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A review by snfp
The Trouble with Kings by Sherwood Smith
3.0
Pro:
Cute, fun world building, an eclectic group of characters. Flion’s heroine actions not too fantastical.
Nitpicking thoughts:
-Why even even start with that premise if it’s going to be discarded that quickly? I don’t feel like the plot would have lost anything from starting at the actual beginning with the first abduction/leaving home? Then could have seen before/after of Flion’s character change?
-I was kind of hoping for a whodoneit with Kings based on the premise (and a little disappointed as a result) but I would have read and enjoyed the story just fine if it had begun without the primary amnesia plot line
-Why nothing else about her magic powers? Might have been fun
-Every one of Jason’s plans made no sense to me? And they never worked! Him already liking her at the fire incident also seems to cheapen the relationship?
-What’s with Garion? Just what? He detained and beat Flion and no one mentions this- his plans also did not make sense to me? He’s at the end and she just dances with him...? That’s the end for that plot point?
-Why did she see Jason in the water at the beginning- it tastes like “fate” and I don’t like it
-I was rooting for Jason and all, but if you really think about it, there are some pretty big problems with him and his actions that are hard to swallow. A completed redemption arc would be nice. Less insta-love on his side or the implication that Flion’s interest began so soon (seemed unnecessary for relationship buy-in). Flion did not need to apologize she did nothing wrong (although being ok with assassination seems... strange for her character)?
-A cup of seeped leaves is tea. That is tea. Just call it tea. TEA. But that is nitpicking
Cute, fun world building, an eclectic group of characters. Flion’s heroine actions not too fantastical.
Nitpicking thoughts:
-Why even even start with that premise if it’s going to be discarded that quickly? I don’t feel like the plot would have lost anything from starting at the actual beginning with the first abduction/leaving home? Then could have seen before/after of Flion’s character change?
-I was kind of hoping for a whodoneit with Kings based on the premise (and a little disappointed as a result) but I would have read and enjoyed the story just fine if it had begun without the primary amnesia plot line
-Why nothing else about her magic powers? Might have been fun
-Every one of Jason’s plans made no sense to me? And they never worked! Him already liking her at the fire incident also seems to cheapen the relationship?
-What’s with Garion? Just what? He detained and beat Flion and no one mentions this- his plans also did not make sense to me? He’s at the end and she just dances with him...? That’s the end for that plot point?
-Why did she see Jason in the water at the beginning- it tastes like “fate” and I don’t like it
-I was rooting for Jason and all, but if you really think about it, there are some pretty big problems with him and his actions that are hard to swallow. A completed redemption arc would be nice. Less insta-love on his side or the implication that Flion’s interest began so soon (seemed unnecessary for relationship buy-in). Flion did not need to apologize she did nothing wrong (although being ok with assassination seems... strange for her character)?
-A cup of seeped leaves is tea. That is tea. Just call it tea. TEA. But that is nitpicking