A review by faeriepouts
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

5.0

i seriously gave it a long thought how i would rate this one. it's unimaginable to give this less than 5 stars, eventhough i have thought about giving this in less than 5 stars [i hate myself for even just thinking it], bc one specific reason:

kite murdered a child. without a reason. even if he had, it was SO weak. i hated him sm for that. tbh i would defend him anytime .. but the longer i think about this, i still couldn't find it.. acceptable? fred dying was useless to the plot, except that he just died. and leaving the fact that missouri kite, my dearest kite murdered a child.

but other than that, this book is BRILLIANT. it is everything i want in a time travel stories and MORE. even though of course, the historical bits wasn't easy [it was hard], many things i still couldn't understand. but i don't find it uncomfortable? more that i'm glad to have excuses to reread again. Pulley's writing is pretty, and it's not arrogantly pretentious, despite the time background.

also, pls writers! take note. this is how you write a love story.