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A review by marlireads
Heavy Crown by Sophie Lark
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I think this is my least favourite of the Brutal Birthright series. Not exactly because I didn’t enjoy the story.
Most of my issues have to do with the inconsistency of characterisation of our two main characters. I loved Sebastian when we met him in the earlier books, and I was excited to explore his love story. But personality-wise he changed. I knew he was becoming more hardened. Pretty understandable with everything he went through. But I would have hoped to see a little more of his golden retriever personality that we came to know and love.
Same goes for Yelena. We meet her at the beginning of the book as some feisty Valkyrie. I was so down to love her! But the author did her a bit dirty by letting her be pretty passive. She ended up being pretty meek throughout the rest of the first half, which made me a bit unsure about her personality.
The romance also felt pretty rushed. I would have loved for them to ease into it a little more.
I loved the plot though, Yelena did have a few amazing moments. And I loved seeing the other Gallo/Griffin siblings again.
I’m also stoked for the Kingmakers series which the epilogue set up for. But first: I want to read about more of these characters’ parents and pick up the Underworld series!
Most of my issues have to do with the inconsistency of characterisation of our two main characters. I loved Sebastian when we met him in the earlier books, and I was excited to explore his love story. But personality-wise he changed. I knew he was becoming more hardened. Pretty understandable with everything he went through. But I would have hoped to see a little more of his golden retriever personality that we came to know and love.
Same goes for Yelena. We meet her at the beginning of the book as some feisty Valkyrie. I was so down to love her! But the author did her a bit dirty by letting her be pretty passive. She ended up being pretty meek throughout the rest of the first half, which made me a bit unsure about her personality.
The romance also felt pretty rushed. I would have loved for them to ease into it a little more.
I loved the plot though, Yelena did have a few amazing moments. And I loved seeing the other Gallo/Griffin siblings again.
I’m also stoked for the Kingmakers series which the epilogue set up for. But first: I want to read about more of these characters’ parents and pick up the Underworld series!