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abbyl819 's review for:

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
2.0

This book was tough for me to get through. I’ve enjoyed everything else Marie Lu has written, but I just couldn’t connect with this one. I didn’t like Nannerl’s character very much. Her voice felt juvenile for a ya book. The author obviously wanted readers to feel for her situation and empathize with her, but I found that she came across as selfish and childish.

As for the fantasy part of the story, it had similar vibes as Gilded by Marissa Meyer, except I liked that one much better. I never trusted or liked the characters of the kingdom and the world didn’t seem fully developed.