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A review by atrailofpages
The Cursed Crown by Alexi Blake, May Sage
3.0
I thought I would really like this story, and it had potential at the beginning, but fell short for me by the end. If I’m being honest, I loved the cover so much, I knew I would read it despite what the synopsis is, or what reviews said.
In this story we follow Rissa who is the rightful seelie queen, but who does not want to be queen. When the king of the unseelie comes to have her claim her throne, she decides that she’s going to release another seelie Fae from a curse who would be the rightful king of seelie, no matter how crazy or psychotic everyone says he is. As long as she doesn’t have to take the role that everyone thinks she doesn’t deserve because of what she looks like.
I really liked how the story started. The world building and the character building was fantastic! You get a back story of every character that is relevant in this book, and you learn about the seelie and unseelie courts. And then about 2/3 into the book, all of a sudden so much happens so fast! It’s like one minute we are learning about everyone and the world, and the next minute all this action is happening, leaving plot holes in the story that I wanted to understand better or learn more and answer why this or that was happening. This could have easily been a series, or at least a duology. It doesn’t seem to be part of a series, but instead just a standalone, which is a bummer since this story had such potential to become so much more.
If you love fantasy, Fae, fierce females, sassy male characters, and quick stories, then you’ll love this one! It just sadly wasn’t quite for me. I still recommend it since the writing is really good, love the backstory, just wish it was longer to fill up those plot holes.
In this story we follow Rissa who is the rightful seelie queen, but who does not want to be queen. When the king of the unseelie comes to have her claim her throne, she decides that she’s going to release another seelie Fae from a curse who would be the rightful king of seelie, no matter how crazy or psychotic everyone says he is. As long as she doesn’t have to take the role that everyone thinks she doesn’t deserve because of what she looks like.
I really liked how the story started. The world building and the character building was fantastic! You get a back story of every character that is relevant in this book, and you learn about the seelie and unseelie courts. And then about 2/3 into the book, all of a sudden so much happens so fast! It’s like one minute we are learning about everyone and the world, and the next minute all this action is happening, leaving plot holes in the story that I wanted to understand better or learn more and answer why this or that was happening. This could have easily been a series, or at least a duology. It doesn’t seem to be part of a series, but instead just a standalone, which is a bummer since this story had such potential to become so much more.
If you love fantasy, Fae, fierce females, sassy male characters, and quick stories, then you’ll love this one! It just sadly wasn’t quite for me. I still recommend it since the writing is really good, love the backstory, just wish it was longer to fill up those plot holes.