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The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood And Ash Series Book 3)

The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood And Ash Series Book 3)

byJennifer L. Armentrout
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Sandy Farmer
4.0 out of 5 stars4 Stars
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on October 11, 2021
I'm going to have a difficult time putting my thoughts into words for this review. First of all, I thought The Crown of Gilded Bones was the series ender. I'm not sure why I thought this, but because I was waiting for the ultimate conflict to wrap up, this felt like an extremely slow start with much to cover. The pacing of the book does pick up towards the second half, but I still felt like there was too much the characters needed to accomplish and discover in order to settle all of the pieces of the puzzle. Once I realized this is not the series ender, the pacing made more sense.

Of course, my favorite piece of any book is usually the romance. In this case, Casteel and Poppy have a pretty solid relationship. They're together. They know how the other feels. And so there isn't much tension or conflict there. You guys know how this happens. We want our characters to be happy, but we also find them a bit boring when they are.

Most of the story is about Poppy's self-discovery. She slowly gets pieces of her history through the story. And just about every time we settle on an additional piece that allows her to have some sort of title, we learn that there's an even bigger and more powerful title that should replace the one we've just learned. And Poppy is only just beginning to learn her power and what she's capable of. From the start of the series and being trapped as the Maiden, Poppy has dreamed of choosing her own path. And she finds time and time again that those around her want to cast her into a role, a piece of their puzzle, and they have preconceived ideas of how she should act and behave. If she deviates, those characters have at times tried controlling her. But Poppy won't be controlled. She won't allow others to make those decisions for her anymore. And as hard as it may be, she's not going to allow her raw emotions to make the decisions for her either. I was both frustrated and impressed with her through this cycle of behavior. Several times, Poppy has to pull herself back from using her powers in a destructive way. And I wanted to roll my eyes every time she found herself in this mental state, yet applaud her and Jennifer L Armentrout for choosing a different path. Yet, I also wondered why Poppy needed this "lesson" repeatedly.

This series has been about some big twists. Unfortunately, my brain can't help but seek them out. I find myself anticipating a bit twist, reveal, betrayal, etc. And I question myself, "What could the author possibly do to surprise me? What assumptions have I, or the characters, made while progressing through the story that has little to no evidence to support the assumption?" And this has revealed more twists for me than I expected. The downside to this is that if I'm proven right, I'm actually a little disappointed. I want the author to truly surprise me. Or in the best-case scenarios, I want the author to allow me to be right on a few things and yet totally surprise me in other ways. Mostly, I was unsurprised with The Crown of Gilded Bones.

I mentioned the pacing earlier. And the book did feel slow to me. I picked it up despite the length and despite knowing that I wouldn't post my review of it until months later (for All Things Halloween) because I expected to blow through it. I can't really explain why but I kept putting The Crown of Gilded Bones down. Partly this was because I found myself under a lot of stress in real life. We started our home renovation, Husband quit his job and found a new one, as well as having a 4 month-old baby. It was a stressful time. Sometimes I found myself escaping into the book, but sometimes, I felt like The Crown of Gilded Bones was adding more stress to me. And when a chapter break would come, instead of feeling excited and propelled forward....instead of feeling a desire to keep reading, I often felt a desire for a break from the story.

Favorite quotes:

-"There will always be people who need to be reminded of history."

-"Unrest and unease are two very powerful destabilizers of any society. No matter how great one is, they can be taken apart piece by piece from the inside, often tweaking the foundation to the point of collapse before anyone realizes what is happening."

-"The heart doesn't care how long you may have with someone. ... It just cares that you have the person for as long as you can."

-"You are Casteel Hawkethrone Da'Neer. A son. A brother. A friend. A husband. ...You are a King. My king. And you will always be my everything, but never will you be a thing."

And a little bit of A Song of Ice and Fireness coming out in this quote...

-"Make sure she knows that I am the Chosen, the One who is Blessed, and I carry the blood of the King of Gods in me. I am the Liessa to the wolven, the second daughter, the true heir, owed the crowns of Altantia and Solis. I am the Queen of Flesh and Fire, and the gods' guards ride with me. Tell the Blood Queen to prepare for war."

The last thing I'll say is that I felt a little political commentary in this book. It felt close enough to the story to be about the story, but I wondered if it were placed strategically to be a little bit about some of the current political issues we face. I find this irritating no matter what the political stance may be. Thankfully it wasn't a huge piece of the story.

All in all, The Crown of Gilded Bones gets 4 Stars from me. It was slow to get started. Since I incorrectly assumed it was the series ender, the pacing never felt right to me. I often wanted to put the book down, which I find never to be a good thing. The romance is still between two characters that I really like, but because they were in a good place I didn't find that piece of the story to propel me forward. Even still, I do want to know what's going to happen next. How is this all going to wrap up? Have you read The Crown of Gilded Bones? What did you think? Let me know!
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Sarah Riddell
3.0 out of 5 starsUnpopular Opinion But Still an Enjoyable Read!
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on November 3, 2021
Before I jump into my (likely unpopular!) opinions of The Crown of Gilded Bones, let’s recap where things left off in A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. Poppy and Casteel had A LOT to work through since he basically kidnapped her to use as ransom against the Queen of Solis in From Blood and Ash. Understandably, there’s a ton of conversations in which Casteel, Kieran, and everyone else has to convince Poppy that the Atlantians aren’t the enemy and that they really are (mostly) peaceful people, but it takes awhile for Poppy to come around. There is also lots of chatter about the impending marriage of Casteel and Poppy, which clearly she was not down for since Casteel whisked her away from Masadonia. However, as the novel progresses and more evidence of the horrors of Solis are exposed, Poppy’s hatred of Casteel starts to dwindle and she realizes that even though his approach to wooing her wasn’t ideal, she really does love him. Eventually the two marry (right before a straight up battle goes down in Spessa’s End… YIKES!), and she and Casteel travel the rest of the way to Atlantia to meet up with Casteel’s parents. Long story short, everything goes to heck in a handbasket, as Poppy is attacked and it is revealed that she is the true queen of Atlantia by bloodright. Then BOOM! We had to wait for the next book on that wild cliffhanger.

As I mentioned in my reviews for the other two books in this series, I thoroughly enjoy the way Armentrout has crafted this universe. I won’t lie to you all: There are still times that it is so complex that my head spins a little and I forget things, but I think she and her editors knew this would happen, as there are often clarifications added into those points to jog the reader’s memory. However, in terms of plot, I felt like the storyline drug on for too long at some points and that not enough details were included in others. The plot still flowed nicely from point to point, but the inconsistent pacing was jarring sometimes as I was reading and messed with my ability to fully absorb what was happening at times.

Since From Blood and Ash, Poppy has come a long way in terms of character development. This was particularly evident in the leap from From Blood and Ash to A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, with less development occuring in The Crown of Gilded Bones. This totally makes sense in a way because Poppy has so much coping to do in the first two books that probably things that were happening around her didn’t shock her a ton in the third book except for some more traumatic experiences that went down (no spoilers, I swear!). I will say that I was pleased to see that she does become more comfortable in her own skin and isn’t afraid to speak up as much in TCOGB, and I was always so excited to see her put her foot down and basically command any room she was in. Through everything, I was so pleased to see that Poppy is still super kickbutt at fighting and being all stabby, and I hope this trait continues to be a part of who she is in the books to come because it is my absolute favorite thing about her. I can’t really talk about the ending because *spoilers*, but I will say that that was my absolute favorite Poppy moment to date and I hope the fire we see in her then will stick with her in the next book!

Oh, Casteel. Okay, so like I said, this review is going to have some unpopular opinions in it, and this could be one of the big ones for those of you who are fictionally married to this guy. I’ll start with the positives here: He’s super smokin’, has some really dope combat skills (just like Poppy those his methods of murder are somewhat unconventional), he does everything he can to protect those he loves, and when he takes a notion to joke around, he’s super witty and funny. However, I really had an issue with Casteel in The Crown of Gilded Bones. It has been established that Casteel loves the people of Atlantia, but that didn’t really shown through since he was more concerned about Poppy 99% of the time. Yes, he should care about her, but sometimes I felt like it was at the expense of others which just doesn’t line up with how devoted he was said to be to his people. Additionally, he was selfless to the point of no return. I love a good character that is willing to do anything for those they love, but some of his actions just seemed unnecessarily heroic to me. I know some of you want to punch me and that’s fine (unless you actually try to… then please refrain!), but something about Casteel just wasn’t it for me in this book. I have faith that the next book may change my mind about him, but alas it is too soon to tell!

A huge plus for me was getting to reacquaint myself with all of the amazing supporting characters in this series. Kieran has my freaking soul, and dare I say this… I like him so much more than I do Poppy and Casteel at this point. I’m not even sure why that is but I can’t help but smile every time his name popped up or he cracked some joke at the most inappropriate of times. Delano, Naill, Vonetta, and Emil just keep getting better and better, and it was so good to see more dialogue pop up with these guys in it in TCOGB. I’m super excited to see more of these guys in the next installment, and I hope they have even more opportunities to showcase their personalities then becuase I literally live for them!

And here I go, beign the bearer of bad news. Unfortunately, there were some additional aspects of this book that just didn’t jive for me. The first is that the partnership aspect of the romance is starting to fizzle for me a bit. For some reason, it just felt like Poppy wasn’t as invested in being a support system for Casteel when he is firmly invested in providing emotional support to her. This one-sidedness really got on my nerves, and I really hope this gets turned around in the next book because I really want to love this couple. Speaking of romance… Each book in this series has been someone scandalous in one way or another, but I felt like TCOGB took this to an extreme that, for me, disrupted the plot in not great ways. I totally understand that one of the big things about Poppy’s character is the fact that she has been forced to not have physical connections to other people, but it just seemed like certain types of moments were overused in this book.

As a whole, I really enjoyed The Crown of Gilded Bones. The worldbuilding was exceptional, the supporting characters were so much fun to get reacquainted with, and, per Jennifer’s style, the plot twists just kept on coming. While I can’t say this book didn’t have some (what I would consider) flaws, the overall reading experience was enjoyable, and I am eager to get my hands on the next installment, The War of Two Queens, in March of 2022. Thank goodness I have A Shadown in the Ember, a spin-off novel, releasing in just a few months to tide me over until next year!
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Karissa Eckert
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2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, slow moving and generally poorly written, I loved the first two books!
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on April 30, 2021
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Series Info/Source: This is the third book in the Blood and Ash series. I have heard that there are supposed to be 5-6 books in this series. I bought this for my Kindle.

Story (2/5): I ended up stopping this at about 60% of the way through. I have so many complaints. The previous books in this series just grabbed me and pulled me right through them. They left me breathless at the heart pounding action and fast-moving plot and endearing romance...this book was so not any of those things.

It started out pretty good, almost too hectic because of everything that was going on. Then things just stopped. I don’t even know what the plot of this book was supposed to be. Is this an info dump about the whole history of the gods in this kingdom? Is this a book about Poppy’s sexual awakening? Is it about how unworthy Cas is to be her husband? Is it about Poppy being constantly confused and worried she’s not doing things right? Are we just supposed to saunter through Poppy’s day to day life with her while she wanders around doing very little?

The action scenes are few and far between. Instead we wander by Poppy’s side as she is dragged from place to place unconscious and then wanders through cities in awe of how people worship her powers. In between those portions are huge info dumps on the whole history of a world we’ve been reading about a long time now. It’s like Armentrout suddenly decided, ā€œHey, I should make this an epic fantasy!!!!ā€, but made the decision last minute in the middle of the series.

Characters (2/5): Before I stopped reading this, I started skimming it and some of that was because of both pacing and characterization. There are literally multiple chapters of Poppy and Cas just sitting in their bedroom with Poppy talking about how uncertain she is about everything and Cas talking about how he is unworthy of her and worships her. Cas has turned into the most boring character ever. He basically wants to have sex with Poppy and be her lap dog; he doesn’t seem to have an actual opinion about anything ever. Yes, we know they are in love but it is so gooey sweet and overdone that it made me want to gag...and I enjoy some romance in my stories!!! That brings me to the other huge complaint, is there anything Poppy can’t do at this point? Let me just say I have never met a more overpowered heroine, like ever.

Setting (3/5): There is some pretty decent world-building here. I enjoyed that we get to see more of the Atlantean kingdom. However, Poppy is unconscious for most of the trips between places and that leaves the world feeling a bit fractured to the reader. We get a good idea of how certain cities are once we are there, but then very little idea of how the broader world is.

Writing Style (2/5): This book needed a very serious amount of editing. Things get very repetitive and a good portion of the story wasn’t necessary. I’ve been trying to fight through this book for nearly a week now and I just flat out give up. I am so sad because this was one of my most anticipated books of the year and I LOVED the first two books. This book is a disaster and I am so, so disappointed. I won’t be reading anymore of this series and it breaks my heart to say that. I am not sure what happened here but I feel very let down.

My Summary (2/5): Overall what was one of my most anticipated reads of the year ended up being one of my most (if not the most) disappointing. This book was a mess. If you haven’t started the series, please don’t start it now. If you have started the series, I am sorry. I won’t be reading anymore of this series.
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Ashley Marie Huerd
2.0 out of 5 stars Plot:Smut Ratio is too low
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on April 9, 2023
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Too much smut that doesn’t advance the plot and smut scenes occur in situations that is unrealistic in a real-life situation. While the plot is good, she has scenes that she details more than she would in parts of the book that are actually important than the story line (i.e., she has filler material that we could have done without). And some aspects of the plot just...would never come to fruition from a living parent who is stated to be a good parent. I loved the first book. Second book has too much smut, but the plot was intriguing enough for me to read this third book. And while a lot of the plot was excellent, there were periods where I struggled to continue reading the book.
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Meg (what.is.life.without.dragons)
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2.0 out of 5 stars I almost didnt finish
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on May 18, 2021
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"You will bow before your Queen... Or you will bleed before her. It is your choice." (pg 490).

If those are my options, then bleed me out, please! "The Crown of Gilded Bones" was painfully slow and has completely undone anything worthwhile that was created in books one and two (From Blood and Ash series).

In book one (From Blood and Ash) Poppy is a broken, yet determined and hardworking human being in a world full of magical creatures that are much more powerful than her. But by book three (The Crown of Gilded Bones) she is a kicka$$ superstar and one of the most powerful beings in her world. There is no cost or price to pay for her using her powers. It's limitless. Kill me now. Oh, and her scars become more faint, almost as if they were never there. Like, gag. She is now perfect in every way and I hope Casteel will keep his promise and stab me in the heart because there is no way I'm bowing to Miss Perfect Poppy. The things I loved about her most - her scars and her human weaknesses all but disappear because she becomes a perfect magical being.

I hate when a series starts off so strong then just comes apart by the end - and that is exactly what happened here. There was no further character development other then what we got in books one and two. The plot takes a back seat and the only real action takes place between the bed sheets. Like SO MUCH SEX - To the point I cant even remember what the plot was.

The book didn't get semi-interesting till the the final couple chapters, so basically 600/700 pages in. What happened in the first 600 pages? Only two things happened:
1. Sex, lots of sex and talking about different types of sex (MFM, FMF, etc); and
2. Poppy talking about how she isn't ready to be queen.

Yes, SIX HUNDRED PAGES of JUST TALKING. This was a classic example of TELL not SHOW writing and was FAN-FIC in its truest form.

JLA is normally a fantastic author and I have read almost everything she has written from "White Hot Kiss" to the Wicked Series and everything in between. But when you take a great PLANNED trilogy and extend it to SIX 600 page books its bound to take any great story and turn it into a load of crappy fan fiction.

I almost didn't finish, but as a loyal fan to JLA I did in fact read to the last page. But I don't think I will be picking up book 4.
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Hobbitshine
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and monotonous
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on April 6, 2023
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JA did a fantastic job of world building, character development, and storytelling in books 1 and 2. Unfortunately she decided to re-build the world, homogenize the characters, and draaaaaaaaaaaw out the story with rambling inner monologues in book 3. It’s pretty clear that the goal of this book is to be a set up for the spin-off books. The majority of this book reads like the author is trying her best for a page count, not to add value to the story. I barely made it through. This is the last I’ll read in the series.
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ILikeReading
2.0 out of 5 stars Highly Disappointing
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on April 28, 2021
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I'm sad to say that one of my most anticipated books for this year was a total letdown. It took me over a week to finish with how tedious it was. After the first few action packed chapters, we get a seemingly endless slog of sex scenes, recycled jokes, and other filler for almost 40% of the book. It picks up again around 55%, but at that point I was feeling burnt out. I'm all for some steamy sex scenes, but when it gets to the point I stop caring about the characters it's too much, especially when I'm still waiting on answers to the last book's cliffhanger. Throughout the first half of the book, the characters keep saying they need to speak with Casteel's parents but this keeps getting pushed back for shopping trips, dinner dates, and yes, more sex. To add to the word count, the author also apparently feels the need to pointlessly repeat conversations as new characters learn the same information as our protagonist instead of simply saying something like "we quickly filled in so and so." On top of that, almost every chapter seems to have an awkward recap of the last via Poppy's internal monologue.

Perhaps this would have been more tolerable if the characters still had their charm, but Casteel is reduced to an angry sex addict for most of the story, and Poppy goes from simply being sheltered and somewhat naive to straight up childish. Kieran is alright, but doesn't get enough page time aside from making the same worn-out jokes previously mentioned. All the other characters are sidelined to the point where the author could switch around the names and I wouldn't even notice.

After how much I enjoyed the first two books I hate having to be this brutally honest, but I feel it's necessary considering the mindless thirsty fangirls still hoping for a Joining scene will automatically give this 5 stars. I thought the author said this was originally supposed to be a 4 book series, so to extend it to 6 and then put out a mostly filler book is extremely insulting to the fans. I'll still read the next one to see what happens, but at this point I might just wait for my library to get it.
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Just me
2.0 out of 5 stars Filler, little substance
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on April 25, 2021
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Let me start first by saying I absolutely LOVE this author. I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this book. This series, the characters and the world created is just astonishing and I am in awe of Jennifer Armentrout's talents.

Unfortunately, I think this book suffered from stagnation. After I finished it I believe I discovered why. Apparently this is to be a six book series. It seems book three acted solely as a pause in the storyline to ensure there would be enough material for the next books. I detest when authors elongate a book unnecessarily with filler because they have a wird count they need to meet. I get they have obligations to the publisher but this is how sales drop. Readers will lose interest when they are treated to material that is excessively repetitive, nauseatingly inconsequential and lacking depth.

I found my self skipping pages upon pages because the dialogue and story just kept repeating. If I had to read one more word about Ms. Willa's diary I was going to throw my kindle (figuratively of course). Cas/Hawke was pretty much relegated to an on call sex toy where the only conversation he was capable of having revolved around that stupid diary. The beginning of the book started off strong and the characters were in their element. Then the fluff happened. It wasnt until I was 85% done with the book that the story line kicked back into gear. We were left with a cliffhanger, not unexpected, but drawn out to the point of utter frustration. This book could easily have been 10 chapters at most. I equate it to The Hobbit movies. Just because you can make three movies out of one story doesn't mean you should. The same theory applies here, just because you can make 6 books out of this story doesn't mean you should. Jennifer Armentrout is better than this and her readers deserve her talents unbridled by unnecessary fillers.

The first 10% of the book and the last 15% of the book are a 5, no doubt. As for the rest, a 2 at best.
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Maria
2.0 out of 5 stars Why are the people so stupid?
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on October 29, 2021
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I loved the series. I loved Poppy and Cas, even though both are frustrating with how they are making their decisions and what they are saying and not saying - and yes, lots of inner monologues. And the world often does not make a lot of sense in itself, but it wasn't too bad so far.
But here it is too much. Next realm where the gods (or not gods?) reside, where the dead go, (maybe?) but you just can pop by, and yeah the big temple is right around the corner of the secret entrance? The group doesn't even plan a longer journey, like taking supplies or something. And it seems it only works because of Poppy, how did anyone else go there and retrieve some dirt? And that Emil was abused as comic relief here does not fit well either.
And the revenants? How are they created again?.. No don't ask questions, just accept that there is a new enemy class, so things won't get boring.

But what I hated the most are the people that don't behave like themselves anymore or make random decisions. Cas was supposed to be his brothers general, but makes no tactical sound decision, or rather hardly any decision at all, in this book. Underestimates the blood queen (again!) and when Poppy shows more of her power, he does not even suggest training or something, just stupid wonder.
Poppy is absolutely overpowered. How come she was ever considered to be a mere mortal?

And then there is the middle part, with the "wedding" where only wolvens are invited? Why? Just so Cas has to watch from the sideline?

And what started out as something charming was completed overused again, and it was just annoying to read that everyone's brain stopped working as soon as Ms Willa was mentioned. I didn't care anymore when said character showed up.
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Swendog Millionaire
2.0 out of 5 stars So much boring with a good ending
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on May 17, 2021
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10% of this book was so good. So good. The other 90% was very boring and grotesquely overwritten. I won’t go so far as to say it should’ve been a novella, but this book was over 650 pages and really should’ve been less that 500. There was way too much internal monologue, but not just that. There was way too much REPETITIVE internal monologue. I also thought Kieran and Casteel lost some of their personalities and a lot of the ā€œbanterā€ was forgettable.

Overall I liked the plot, but the time spent on everything should’ve been inverted. Spend most of your time on the good stuff!! Don’t tell me twelve times about how the main character has lived a bad childhood and now needs to make her own choices VERBOSELY, when the action parts are so captivating.

I normally don’t mind when series are stretched into more books - as long as they’re enjoyable. This book felt like the author didn’t have enough content to fill this planned installment, and so it was a huge step down from the previous two books fir me. I also was under the (obviously false) impression that this was a trilogy and thus this was the final book. So expectations were pretty crushed when I realized there were more books to come and the majority of this book felt like filler.

The ending was really great. Totally what I’d expected based on the first two books. But I’m so torn right now bout continuing with the series because of how BORING most of this book was. Do I really want to pay $7.99 for the next book assuming it will be more of the same: 10% amazing but 90% monotonously uninteresting.

I’m truly sorry for leaving a review like this but my expectations were SO HIGH and they were truly dashed. I suppose it’s too much to ask that the next book be a kick-ass novella?
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LaurenBurress
2.0 out of 5 stars Brutally, Painfully Honest......
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on April 26, 2021
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This is a hard review to write. This is the most disappointing book I’ve read in a long time. I gave two stars- one because I have always loved this author and I feel I owe her. The second because this book does have a great beginning and a strong ending but what is in between was hard to read, frustrating and no where near what I expected and hoped for. I even stopped reading at one point because the plot and character responses, in my opinion, were just too stupid. When I read the first in this series I was beyond thrilled. JLA, my favorite author, had written an epic book in my favorite fantasy genre. The second in the series delivered a stellar ending that didn’t disappoint but this book dragged on forever. There was too much information, too many details, and too many distractions that only served to distract the reader from the important plot elements of the story. I’m not sure what happened but cheesy dialogue, silly innuendo and just poorly timed romance really took away from my ability to take this story seriously. I wanted to but couldn’t. All of this is the total opposite of what I have thought of other books she has written. I’ve always loved the witty dialogue, character interaction and plot twists in her other books but this just seemed forced and over the top for no reason. I’m not sure I’ll read the next in this series.
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tori
2.0 out of 5 stars meh
Reviewed in the United States šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø on January 13, 2023
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I was only invested for the first 10% and the last 10%. Could not even tell you what happened in the middle of the book.
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