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thebookishdogmom 's review for:
The Crowns of Croswald
by D.E. Night
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and her publicist for giving me the opportunity to read Crowns of Croswald in exchange for an honest review.
I really wanted to enjoy this book, but unfortunately I did not. I had to DNF at 35%. While im not generally a bug fan of reading YA/childrens fantasy, the premise sounded good and I was intrigued.
In what I did read, I sensed a lot of inspiration from the Harry Potter world. Ivy is kept secret from the magical world to suppress her powers and keep her hidden. When she crosses the magical threshold hiding her, her location is immediately discovered and shes tsken to Croswald to begin her schooling and education in magic.
For me, I was incredibly confused. I feel it is very important, when world building and introducing new terms, creatures, etc., the author needs to do so in a way that the audience immediately understands what it is, what it looks like, etc. I did not grasp many things. The writing felt basic and disjointed, it seemed as though the story jumped around from character to character and place to place without explaining the trajectory.
I wanted to push on to read more, hoping it would get better. But I am a firm believer if your attention is not held early on in the book, it likely will not be captured further on. This is why I made the decision to stop. Perhaps for less advanced readers this would be more enjoyable, but I fear my experience in reading older, higher level fantasy contributed to my disappointment in this book.
I really wanted to enjoy this book, but unfortunately I did not. I had to DNF at 35%. While im not generally a bug fan of reading YA/childrens fantasy, the premise sounded good and I was intrigued.
In what I did read, I sensed a lot of inspiration from the Harry Potter world. Ivy is kept secret from the magical world to suppress her powers and keep her hidden. When she crosses the magical threshold hiding her, her location is immediately discovered and shes tsken to Croswald to begin her schooling and education in magic.
For me, I was incredibly confused. I feel it is very important, when world building and introducing new terms, creatures, etc., the author needs to do so in a way that the audience immediately understands what it is, what it looks like, etc. I did not grasp many things. The writing felt basic and disjointed, it seemed as though the story jumped around from character to character and place to place without explaining the trajectory.
I wanted to push on to read more, hoping it would get better. But I am a firm believer if your attention is not held early on in the book, it likely will not be captured further on. This is why I made the decision to stop. Perhaps for less advanced readers this would be more enjoyable, but I fear my experience in reading older, higher level fantasy contributed to my disappointment in this book.