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A review by livvy_alipat
The Order: Kingdom of Fallen Ash by Katerina St Clair
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This book was long, and slow. It also clearly had some editing issues, and not just grammar. It repeated character names, would backtrack and introduce us to people we know the characters already knew, plot holes galore. It was incredibly juvenile writing, and I'm kind of shocked because there are 3 other sequels to this series, which is apparently a prequel to a new series being written? Anyway.
I was excited for a take on a dystopian new adult type of book. It is a little bit like The Giver, if you're familiar with that. The world went to shambles and the government has decided to control emotions, who you interact with, how you interact, what your job will be, etc. It's a bit Hunger Games- ish in the sense that there are caste systems, essentially. Everyone in the upperclass system is prenatally engineered as far as looks and some personality distinctions.
The tension between the main female character and the main male character are so childish and monotonous. It goes on and on and on. And not in a slowburn way- in a repetitive, it never amps up it's the same thing over and over, kind of way. They're also written to be 20+ years old, but they act like legit children? Which is kind of par for the course in a lot of fantasy releases these days.
I'm honestly shocked because of how many five star reads I've found on different platforms for this series. The MMC was petty and acted like a child, and we are supposed to be looking at him as some type of hunk. It was far from grabbing. I had a feeling where the potential love triangle was going to go (sometimes these are done right, this one really was not) and I wanted confirmation so I looked up the ending to the series.
I am SO. DANG. GLAD. I am not giving anymore time or energy to this series, because I read some reviews and after seeing how upset people were at how it wraps up, I downloaded book 4 from KU and read the last 5 chapters. This entire purpose of these books was to introduce some characters for the new series and have a "backstory" set up for the new villain of the next series.... And honestly, wow am I glad I'm not spending any more of my reading time on that.
I was excited for a take on a dystopian new adult type of book. It is a little bit like The Giver, if you're familiar with that. The world went to shambles and the government has decided to control emotions, who you interact with, how you interact, what your job will be, etc. It's a bit Hunger Games- ish in the sense that there are caste systems, essentially. Everyone in the upperclass system is prenatally engineered as far as looks and some personality distinctions.
The tension between the main female character and the main male character are so childish and monotonous. It goes on and on and on. And not in a slowburn way- in a repetitive, it never amps up it's the same thing over and over, kind of way. They're also written to be 20+ years old, but they act like legit children? Which is kind of par for the course in a lot of fantasy releases these days.
I'm honestly shocked because of how many five star reads I've found on different platforms for this series. The MMC was petty and acted like a child, and we are supposed to be looking at him as some type of hunk. It was far from grabbing. I had a feeling where the potential love triangle was going to go (sometimes these are done right, this one really was not) and I wanted confirmation so I looked up the ending to the series.
I am SO. DANG. GLAD. I am not giving anymore time or energy to this series, because I read some reviews and after seeing how upset people were at how it wraps up, I downloaded book 4 from KU and read the last 5 chapters. This entire purpose of these books was to introduce some characters for the new series and have a "backstory" set up for the new villain of the next series.... And honestly, wow am I glad I'm not spending any more of my reading time on that.