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Empress Crowned in Red by Ciannon Smart
3.0
I found Empress Crowned in Red too slow paced. Smart's writing is great to read and I did love this world she created, but it came a point where it felt like this book was about 200 pages too long. I also had the impression that the resolution was a little too rushed? Which isn't the best, considering how chunky this book is.
The political scenes and all the scheming that went into getting the characters where they needed to be was probably my favorite part in all of this. I was also very surprised that I enjoyed Iraya's perspective way way more than Jazmyne's here when the opposite happened in the first book--I guess because Iraya had a clear goal while Jazmyne was left floundering a lot of the time? Their dynamic was still really fun to read about, though!
The political scenes and all the scheming that went into getting the characters where they needed to be was probably my favorite part in all of this. I was also very surprised that I enjoyed Iraya's perspective way way more than Jazmyne's here when the opposite happened in the first book--I guess because Iraya had a clear goal while Jazmyne was left floundering a lot of the time? Their dynamic was still really fun to read about, though!