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meruko 's review for:
Throne of the Fallen
by Kerri Maniscalco
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A weak-ish 3 stars.
The story had potential but sadly I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The universe is rich and intricate, so I see the potential and will keep on reading the series and other books in the same world.
The intrigue fell flat. It's one of these cases where you see what the author intended to do but the delivery was just bad: 95% of the plot was spend around the characters hiding secrets from one another, from other characters AND from the reader. Envy has no real redemption, never comes clean to anyone but Camilla (who had to get the truth out of him in a "cheap" way plot-wise) and that's a bit annoying to me.
Camilla is portayed in an almost distant, detached manner: it turns out she knows a lot but is written like she knows nothing and the reader gets all the reveals at the same time as Envy does, and as a result, it's becomes near impossible to connect with her in any way, as she is just comes off in a very covert and sort of impassive manner. I know that the author intended to convey mystery to hide the bigger plot twists, but unfortunately it doesn't work out: the biggest payout was so predictable early on that by the time it finally got revealed it didn't have to "boom factor" it should have had.
The character that I loved the most, it turns out, is a very minor character: Sloth. I'm sort of hoping he will become the main male lead in a future book as I can't wait to learn more about him (and his court).
The story had potential but sadly I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The universe is rich and intricate, so I see the potential and will keep on reading the series and other books in the same world.
The intrigue fell flat. It's one of these cases where you see what the author intended to do but the delivery was just bad: 95% of the plot was spend around the characters hiding secrets from one another, from other characters AND from the reader. Envy has no real redemption, never comes clean to anyone but Camilla (who had to get the truth out of him in a "cheap" way plot-wise) and that's a bit annoying to me.
Camilla is portayed in an almost distant, detached manner: it turns out she knows a lot but is written like she knows nothing and the reader gets all the reveals at the same time as Envy does, and as a result, it's becomes near impossible to connect with her in any way, as she is just comes off in a very covert and sort of impassive manner. I know that the author intended to convey mystery to hide the bigger plot twists, but unfortunately it doesn't work out: the biggest payout was so predictable early on that by the time it finally got revealed it didn't have to "boom factor" it should have had.
The character that I loved the most, it turns out, is a very minor character: Sloth. I'm sort of hoping he will become the main male lead in a future book as I can't wait to learn more about him (and his court).