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The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen
4.5
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

4.5/5
I want to start by saying I have an affinity for this series. I think I just love how much thought has gone into the plots and the conflicts and the intricacies of the events in each book that regardless of things I don't like, I'm still going to enjoy these books. That being said, I only have a couple qualms with this one. One is that the love happened WAY to quicky for me. Sometimes I don't care about the insta-love trope, but in this case I would have appreciated more time spent on watching their relationship build. My only other tiny issue was that SOME of the retellings of where the story overlaps with The Traitor Queen could have been more brief since we already know what happens, but for the most part it was cool to see through another perspective. Other than those points though, I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Danielle L. Jensen knows how to write incredible tension. Every book I find myself stressing out about what's going to happen, unable to put the book down until I find out; and the ending of this?? I will be diving into The Endless War with haste!
Also F*CK PETRA, I always thought she sucked but now I need someone to get her outta here ASAP.