Comment

Aug 02, 2017jmli rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Three Dark Crowns has an interesting premise and plot. I was excited when I first picked it up, but it turns out that this book fell short of my expectations. The summary got me hyped, but the book itself? Mehhh... There's too much romance in there for my liking as well as makeout scenes and love interests. I didn't feel like there was enough action, and I was often bored by the fact that nothing was really happening. Yes, there are some minor details/events, and maybe this first book is just intended to provide background information, but honestly? It was unnecessary and redundant, especially since the actual ascension year starts WAY, WAY, WAY later in the book. I couldn't get enough out of Three Dark Crowns. Matthew and Joseph Sandrin are players, Billy is the only loyal boy, Katharine is a little brat, Pietyr is jealous, Arsinoe is strong-willed, Jules is powerful, Mirabella is perfect, and everyone else is irrelevant. That's really all you need to know about the characters. Everything they do is basically boring too, so you don't need to know much. There were some things that I did like though such as the writing and the setting. I just hope that the second book will focus more on emotions and action.