A review by hazy_amber
The Wicked King, by Holly Black
1.0
Ok, so this is legit terrible.
I gave the first one benefit of doubt. It introduced the characters, the world, the writing was decent, so i was hopeful.
Cue in book 2 - The Adventures of Mary Sue.
This was a total waste of time.
There was zero character development, zero world building, zero clever plot twists.
Somehow we end up five months after the first book ends, conveniently letting the author off the hook with actual explanation how things progressed where we find them.
Mmkay...
Maybe we will see how Jude became so much better at in er politics of the court?
Yeah, no, tough luck.
All we have is Jude repeatedly saying how she spent days and days and months and months plotting _something_ only to keep getting in the most stupid situations possible.
Cardan? Dont get me started.
This series is a very solid DNF for me and i am not even interested to see what ends up happening in the third book
I gave the first one benefit of doubt. It introduced the characters, the world, the writing was decent, so i was hopeful.
Cue in book 2 - The Adventures of Mary Sue.
This was a total waste of time.
There was zero character development, zero world building, zero clever plot twists.
Somehow we end up five months after the first book ends, conveniently letting the author off the hook with actual explanation how things progressed where we find them.
Mmkay...
Maybe we will see how Jude became so much better at in er politics of the court?
Yeah, no, tough luck.
All we have is Jude repeatedly saying how she spent days and days and months and months plotting _something_ only to keep getting in the most stupid situations possible.
Cardan? Dont get me started.
This series is a very solid DNF for me and i am not even interested to see what ends up happening in the third book