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A review by itadakinasu
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
3.0
The Crimson Queen is typical fantasy with a few common tropes:
* slave-warrior love interest
* a chosen one who doesn't do much of import
* lots of sub-plots to distract from the bare-bones main plot
* magical duel
* familiar names for characters and places
The world building was decent, and the creatures were unique. I liked that most of the world-specific creatures had names that were easy to remember, but I wanted to know more about them than what was presented here.
Despite all the tropes, I thought that Xin was a great character and loved seeing the depth and development he went through over the course of the book. I'm also curious about how the paladin of Ama will develop and deal with the events in this book. Everyone else, not so much.
Overall The Crimson Queen is alright, but it just doesn't have anything special going for it.
* slave-warrior love interest
* a chosen one who doesn't do much of import
* lots of sub-plots to distract from the bare-bones main plot
* magical duel
* familiar names for characters and places
The world building was decent, and the creatures were unique. I liked that most of the world-specific creatures had names that were easy to remember, but I wanted to know more about them than what was presented here.
Despite all the tropes, I thought that Xin was a great character and loved seeing the depth and development he went through over the course of the book. I'm also curious about how the paladin of Ama will develop and deal with the events in this book. Everyone else, not so much.
Overall The Crimson Queen is alright, but it just doesn't have anything special going for it.