farmsbergwrites 's review for:

The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted to give this book 2 stars until about page 260. It shifts perspective between 3 characters. I think the king's perspective could have been dropped with come creative juggling with the other 2 perspectives. I just felt like we knew too much information with 3 perspectives that are all closely interacting with each other. Also anytime there was a flashback in the middle of a chapter would confuse me for a minute.

But the climax and ending rounded out good enough that I brought my rating up 1.5 stars.