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desiree930 's review for:
Three Dark Crowns
by Kendare Blake
This book was such a surprise for me. I had heard some mixed things about it, so I went into it a little hesitant. Fortunately, I ended up really enjoying it!
This is by no means a perfect book. There are some elements that were and still are a little confusing to me. There are some characters that are referenced but not seen. There are some relationships that took me a minute to figure out. And there are a lot of characters to keep track of. Also, some of the world-building is a little shaky. It was interesting, but I wanted more.
However, the characters in this book are great. I think that is the one thing I really appreciated about this story. It would've been easy for Blake to make one or more of the sisters unsympathetic for the reader. But each of these women are interesting and flawed. We root for each of them at different points in the story. I do have my favorite, but I genuinely like each of the queens.
To be honest, the first 2/3 (or so) of the book was good, not spectacular. I figured I would give this book a soft 3 star rating. But I flew through the last 150 pages. And it ended with such a punch that I just cannot wait for the second book and I had to bump my rating up another star. It was that good.
I believe this is supposed to be a duology, which I love. I wish more authors would choose to write duologies as opposed to trilogies. So many trilogies suffer from 'second-book slump and I would rather have two strong books as opposed to three okay books.
Anyway, I really ended up loving this book.
This is by no means a perfect book. There are some elements that were and still are a little confusing to me. There are some characters that are referenced but not seen. There are some relationships that took me a minute to figure out. And there are a lot of characters to keep track of. Also, some of the world-building is a little shaky. It was interesting, but I wanted more.
However, the characters in this book are great. I think that is the one thing I really appreciated about this story. It would've been easy for Blake to make one or more of the sisters unsympathetic for the reader. But each of these women are interesting and flawed. We root for each of them at different points in the story. I do have my favorite, but I genuinely like each of the queens.
To be honest, the first 2/3 (or so) of the book was good, not spectacular. I figured I would give this book a soft 3 star rating. But I flew through the last 150 pages. And it ended with such a punch that I just cannot wait for the second book and I had to bump my rating up another star. It was that good.
I believe this is supposed to be a duology, which I love. I wish more authors would choose to write duologies as opposed to trilogies. So many trilogies suffer from 'second-book slump and I would rather have two strong books as opposed to three okay books.
Anyway, I really ended up loving this book.