A review by mackle13
The True Queen by Zen Cho

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I went into this book not really remembering much about the prior one.  It was a bit of a disadvantage at the start, but I don't think it was that detrimental, because the main characters of this story are newly introduced, and we get enough reminders of the characters from the prior story that I was easily able to follow what was going on - even though I didn't have any prior buy-in to them, which often comes from continuing stories.

So, anyway - that aside... 

I struggled with this book, especially in the beginning of the story.  Muna and Sitka were interesting enough, I suppose, but once we got to London the story seemed to come to a halt for awhile, as Muna was introduced to London society.  And, like, I love a good story of magical ton, and Regency feminists and all, but this just dragged... 

Also, the whole thing was just so bloody obvious.  Like, as soon as

Sitkamuna was mentioned, and it was kind of early on, I knew that these girls without their memories were this celestial being - or, well, dragon fey thing, but I had originally assumed celestial being - and then it gets mentioned and Muna never is like, hey, that's me and my sister's name?  And then it gets mentioned later, and it's like they heard it for the first time?

That actually happened a few times, where I'd read something and was like, wait, didn't we go over this already?

The story did pick up about halfway through, but I can't say I ever became overly invested.