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A review by tej_reads
Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco
2.75
So I should probably start this review by saying that I read but wanted to dnf Kingdom of the Wicked. However, Throne of the Fallen was marked as an adult fantasy standalone novel set within the Kingdom of the Wicked world. So I came into this with not high hopes but medium hopes that I would like TOTF more than KOTW.
I thought that because the book was an adult fantasy the writing would also have matured a bit also but that wasn't the case. TOTF felt like KOTW but with spice, The world building was a bit off, on one hand I get whilst TOTF is standalone it's part of KOTW so the world building doesn't really need to be fully fleshed out as readers who pick up TOTF most likely have read KOTW. But then again it's a standalone so shouldn't the book be able to stand on it's own? I didn't finish KOTW series so once the left the mortal world I was very dependent on the world building to figure out just where they were in the grand scheme of things and I felt that was lacking. There was a lot of will they won't they because of all the secrets that were being kept so the ending when they finally got together felt a tad rushed which shouldn't have been the case when TOTF is 400 Pages long (according to Waterstones), there were more that enough pages to evenly spread out the plot.
I'm giving the book three stars because I don't if it's just me that had this issue I felt like the book could have been really amazing and maybe I just don't click with the series/KOTW world in general.
*also to note the netgalley arc was just a few sample chapters so I had to wait till release to read the whole thing to write this!
Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton, Hodderscape and netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I thought that because the book was an adult fantasy the writing would also have matured a bit also but that wasn't the case. TOTF felt like KOTW but with spice, The world building was a bit off, on one hand I get whilst TOTF is standalone it's part of KOTW so the world building doesn't really need to be fully fleshed out as readers who pick up TOTF most likely have read KOTW. But then again it's a standalone so shouldn't the book be able to stand on it's own? I didn't finish KOTW series so once the left the mortal world I was very dependent on the world building to figure out just where they were in the grand scheme of things and I felt that was lacking. There was a lot of will they won't they because of all the secrets that were being kept so the ending when they finally got together felt a tad rushed which shouldn't have been the case when TOTF is 400 Pages long (according to Waterstones), there were more that enough pages to evenly spread out the plot.
I'm giving the book three stars because I don't if it's just me that had this issue I felt like the book could have been really amazing and maybe I just don't click with the series/KOTW world in general.
*also to note the netgalley arc was just a few sample chapters so I had to wait till release to read the whole thing to write this!
Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton, Hodderscape and netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.