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utopiastateofmind 's review for:
The Scorpion Queen
by Mina Fears
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Let me just get what didn't work for me out of the way. The pacing in The Scorpion Queen is incredibly slow. While the elements I was intrigued in were announced before this, I kept wondering when the hook, the premise of the plot, would roll into action. We see the cruelty, we see the ways in which the trials make the Princess feel like a monster. Yet at the same time, there isn't a lot of outlet for these feelings until around 30%. And after that I still had a bit of trouble with the pacing. The action, the hook, occurred, but then I still had some issues.
Let me just get what didn't work for me out of the way. The pacing in The Scorpion Queen is incredibly slow. While the elements I was intrigued in were announced before this, I kept wondering when the hook, the premise of the plot, would roll into action. We see the cruelty, we see the ways in which the trials make the Princess feel like a monster. Yet at the same time, there isn't a lot of outlet for these feelings until around 30%. And after that I still had a bit of trouble with the pacing. The action, the hook, occurred, but then I still had some issues.