced tale ever told but I say that as a compliment. It set out with a target and acheieved it imo. A perfect palette cleanser in between a chunky series or a heavy- hitter of a book.
I had such a fun time with this! I love when you pick up a book randomly and it just does everything you wanted from it.
I thought this was an engaging story which was really at its a core a mystery with a fantasy backdrop. It was unexpected as this was a good old whodunnit and it just reminded me how much i enjoy a mesh of those two genres. I couldn't put the book down, I wouldn't say it was the most action-packed story or anything but something about the way it was told with the various POVS, as well as the interesting plot twists made for a real page-turner.
The way that the author subverted my expectations on multiple occasions was great to watch unfold. For example when I assumed there are two different timelines happening at the same time for a large part of the book until your realise that isn't actually the case.
This wasn't the most overcomplicatrd, nuanced tale ever told but I say that as a compliment. It set out with a target and acheieved it imo. A perfect palette cleanser in between a chunky series or a heavy- hitter of a book.