A review by corkykat
Burning Kingdoms by Lauren DeStefano

3.0

This series is losing momentum for me. I liked the first book quite a bit. It was a solid plot with good characters and good development. This book took it too far. It felt overextended. It felt like she was trying too hard with the ground, and I wasn’t clear on what she was going for. Is it meant to be a dystopian version of our world? Is it meant to be something different but similar? There was too much in common for it to be different, but too much different to be the same. It felt like there was one foot in both, but not in a way I enjoyed. I also really didn’t like the direction she went with for the characters. I thought they were one of the strongest aspects of Perfect Ruin, and I think they took a step back in this installment. I still think the first book was cute, but this one has me on shaky ground. I’m tentatively starting the next one. Let’s hope this is just second book blues.