A review by gracie_lou_dream
Wings of Fury by Emily R. King

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

As someone who studied Classic briefly in school, I had high hopes for this.  The idea of reading a story based between Cronus overthrowing his father and Cronus being overthrown by his own son sounded really appealing, especially from the perspective of a women (because lets face it in that era, women were not considered important enough to even be a side note let alone a protagonist).   Unfortunately it was not as good as I expected.  The story was ok and the plot moved alone fine but I felt that the writing was not quite description enough.  I also was really engaged for the first half, then the plot sped up so much that I needed to constantly go back to make sure I hadn't missed anything, only to realise that plot holes were opening up all over the place.  The final act was rushed and I know its a battle but one second Althea is fighting in a throne room, then she suddenly has a star in her had within 2 paragraphs?  I need more description and a sense of realism for that and yes I know its fantasy/mythology but it completely took me out of the story trying to figure it out.  I did like Althea's sense of duty and responsibility to her family but not sure about her as it felt a bit underdeveloped.  Also the women on Crete were very one dimensional, which I would have expected to be more rounded considering how about 50% of the book is based there.  Overall it was an ok read and I will read the sequel, if only because I want to see where things go from here.