Reviews

Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

lexisreadingagain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Easily one of the best trilogies that I’ve ever read. Laurent of Vere and Damianos of Akielos will live rent free in my mind until the end of days. It’s been .5 seconds since finishing, and I already want to reread. I don’t know that I’ll ever recover 😩

venadeio's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

garnetguardian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

dsantistama08's review against another edition

5.0

Rilettura aprile 2021, sempre cinque stelline e .. sempre sotto un treno per Damen e Laurent

bentheoverlordsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

 

Really liked this and it had some of my fav moments but I feel it need to be at least as long as book 2 if not longer. I feel this one the pace felt a bit rushed and I felt the romance became more prominent in this one to the detriment of the plot. That being said loved the character work although Damen is an idiot, but I do love the way the book came together. I love we got more stuff with the villains this book, and some of the newer sidecharacters were excellent.
Overall really great trilogy.

 

mdwan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.75

puchasa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

butlere's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

delilahmae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

• 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

4.5

mikeg24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This was a great end to a dramatic trilogy! I waited until I finished the trilogy to write my reviews on all 3, so here they are:

SPOILERS 

This books is my second fave in the series behind Princes Gambit. It was gut wrenching at the beginning. Going from Damen and Laurent building their trust to being stripped away and their hatred being put on all burners was so gut wrenching. You just want to hope they make it through the end. Luckily they do and it really is sweet to see how they come to understand how the other processes their emotions. 

I will say the only part that I felt rushed was then ending, especially Kastors death. While it played out how I figured it should, it did feel a bit fast. Last or wasn’t really a threat or a presence at all and so his death just didn’t hit the same as the regents. I wish he was given a tad more venom before he died.

All in all, I binged this series after not being sure how I felt starting the first book. But I loved it.