Reviews

The Ever Cruel Kingdom by Rin Chupeco

stephondrusek's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.25

steamsuccubus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

novaturient_bibliophile's review against another edition

4.25

The ending was really exciting, and tense, and brilliant. But up until the last hundred or so pages, the rising action just was not very engaging. Yes, it had positive messages; yes, it built on ideas so the climax would make sense; yes, it developed important relationships. It didn’t keep me hooked, though, and it didn’t add to my investment in the story. That being said, the last third of the book was great. The ending was well-written too, because it was good and happy without being unrealistic and too perfect. I loved the casual queer rep, too. However, I must admit, some of the “sisterhood comments made me cringe”. Overall, this book shocked me. Some of the twists were just really out of nowhere. They made sense, but they were not predictable. 
This reminded me of the Cerulean by Amy Ewing and Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor.

marieintheraw's review against another edition

4.0

This was so satisfying.

megdconway's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

moonsweetie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

4.0

lunamothma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

lunaballz's review against another edition

5.0

Another winner by Rin Chupeco. I honestly wondered where the story would go after the ending of the prequel book but she made plenty of conflict that felt very natural so the story progressed at a quick but not forced rate.

In any case, it's Rin Chupeco, so a definite recommend and 5 star from me

lgbt rep: 2 of the 4 main POV characters are in in a lesbian relationship, a side character (Noelle) is ace, and another side character (Arjun's ex) flirts with both boys and girls

janus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

becca1909's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

i really wanted to love this however i was so confused for most of this, again i listened via audio so i at times i was confused cause of so much world building. from what i can remember it was okay, i loved the writing and the sister storyline was good