A review by naniisbookcorner
The Mad King and the False Queen by Amanda Abrom, Hope Abrom

  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

BOOK TITLE ➵ The Mad King and The False Queen #1
AUTHOR ➵ Hope Abrom and Amanda Abrom
STAR RATING ➵ ★★★★★

𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 ↴
To those who are always counting spoons. To those who will do anything for the ones they love. And to the pet best friends who are sitting beside you as you read.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓 ↴
🧝🏽‍♀️ Dual POV
✨ Identity Swap
🧝🏽‍♀️ Grumpy MMC
✨ Disability Rep
🧝🏽‍♀️ Elemental Magic
✨ Enemies to Lovers
🧝🏽‍♀️ Marriage of Convenience

𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 ↴
What. A. Great. Book! And an even greater way to start reading from a new author! This book was so captivating I couldn’t put it down. If I could rate this 10 ⭐️ I definitely would.

Sabine really played tf out of all of us, or was it just me & Dagmara? And poor Claude, I really thought he was out to get Madga/Dagmara and he really had no clue wth was going on.

“𝑰 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝑫𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍.” 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭. “𝑰 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐?”

I really felt for him in that moment, the heartbreak he must’ve felt when Dagmara told him the truth 😭😭😭. My poor baby, but I truly hope that he forgives both the girls and I hope he stays with Dagmara just so Magdalena can stay with Ravi.

The questions I had while reading this were somewhat answered but now I have more questions… who is communicating with Magda (I might know who but I need this confirmed)? How are they communicating with her? What exactly is all of Madga’s abilities? What was that conversation Claude had with Annette about if he wasn’t the one that ordered the assassination of Magda’s family? Hope, Amanda, I need answers!

“𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤?”

Um, hell yes! The plot was so good I didn’t even mind that it was written in third person, ATE THAT BOOK UP and you should to 🤭 I promise you won’t be disappointed.

𝐓𝐖 ↴
Death of loved ones

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑 ↴
As always, although this is an E-ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to Hope & Amanda Abrom and BookSprout for the ARC opportunity.

☽ 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 💚

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