A review by lighterthaneyre
The Queen of Crows by Myke Cole

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Less gore and violence in this than the first. There is more reflection of Heloise as a leader, not a young woman. The conflict between (somewhat naive) ideals and harsh realities. I'm honestly not sure how well I think it's been done. I think it will depend on how the last book plays out. 

RE: Heloise's character development

I think her actions towards the end of the book are very at odds with the black and white morality she's been espousing earlier. She cannot both be someone fighting only for freedom and justice, while also burning a man alive for betrayal, and craving vengeance in the form of a man's violent death. She stands by while her dad punches the turn coat into a pulp, and while they are right to be upset by the betrayal, they beat the man past speaking, past consciousness. That is not justice or self defense, that's the wet slap of meat, that's butchery.

RE: the plot

The ending was very out of left field, in my opinion. Not very well foreshadowed or earned. A classic deus ex machina that saps the momentum out of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence