A review by piperclover
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I didn't realize this was going to be a deep intense fantasy plot line so I was unsure for a while if I would like it bc I usually go for more light hearted whimsical fantasy but I enjoyed this so much. The only reasons I can't give this 5 stars is that at 75% of the book we were at the peak tension building up to the climax and then we hit the obligatory makeout scene that killed so much tension and was absolutely not the right time for it. I hate that so so much. 

The other reason is that there are up to 5 povs simultaneously until the very end and on top of that there's multiple timelines and eventually they do merge and everything makes sense but I don't appreciate that personally bc it makes it hard for me to keep track of.  The narrators are really good at distinguishing the voices so it wasn't necessarily that I had trouble keeping track of who was who, it was just that everyone had so much information and there were so many different moving parts. I really loved though that all of the POVs except Keralie's were in third person. But because we got so many POVs from so many different people it really stood out that we didn't get a single POV from the love interest. We were in on everything except him which makes no sense and really bothered me. 

 The main character and the love interest are both really interesting and I love the character growth that they both went through and I really enjoyed the ending. I really enjoyed the story itself. 
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