Reviews

Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard

robinhood2000's review

5.0

This book was pretty much how I remember it. The last few pages of Corianne’s story always chills me to my bones, the Farley story didn’t really give me much. I got a bit of Diana POV and how she and Shade met but it wasn’t as punchy as Corianne’s story. Also a lot of the book at the end was just a sneak peak of glass sword so it’s a really short short story collection.



Earlier review;
The red queen series is one of my favorite series ever. So original, cool system of powers and lovely characters. Recommend that everyone reads this!

uutopicaa's review

1.0

Voy a ser sincera. Red Queen no me gustó (pueden buscar mi reseña), pero me prometí terminar con la saga porque la idea en sí no es mala, aunque la autora se haya dejado llevar por los clichés y el romance —que hacen que una buena trama política parezca un amor de secundario—.
Todavía no leí Glass Sword, lo tengo en el estante. Pero se me ocurrió leer primero este pequeño libro que tiene 2 cuentos. El primer cuento habla sobre la madre de Cal y cómo llegó a ser reina (bastante interesante, aunque realmente lento). El segundo cuento habla sobre los rojos y da uno que otro dato interesante sobre el hermano de Mare (no les voy a contar). El cuento en sí es aburrido y más de la mitad de las páginas son mensajes interceptados por la guardia roja y decodificados (pocos de estos mensajes son importantes).

alyssapaintsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

doodleskrt's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I knew what was going to happen, but it broke my heart anyway.

letsbebookfriends's review

4.0

Loved the inside look into the two women's minds. Queen Coriane's story was as tragic as I thought it would be.

Reading from Farley's POV was more interesting than I thought it would be. Is that a ship I detect??!!

All in all great back ground for Glass Sword.

megreed20's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.0

kimilovebooks90's review

adventurous dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

mena_bh's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

dunder_mifflin's review

3.0

I was sort of disappointed with this. I bought the book knowing there were two stories in it, but not knowing that roughly a third of the book was just a Glass Sword preview, so I was kind of bummed. My favourite story was Queen Song, which was actually around half the length of Steel Scars which I didn't enjoy as much.

So while the stories were good, my favourite was really short and a lot of what I paid for was a preview of a book I already paid for and own.

It was good though, and as an avid Red Queen (and Maven) fan, I feel like I definitely should own this anyway.

mialicia's review

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Nice, quick read. I enjoyed the backstory of Farley, how her story intertwined with Mare's, and the beginning of her relationship with Shade. I wish we could have had more time with Coriane, especially after she became queen. Learned more about her time as a ruler.