A review by lrwlee
A Kingdom of Exiles by S.B. Nova

3.0

This book felt underdeveloped in many ways. We begin with one world and life there for the heroine, It felt like The Scarlet Letter. It was so predictable that she would lose the trial. She had to or there would be no rest of the story. But then there is this insta-love thing that happens with her captor. If he had done what he did, to me, there's no way I would have forgiven him let alone befriended him. So, this was another predictable transition to get the heroine into the next situation, etc. The various scenes just felt underdeveloped and again predictable without originality. If you're going to reuse a trope, at least make it so we can't guess how it will play out. Make something about it unpredictable. I'm about halfway through but I won't be finishing it. The foreshadowing dump with the witch was just the end for me. Yes, not only is she the queen, but there's more. She's also a fae! Come on. And the result of the meeting with the witch, now there will be several quests to go get these necessary ingredients which heaven forbid the witch not procure because of Morgan. So now we have to go through this quest. Argh. And you know she will eventually become queen. I'm just done. I need something more original, or at least with unexpected twists.