hannalikesham 's review for:

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

2.0

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Picked up the book even tho I was a little skeptical with the cover. There were things I liked about it - the politics of the world is interesting, there were side characters I liked, and the world building pulled me in. But there wasn’t enough focus on that to make up for the fact that I could not get into the two main characters or buy their chemistry. By the end of the book i felt a bit more invested and enjoyed Lara’s character more - I enjoyed her character enough that i might read the second book but *spoilers* that’s mostly because the set up seems to have things a lot more focused on the politics of the world since it seems the main characters are going to be separated. And I’m feeling like I likely won’t pick up the second book mostly as if that’s the goal then I think I might find it hard to root for. Overall there’s definitely some sparks of really good stuff here but the leads couldn’t carry the story for me.