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A review by accidentalspaceexplorer
How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
My biggest complaint about this book is that the summary really doesn't match the book, which really impacted my expectations and consequently my reading experience.
For one thing, I wouldn't consider either the hero or the heroine to be "runaway royals". I also expected the reason the queen wasn't being respected to be because of her outsider status, rather than really blatant and pervasive misogyny that the hero spent most of the book unlearning. To be clear, I didn't dislike him, which is a big credit to him, but I wasn't expecting to have that be his big issue. Honestly, I think that's why I'm so frustrated. I genuinely liked both of the main characters, but instead of getting the story I thought I was getting with them, it was a big slog through misogyny, "tradition", and anxiety.
Overall, while I enjoyed the story, I would have liked it a lot more if it had stuck to the blurb or if I'd known what it was going into it.
For one thing, I wouldn't consider either the hero or the heroine to be "runaway royals". I also expected the reason the queen wasn't being respected to be because of her outsider status, rather than really blatant and pervasive misogyny that the hero spent most of the book unlearning. To be clear, I didn't dislike him, which is a big credit to him, but I wasn't expecting to have that be his big issue. Honestly, I think that's why I'm so frustrated. I genuinely liked both of the main characters, but instead of getting the story I thought I was getting with them, it was a big slog through misogyny, "tradition", and anxiety.
Overall, while I enjoyed the story, I would have liked it a lot more if it had stuck to the blurb or if I'd known what it was going into it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny