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2ag1's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
This is not within my usual genres but I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was a fast paced, action packed, quick read.
I loved the diversity of the mythical creatures and the fact that there was a focus on all of them. Sadie’s powers were interesting and the author wrote about them in an incredible manner.
I loved the diversity of the mythical creatures and the fact that there was a focus on all of them. Sadie’s powers were interesting and the author wrote about them in an incredible manner.
mlcutter's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Solid "meh" for me, but then I don't really enjoy YA novels. I could have enjoyed it, but it just went on and on and seemed to lose focus at the end with a rather anticlimactic climax.
Sadie is a dud in the supernatural world. She is supernatural, but has no powers, that is until her 18th birthday. Then boom she is one of the most powerful supers. Suddenly she is drowning in offers foe her hand, and setting off to find a key. There are keys to portals and Sadie has been foretold as one of the people who will stop a coming war between the good supernaturals and the degenerates. And then there is the werewolf who is a couple thousand years old, CG. Of course, 18 year old Sadie feels drawn to him. Ish.
Sadie is a dud in the supernatural world. She is supernatural, but has no powers, that is until her 18th birthday. Then boom she is one of the most powerful supers. Suddenly she is drowning in offers foe her hand, and setting off to find a key. There are keys to portals and Sadie has been foretold as one of the people who will stop a coming war between the good supernaturals and the degenerates. And then there is the werewolf who is a couple thousand years old, CG. Of course, 18 year old Sadie feels drawn to him. Ish.
snail_soda's review against another edition
2.0
Not a good book but tell me why I loved it. Not enough to give it above 2 stars obviously but I liked reading it. But it was not good. And that's okay. This book was on my kindle when I got it so I didn't buy it and I probably wouldn't have lol. I knew it wasn't going to be a life-changing read.
Sadie is a typical self-insert of the author (not making any claims to know Elledge personally, but based off of author's portrait and Sadie's descriptions. Well.) with snow-white platinum blonde hair (natural, by the way) and big old tiddies and a hot-and-freshly-legal-bod. She's the hottest girl around — save for the fact that she's a total fuckin loser lol. She doesn't have any powers in a power-aplenty-city and her quirky best friend Jo is a soothsayer / clairvoyant. I'm pretty sure Jo looks like that self-insert from I Am Not Starfire but I'm even more sure that Sadie would not befriend a FATTIE because one thing about Sadie is she hates women lol. Anyway Sadie turns 18 (she's LEGAL LET'S GOOO!!!!!) and meets King of Werewolves and brother who are both hot of course and also a vampire who is hot of course and her powers unlocked and — honestly the whole plot is convoluted but also so underwhelming lol. There are NO stakes EVER and the "will they won't they" that is entirely perpetuated by Sadie being a child — errrr sorry legal adult — is so stupid and takes too long. CG (Camden) is a lackluster love interest with a typical saddy-daddy story and big-broad-broody syndrome who is of course OP as fuck and can *teleports behind u and kills u* literally anyone.
Prose is not good. This is mid-grade writing at best with an excessive amount of sexual innuendo yet the insistence to use "biotch" and "freak" instead of "bitch" and "fuck" which I found not only laughable but almost insulting. I cannot, for the life of me, picture someone built up to be as big and scary as Camden to say "freaking" in a sentence instead of "fucking".
Also weird stuff with the singular black character, Lil. Weird twerking scenes that felt. Odd. I'm not gonna assert any "ist" or "ism" but it was. definitely odd. Felt like something to characterize Lil as distinctly black along with spelling out her New Orleans accent.
For a book that I'm pretty sure is on the shorter side, a lot of nothing happens and there's just a lot of instances where I quirked my eyebrow and just had to keep going. Again, this is not a good book (in my opinion) but I was here for the below room temp tea.
Sadie is a typical self-insert of the author (not making any claims to know Elledge personally, but based off of author's portrait and Sadie's descriptions. Well.) with snow-white platinum blonde hair (natural, by the way) and big old tiddies and a hot-and-freshly-legal-bod. She's the hottest girl around — save for the fact that she's a total fuckin loser lol. She doesn't have any powers in a power-aplenty-city and her quirky best friend Jo is a soothsayer / clairvoyant. I'm pretty sure Jo looks like that self-insert from I Am Not Starfire but I'm even more sure that Sadie would not befriend a FATTIE because one thing about Sadie is she hates women lol. Anyway Sadie turns 18 (she's LEGAL LET'S GOOO!!!!!) and meets King of Werewolves and brother who are both hot of course and also a vampire who is hot of course and her powers unlocked and — honestly the whole plot is convoluted but also so underwhelming lol. There are NO stakes EVER and the "will they won't they" that is entirely perpetuated by Sadie being a child — errrr sorry legal adult — is so stupid and takes too long. CG (Camden) is a lackluster love interest with a typical saddy-daddy story and big-broad-broody syndrome who is of course OP as fuck and can *teleports behind u and kills u* literally anyone.
Prose is not good. This is mid-grade writing at best with an excessive amount of sexual innuendo yet the insistence to use "biotch" and "freak" instead of "bitch" and "fuck" which I found not only laughable but almost insulting. I cannot, for the life of me, picture someone built up to be as big and scary as Camden to say "freaking" in a sentence instead of "fucking".
Also weird stuff with the singular black character, Lil. Weird twerking scenes that felt. Odd. I'm not gonna assert any "ist" or "ism" but it was. definitely odd. Felt like something to characterize Lil as distinctly black along with spelling out her New Orleans accent.
For a book that I'm pretty sure is on the shorter side, a lot of nothing happens and there's just a lot of instances where I quirked my eyebrow and just had to keep going. Again, this is not a good book (in my opinion) but I was here for the below room temp tea.
libbylou25's review against another edition
3.0
I guess I expected more from the characters but it was almost as if it was written by a high schooler and she felt like the dialog needed to stay that way. The characters were a little flat, and didn’t develop well. The storyline pushed to find endings and add drama when one possible issue could have been enough. There is still so much story left that I don’t see finishing up in any way.
khaleesimod93's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
taylok3's review against another edition
5.0
The Werewolf Queen- Wheel of Crowns Series Book 1
By Brandi Elledge
5-stars
The Werewolf Queen is an incredible paranormal story that I highly enjoyed from the very beginning until the very end. Brandi wrote with so much detail that I could easily picture everything playing out in my mind and I was able to feel so invested and connected with these characters.
This storyline flowed so seamlessly, and I loved the originality of it. It was action-packed, intense, addicting, romantic and just pure perfection. I loved everything about this book.
I can’t wait to continue this series and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for their next paranormal read!
By Brandi Elledge
5-stars
The Werewolf Queen is an incredible paranormal story that I highly enjoyed from the very beginning until the very end. Brandi wrote with so much detail that I could easily picture everything playing out in my mind and I was able to feel so invested and connected with these characters.
This storyline flowed so seamlessly, and I loved the originality of it. It was action-packed, intense, addicting, romantic and just pure perfection. I loved everything about this book.
I can’t wait to continue this series and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for their next paranormal read!
taylok3's review
5.0
The Werewolf Queen- Wheel of Crowns Series Book 1
By Brandi Elledge
5-stars
The Werewolf Queen is an incredible paranormal story that I highly enjoyed from the very beginning until the very end. Brandi wrote with so much detail that I could easily picture everything playing out in my mind and I was able to feel so invested and connected with these characters.
This storyline flowed so seamlessly, and I loved the originality of it. It was action-packed, intense, addicting, romantic and just pure perfection. I loved everything about this book.
I can’t wait to continue this series and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for their next paranormal read!
By Brandi Elledge
5-stars
The Werewolf Queen is an incredible paranormal story that I highly enjoyed from the very beginning until the very end. Brandi wrote with so much detail that I could easily picture everything playing out in my mind and I was able to feel so invested and connected with these characters.
This storyline flowed so seamlessly, and I loved the originality of it. It was action-packed, intense, addicting, romantic and just pure perfection. I loved everything about this book.
I can’t wait to continue this series and I would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for their next paranormal read!
mousegrey's review
YA fantasy isn’t my favourite genre anymore, but this was free (thanks bookbub). I’m not fond of the MC 50 pages in, and the world hasn’t sucked me in either, which means I’ll probably never read further.
swanocean's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
It was decent. I mean it had a good plot but it feeled rushed. If it was more in depth and not rushing scenes it would be great.
whatsmacksaid's review against another edition
1.0
I didn't want to end the year on a DNF, so I slogged through this thing from start to finish. It was not worthwhile. The writing was not good, most of the minor characters were stereotypes, and the protagonist superficially talks like she's a teenager, but she doesn't think or behave in any way that convinced me she was eighteen. It read like the author has a teenage daughter and decided that exempted her from actually reading/researching YA or NA.
Overall, the cover is cool, but the story was poorly written and not interesting. Save your time and money and skip this one.
Overall, the cover is cool, but the story was poorly written and not interesting. Save your time and money and skip this one.