A review by ellasayn
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was good, don't get me wrong but it felt a little dragged out somehow. Like the phasing seemed off for me. 

Maybe there were simply too many plot points happening. I feel like the story would have flowed better with less.

I also personally would have taken the book in a different direction then it went. I was a little disappointed there wasn't a

big escape and revenge war for what Raihn did to Oraya. The set up was there!

Also the whole There she is / There he is has become my greatest pet peeve in a book ever. Please no more. 

I feel like the beginning and middle part of the book did not live up to the last one. I still love the world and most of the characters

Even though I wished one of the big main characters had officially died in this book. It felt like there were no real stakes to me.