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A review by lauraciriza
Castle of Lies by Kiersi Burkhart
2.0
ARC provided by NetGalley for reviewing purposes.
Castle of Lies is a young adult high fantasy story that involves themes of political intrigue, romance, and magic. In a lot of ways, Castle of Lies did surprise me and I did like some of it but, unfortunately, I found a lot of flaws within this book that could have been avoided with more editing. What I found most tragic is that, while this book could have been quite good on its own, the feeling it gives is that of a Game of Thrones wannabe--which complitely ruined the story in the end for me, as I saw it trying to be something that it wasn't, and found it lacking.
1#: Castle of Lies ★★☆☆☆
Castle of Lies is a young adult high fantasy story that involves themes of political intrigue, romance, and magic. In a lot of ways, Castle of Lies did surprise me and I did like some of it but, unfortunately, I found a lot of flaws within this book that could have been avoided with more editing. What I found most tragic is that, while this book could have been quite good on its own, the feeling it gives is that of a Game of Thrones wannabe--which complitely ruined the story in the end for me, as I saw it trying to be something that it wasn't, and found it lacking.