A review by caronee
The Trouble with Kings by Sherwood Smith

3.0

I very much liked crown duel and this book is similar in style. However, I think it just gets a bit confused with what direction it wants to head in the middle. The ending was satisfying and I was fine with it. I did not enjoy the character jewel, who was a bit annoying with not a lot of redeeming features since her importance comes from being the sister of a king. she gets kidnapped and is used for ransom and she annoys other characters and is the catalyst for a bunch of situations but she herself is very powerless. The Mc is cute and unambitious. I enjoyed the "villainous" bad girl actually, every time she snuck in a comment about how tiny and cute she was I laughed at how over the top it was. She's so one note it's entertaining.