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The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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mightymaite's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

What a beautiful progression of the story. Poppy and Cas being apart so long made you suffer, but also made the character and relationship development in this book possible. The trauma that Cas went through, the aftermath and the impact on Poppy were so gripping! The atrocities of war in this book were written beautifully and so visually that it gripped you by the throat and branded itself on your eyes.
After seeing the relationships between the characters change and develop over multiple books, it was the perfect time for the Joining to happen. Very natural progression to get here. Tastefully written, full of love and friendship.
This book was the perfect bridge between Poppy's and Nyktos' storyline.

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hapalyn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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fireinherveinzz's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m sick of the plot twists at this point , it’s getting really old like poppy would have been enough and worthy just being a mortal and didn’t need all these extra super special super powers or finding our she’s the the chosen one in this prophecy. or oh great she has a long lost sister who she didn’t get to bond or interact with at all after losing her brother . Also the joining scene definitely overhyped to be way more than it actually is . She’s not cheating on or lying to Casteel it’s consentual and healthy communication even when she was feeding from Kiernan which she was forced to do to survive and was extremely reluctant to. She didn’t have sex with him without Casteel there . People really got all up in arms about this for no reason. When really this story had other issues . It just kinda dragged out with some light hearted comedic moments and a lot of violence and torture and scenes of aftermath of mass murder of children etc which JLA seems to be found of . Then the anti climatic moment of her ending her mothers life after all that build up over how scary powerful she was just. I love how this story started in the first couple books now this is getting really dull and not interesting anymore . JLA over relying on plot twist and random reveals that just won’t stop happening to make the story interesting does not in fact make for an interesting story . The only scene I truly loved was Poppy being assertive about deciding she what she would wear to see her abuser her biological mother and not the former white dress she was forced to wear or she would show up naked . That should have been the energy of the death scene or punishing Isbeth some other way it just wasnt that satisfying.
She kept saying she didn’t want to turn into her or become like a god who demolished cities and killed innocents . But acted really selfishly and like a brat at times .
I don’t see how much more this story can get dragged out for .

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josxphinchen's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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kodafaith's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

While this wasn’t my favorite in the series, I did find it so good! Expanding on the world and the lore was really fun and leaves you so excited for future books.
I do find it funny how much hate JLA has gotten for something she literally has hinted at for the entire series and think people need to take a step back. There is absolutely no need to be horrible to an author just because you didn’t enjoy what happened, just don’t read the books!

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I personally have been waiting for the joining to occur because you can’t tease me like that! And I thought that the relationship between Poppy and Kieran doesn’t feel like one of infidelity but more like a natural bond between them. I feel like if it was anyone else it wouldn’t feel okay but the way Cas and Kieran are together makes it feel okay. I don’t know where the relationship between all of them will go in the future but I imagine it will be similar to how it was before they joined. That they will all be close and playful but it will still be just Cas and Poppy and maybe Kieran will join sometimes but not just Poppy and Kieran. But I personally think that if all parties are okay with it, then there is nothing wrong with the relationships they form!

I found this book great and I’m so excited to learn more about the histories and see how this war plays out. I can’t wait for more books to be out!

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dreareads_'s review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

1.0

I have no idea why I bought this. I guess I just hoped there would be improvement but oh wow no.
Here are some of my problems with it:

1)I would like to preface this by saying I don't care about the joining, I am not against it and if they had a polyamorous relationship thats fine BUT I cannot get over how JLA takes the ONLY black central character and makes him a DOORMAT for the whyte characters. Kieran has no personality other that protect and serve Poppy. Please, explain to me what are Kierans motives outside of serving Cas and Poppy??

2) Even when JLA tries to characterize the wolven as individuals, the fact that they are dependent on the whims of Poppy. It was creepy and a bad choice when it happened and a bad choice now.

3) There was a weird scene were Poppy FISTED Tawny's curly hair while holding her and honestly that was just such a weird thing to do. Gave me the creeps

4) Lord Stabbing isnt a personality trait. Please. Poppy stabbing people stopped being cute half ways through book two.

5) I remembered nothing of The Crown of Gilded Bones and if you think I am going to reread that mess you have another thing coming lol

Will definitely NOT read the next books.

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levesc17's review

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adventurous dark lighthearted tense slow-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

4.0

The last book in the series ended on a terrible note, Casteel is taken hostage in exchange for Poppy’s freedom. The newest installment, War of the Two Queens, picks up about a month after the events of book two as Poppy and Kieran are in the throes of planning to get Casteel back. The book is tense the entire time, and the dramatic irony is almost frustrating. We know key pieces of information the characters take a long time to figure out. It makes the book feel very long and slow paced. The shining virtue of this book is the relationships between Poppy, Casteel, and Kieran. We also get very strong Casteel chapters from his point of view and those really helped round out the narrative. Now I can’t wait for book 2 in the companion series to find out more about that storyline.

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charlottef00's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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stardust_heidi's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I started the first 5 chapters and decided to wait until the weekend to read, and when I did, I devoured the rest of the book in approximately 24 hours. I could NOT put it down. This is one that hooks with with unbearable angst from the beginning and doesn't let go until the end; however, after

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Casteel is rescued, things definitely get more lighthearted and funny in ways similar to the previous books.</spoiler)

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Also, I won't lie, I was apprehensive about the Joining, but it was done SO WELL, and dear lord, I love the love between the three of them and the way Cas and Kieran both worship Poppy.

A phenomenal installment to this series. My heart was racing at the end and I literally had to put my book down every few minutes to take a deep breath.

I need the next two books STAT.

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