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A review by wordsofclover
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
4.0
On the island of Fennbirn there are three queens but only one of them can eventually be the true leader. Mirabella, Katherine and Arsinoe are triplets and were split up as children and taught to hate each other - because eventually they will have to kill each other until only one is left standing to rule. As their 16th year approaches, the girls have to start dealing with the reality they are about to face while also dealing with the powers they were born with and some untimely romances.
I was exivted to read this and I'm so glad I got around to it cause I really enjoyed it. First things first - the map in this book is INCREDIBLE. I think it might be one of my favourite maps to ever appear in a book, just absolutely gorgeous.
This book is pretty cool because we have three main protagonists, all of which we know are on limited time. We know with a certainty that all of them are going to become murders most likely, and two of them will definitely die. But all the girls are likable in their own way and they are all so different to one another. I did feel for Katherine the mostuntil the end until she started poisoning animals as she definitely seemed to have had the worst childhood being a poisoner. Arsinoe and Mirabella definitely had a more idyllic childhood compared to hers and I think received a lot more love as well. So I found it interesting how the other started growing weaker in different ways as Katherine began to grow stronger within herself and her confidence soared.
I enjoyed the side characters in this, mainly Jules (I also really liked Luke even though he isn't in it a lot).I think Jules seems to be a great character and I love how strong a naturalist she is - however, I do think everything with Joseph lets her down a bit and I don't like her seeing her become all about him when she's a pretty cool badass woman by herself.
I did like Mirabella and as with all of the girls, I love that they all had some kind of female friendship around them. Katherine's main relationship was with Petyr (who was basically Draco Malfoy to me) but she did have a tentative friendship with her maid and her guardian.
The end of this book was just so crazy and thrilling and felt like everything happened at once. I loved it. I really enjoy the revelations and can't wait to see what happens next. The next book is going to be pretty epic!
I was exivted to read this and I'm so glad I got around to it cause I really enjoyed it. First things first - the map in this book is INCREDIBLE. I think it might be one of my favourite maps to ever appear in a book, just absolutely gorgeous.
This book is pretty cool because we have three main protagonists, all of which we know are on limited time. We know with a certainty that all of them are going to become murders most likely, and two of them will definitely die. But all the girls are likable in their own way and they are all so different to one another. I did feel for Katherine the most
I enjoyed the side characters in this, mainly Jules (I also really liked Luke even though he isn't in it a lot).I think Jules seems to be a great character and I love how strong a naturalist she is - however, I do think everything with Joseph lets her down a bit and I don't like her seeing her become all about him when she's a pretty cool badass woman by herself.
I did like Mirabella and as with all of the girls, I love that they all had some kind of female friendship around them. Katherine's main relationship was with Petyr (who was basically Draco Malfoy to me) but she did have a tentative friendship with her maid and her guardian.
The end of this book was just so crazy and thrilling and felt like everything happened at once. I loved it. I really enjoy the revelations and can't wait to see what happens next. The next book is going to be pretty epic!