artbysmashley 's review for:

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
3.0

I found myself a bit disconnected while reading this. Mostly, I never quite understood the setting or time. (Or genre?) I had to google to see where in time this book was happening. It is a strange mash up of future/post-apocalyptic and medieval - which is fine! But I think the setting falls to the wayside. Bits of this were very dense and a struggle to get through so I never felt truly attached to anything happening. Also. The description here alluded to a romance which - I don’t think there was any of? All in all, I think I wanted more from this. But I’m curious enough that I’ll read the others. This isn’t a binge reading series for me, though, and I’m going to read other things before continuing.