Reviews

The Queen of the Dawn by S.M. Gaither

luma_20's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

With book 3 and 4 feeling a bit like a filler for the plot and focusing more on the politics and relationships, I feel like book 5 made up for the slower progress in the previous books. I really didn't want this to be the end and therefore kind of pushed back reading the last 150 pages, but ultimately I had to, just like Casia had to face the final battle in this book to start a new chapter. I can't wait to read the author's upcoming stories and hope I will get to love their new characters just like I did with Casia, Elander and her friends.
It's not just a fantasy story but also a life advice; there is always going to be light in darkness.

maddy6688's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.75

amason's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

claireya1's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

aglittercobra's review

I tried, I really did! I wanted to love this series and parts of it are fantastic but honestly this book just felt SOOO REPETITIVE! Battle gods do something el and cas do it, battle gods do something etc etc. I just don’t have the time to read something I am not enjoying.

olja_wolf's review

adventurous slow-paced

3.0

katemarie929's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

4.0

hope542's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

2.75

kayrene11's review against another edition

2.0

I was really disappointed by this. I was so close to finishing it, but the characters fell into a predictable rhythm. The book could have benefitted by other POVs because it felt like we had learned all we could about the two main characters. The romance severed were also repetitive and felt out of place. I unfortunately will not be finishing this series with only one book left.

emhildeb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

Big action happened at the end of the previous book/ the beginning of this book, and after that it got very slow.  I got distracted a bit and zoned out,  but in general I really liked this series.