Reviews

La Couronne de Fumée by P.M. Freestone

herrcreativespace's review against another edition

3.0

What a lovely book but I do wish there was more / another one.

arami_heartilly's review against another edition

3.0

Not as good as the first one. The pacing seemed all over the place and I didn’t like one of the POV characters, which is a shame because I wanted to. Still glad I read it and I like the world and most of the characters.

lizlinguist's review against another edition

2.0

I so wanted to like this a lot. I'd enjoyed the first book enough to want to see how the story ended - but sadly the gorgeous cover art is the best thing about it. It really, really needed a better editor - because there were a lot of good ideas and interesting characters, but nothing really hangs together, everything's too easy, there's no real sense of long stretches of time passing, there's little character development, and overall I found it confusing. I finished reading a few weeks ago and I'd honestly struggle to tell you the plot. It does have quite a satisfying ending though, which is a definite plus point.

sophydavydova's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

vikaroni's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

thepeachyhub's review against another edition

3.0

Sigh... I'm not sure how I feel? I love all these characters and it was great to be back in this world but also so many things just did not make sense?! The ending felt rushed and whilst the final chapter was adorable, it ended on a cliffhanger? This is the final book in the series? What? I'm so confused...

elfqueenvik's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

3.0

weirdoella's review against another edition

3.0

{3/5}

Je ne pensais pas que le deuxième soit réellement nécessaire a l'histoire, alors certes on retourne dans cet univers que j'affectionne avec ses personnages que j'adore mais 400 pages c'est trop.
Ça tourne en rond, on en voit pas le bout. Je pense, personnellement, que l'auteur aurait dû faire un standalone de 700/800 pages qui aurait tout eu en un et qui n'aurait pas coupé bizarrement. En plus la bataille de fin se résout en 3 seconde et on comprend pas tout.
Enfin, la fin n'est pas même réellement fermé, c'est une fin ouverte et nous ne savons même pas où elle nous amène...
Sinon la plume est toujours très fluide et addictive.

woolgathering_jane's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

It wasn't bad, it just wasn't good. I don't regret reading it but will I pick it up again? probably not
Everything was just so meh - the characters, the final fight, the logic behind everyone's actions, even the (in theory) cool non-binary character felt a bit fake? idk
I did like all the representation tho, that was nice

booksandlemonsquash's review against another edition

3.0

I found this a little bit of a let down. I really enjoyed the first book, and this felt like a haphazard conclusion. For the first time I think it should have been split into two? We could have had more journey, and the parts with Ash could have carried more gravitas. And then the final book could have been the epic fight. Instead we got a rushed fight with almost no detail, and some new parts that didn’t seem to add much to the story. It felt rushed and condensed :(