travelling_bookworm 's review for:

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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“Rule thirteen: Only a queen may shoot upon the throne. When she takes the throne, she accepts the responsibility to rule the quadrant until her dying day.”

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A story with a great idea, fun execution, with a twisty timeline and compelling characters but there is just something missing that I can’t quite put my finger on. 

I really like the idea of a YA murder mystery overall, and with this book we get glimpses of both the past and present, which gives the mystery a very fun pace. There were some plotholes or convenient omissions, but the story overall was gripping and unpredictable enough that I enjoyed the story to the end.