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A review by a_chickletz
The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
2.0
I honestly did not finish this book.
The reviews, the accolades, and the comparisons to Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom is what got me into this book.
If you're one of those, this book ain't for you. If you aren't one of those, the the book is for you.
Here are the flaws:
- Quick, hurried, insta love between the heroine and the bad-boy with a good heart.
- Confusing magic system that isn't very well explained
- Too much confinement to only three characters and being constantly on the road/traveling (like, we never get pov's from anybody else)
- Girl is too, TOO prickly/angry/bitchy for her own good
- The macguffin (the Prince) literally is useless and is just there to keep the plot anchored
I'm not one of the people this book was for and I'm choosing not to continue/end the series with the next one when it is released.
The reviews, the accolades, and the comparisons to Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom is what got me into this book.
If you're one of those, this book ain't for you. If you aren't one of those, the the book is for you.
Here are the flaws:
- Quick, hurried, insta love between the heroine and the bad-boy with a good heart.
- Confusing magic system that isn't very well explained
- Too much confinement to only three characters and being constantly on the road/traveling (like, we never get pov's from anybody else)
- Girl is too, TOO prickly/angry/bitchy for her own good
- The macguffin (the Prince) literally is useless and is just there to keep the plot anchored
I'm not one of the people this book was for and I'm choosing not to continue/end the series with the next one when it is released.