Kendare Blake – Cannonball Read 17

Stop reading after book two! Is my advice.

Five Dark Fates (Three Dark Crowns, #5) by Kendare Blake

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is the final book in the Three Dark Crowns quartet, which was originally supposed to be a duology, but money, what are you going to do, oh right, trick a bunch of teens (and adults, coughcough) into buying your book series. Yeah, sorry all fans of this series and the author (I’m sure you’re lovely) but I hated this. It doubled down on everything I disliked from books one through three (especially three), and downgraded what I liked (the premise, the worldbuilding). It also […]

This series goes from wasted potential to actively irritating in this book.

Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns, #3) by Kendare Blake

December 30, 2020 by narfna 4 Comments

Ughhhh, I will tell you right now that I am in a foul mood right now, but did the book do that to me? Or is the book suffering because of it instead? Probably both. I don’t honestly care. Soooo cranky. And this book is such a waste, in my opinion. Waste of a good premise. I’m at the point now where the only thing I care about in this series is the lore and the flashbacks to the other queens. The only character I […]

This series still not living up to its potential, for me.

One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns, #2) by Kendare Blake

July 29, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I liked this one better than the first one, but there was still some issues lingering from that book, and I have some things to say about Katharine. The plot has officially arrived, and while it felt sort of meandering and messy, at least things were happening. After Beltane, the three Queens of Fennbirn are officially free to murder one another, and the last Queen standing takes the throne. If they haven’t killed each other by the end of the year, they will be locked […]

This could have been so much better.

Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) by Kendare Blake

January 23, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

As many reviewers have pointed out before me, this book has a great premise, but a lot of that is wasted on the execution of it. The degree to which you think it’s wasted varies in most of my friends’ reviews, but there does seem to be a consensus that wasted premise is the main problem. It also falls into several YA cliché-traps that I really wish it hadn’t, and just goes far enough in pushing the boundaries of the genre for it to be […]

A political system that might just make more sense then North America’s

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

January 14, 2019 by CDK 3 Comments

Book: Three Dark Crowns, Book 1 of Three Dark Crowns Series Medium: Book Dates Read: Jan 1-3, 2018 Overall Review (out of 5): 4 light-hearted fluff points out of 5 There isn’t a better way to start off a reading year than with some good old YA. At least that’s what I find, as it’s always best to progress to more serious reading material as the year goes on then start there. YA keeps you reading in the meantime. My 4/5 rating is not that this […]

Slasher Girls and Monster Boys

August 8, 2017 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

This collection contains lots of great horror stories. They are written by some really awesome YA authors as well. Sorry, I’m tired, so I’m going to direct you to my blog for more information. You can read my full review here.

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