A review by socialamoebaemily
A Queen Comes to Power by Chloe C. Peñaranda

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.5

A definite step up from the first novel! There's a lot more plot and more character development in this one. Not all of it seems all that connected, and not in the 'this will circle back later' sense but more in the 'this needs editing' sense. The characters also seem to have a lot going on behind the scenes with wildly changing emotions and motivations while only showing a tiny portion within the novel. It would've been nice to see a lot more of that and less of the random court politics that were mostly all just fluff. Overall I think the story itself is decent but the writing could use work. This one was quite long and honestly the important bits only took up a tiny portion. With more character work and plot structure and some general world building in a more organized way this would have been quite good. Still worth a read if you've got nothing else in your book pile at the moment.