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A review by thejay2xa
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
4.0
Let me begin by stating that this book is probably not for everyone.
This is coming from someone who was eager to begin the series because of how well-received it was when it first came out.
Poison Princess didn't make sense to me at all when I first started reading it. I find it challenging to comprehend the storyline, and I wonder whether I'm reading the first book because of how dreamily the story flows and how it was written. I think I was at about 80% when things started to make more sense.
I was thrown into the world of Evie, Jackson, The Flash, and Arcana without being given any information along the way (or maybe I'm just not paying attention enough), which left me guessing until all was revealed at the very end. It's gratifying to have eventually received the answers to my lingering questions along the way.
In all honesty, I found this book to be quite boring, but I kept telling myself that it will make sense at some point, and it did at the very end. I gave this four stars because I thought the conclusion worked well overall. The first half of the book was really boring for me because of the hazy descriptions of The Flash, Arcana, Cajun, Bagman, Death, Witch, and all the other shenanigans this book offers.
Overall, I felt that this novel had great potential. For me, it's a huge positive that the plot revolves around The Major Arcana and a dystopian backdrop. When the details poured in, I feel it was worth the initial haziness in the writing.
If you want to read something fresh and interesting, I suggest this book.
This is coming from someone who was eager to begin the series because of how well-received it was when it first came out.
Poison Princess didn't make sense to me at all when I first started reading it. I find it challenging to comprehend the storyline, and I wonder whether I'm reading the first book because of how dreamily the story flows and how it was written. I think I was at about 80% when things started to make more sense.
I was thrown into the world of Evie, Jackson, The Flash, and Arcana without being given any information along the way (or maybe I'm just not paying attention enough), which left me guessing until all was revealed at the very end. It's gratifying to have eventually received the answers to my lingering questions along the way.
In all honesty, I found this book to be quite boring, but I kept telling myself that it will make sense at some point, and it did at the very end. I gave this four stars because I thought the conclusion worked well overall. The first half of the book was really boring for me because of the hazy descriptions of The Flash, Arcana, Cajun, Bagman, Death, Witch, and all the other shenanigans this book offers.
Overall, I felt that this novel had great potential. For me, it's a huge positive that the plot revolves around The Major Arcana and a dystopian backdrop. When the details poured in, I feel it was worth the initial haziness in the writing.
If you want to read something fresh and interesting, I suggest this book.