jessdarling 's review for:

The Ever King by LJ Andrews

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really liked this one, I can definitely understand why I’ve seen it floating around social media. When reading this I got the same atmosphere as Shadow and Bones / Six of Crows with the romantic tension of Emma and Hook from Once Upon A Time. I couldn’t help, but keep picturing them in my head during some of the interactions. 

 

I liked the action throughout the story, banter, political elements, different clans and history between not only our two main characters, but the war torn world they were born into. I think there are a lot of elements to like here. But at times, I felt there was too much happening. I like how our MMC is revealed to be good in some ways here and there, but don’t think all of them are necessary as it adds to the chaos of everything else happening. I’m excited to read the next book in the series! 

 

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group - Ace for this gifted copy in exchange for my review.