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cammmiam 's review for:
The King Slayer
by Virginia Boecker
Not a bad conclusion to the story. For a long period I thought the pacing was appropriate, then I came closer and closer to the end and realized there was not enough time to resolve things in a character-driven way. John's change was difficult to read since I really liked him in the previous book and his novella. The struggle and resolution to his arc never felt real to me because it happened off page rather quickly, and we are told things are better instead of really getting a sense of it over time spent with him and Elizabeth. A lot of the characters from book one seemed to suffer this fate, unfortunately (I'm looking at you, Fifer and George), as they were not really present.
Could this have benefited from being a trilogy rather than a duology? No, in the sense the plot was not enough to be dragged out in order to accommodate another book -- the build-up to war and action scenes are fine as is. But yes, in the sense the characters needed more time to grow into themselves after what happened at Blackwell's ball, be better integrated into the group (many new characters appeared), or just have a role to play on page (again, Fifer, George, and even Nicolas, really did receive the short end of the stick).
Could this have benefited from being a trilogy rather than a duology? No, in the sense the plot was not enough to be dragged out in order to accommodate another book -- the build-up to war and action scenes are fine as is. But yes, in the sense the characters needed more time to grow into themselves after what happened at Blackwell's ball, be better integrated into the group (many new characters appeared), or just have a role to play on page (again, Fifer, George, and even Nicolas, really did receive the short end of the stick).