A review by jena
The Betrothed by Kiera Cass
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The Betrothed was a quick and cute read but unfortunately it didn’t live up to the expectations I had for it. This book was written by the author of The Selection series which I LOVED and is definite reread material. I wanted that from this book, but didn’t get it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Hollis Brite is thrilled when King Jameson makes it known that he intends to make her his queen. She quickly realizes that this isn’t the “happily ever after” she has imagined for herself and finds herself falling in love with a commoner. Drama, of course, ensues. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The problem I had is that the characters don’t feel well developed. I felt no emotional attachment to either love interest and I felt that Hollis, our main character, had different personality traits that didn’t line up with her story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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There’s nothing better than a great best friend storyline and that’s where this book failed me too. Delia Grace starts out as a lovable character but ends up falling short for me too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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On the other hand, as I said, the story is quick and cute and kind of fun. There’s definitely some twists and a little bit of action. But if you’re going into this hoping for a great romance or something similar to The Selection, you will be disappointed. This definitely won’t be a reread for me or a book I keep forever but will I read the sequel? For sure! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The Betrothed was a quick and cute read but unfortunately it didn’t live up to the expectations I had for it. This book was written by the author of The Selection series which I LOVED and is definite reread material. I wanted that from this book, but didn’t get it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Hollis Brite is thrilled when King Jameson makes it known that he intends to make her his queen. She quickly realizes that this isn’t the “happily ever after” she has imagined for herself and finds herself falling in love with a commoner. Drama, of course, ensues. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The problem I had is that the characters don’t feel well developed. I felt no emotional attachment to either love interest and I felt that Hollis, our main character, had different personality traits that didn’t line up with her story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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There’s nothing better than a great best friend storyline and that’s where this book failed me too. Delia Grace starts out as a lovable character but ends up falling short for me too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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On the other hand, as I said, the story is quick and cute and kind of fun. There’s definitely some twists and a little bit of action. But if you’re going into this hoping for a great romance or something similar to The Selection, you will be disappointed. This definitely won’t be a reread for me or a book I keep forever but will I read the sequel? For sure! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀