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A review by aritrigupta
The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz
2.0
All YA tropes, most used badly.
I think that summarizes how I felt about the book. Nothing in the book is new, or is intended to look new. The story is predicatble "AF", and I swear I hate using these abbreviations.
Here are my top 5 complaints:
1. The forced romance
2. The inconsistent pacing
3. The switch between 1st and 3rd POVs.
4. Shadow and Cal were both useless, and quite unreal and two dimensional. And really, were there no other YA names the author could think of?
5. The twist that was not a twist at all
I have had quite a bad run with YA fantasy this year, which could indicate that it's time I move on from this genre. But it's such a fun genre to go back to, that I find hard to let go. I liked neither the narration nor the world building of this book.
For me, [a:Melissa de la Cruz|21911|Melissa de la Cruz|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521600969p2/21911.jpg] is to be avoided after this as her style and my reading needs don't coincide.
I think that summarizes how I felt about the book. Nothing in the book is new, or is intended to look new. The story is predicatble "AF", and I swear I hate using these abbreviations.
Here are my top 5 complaints:
1. The forced romance
2. The inconsistent pacing
3. The switch between 1st and 3rd POVs.
4. Shadow and Cal were both useless, and quite unreal and two dimensional. And really, were there no other YA names the author could think of?
5. The twist that was not a twist at all
I have had quite a bad run with YA fantasy this year, which could indicate that it's time I move on from this genre. But it's such a fun genre to go back to, that I find hard to let go. I liked neither the narration nor the world building of this book.
For me, [a:Melissa de la Cruz|21911|Melissa de la Cruz|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521600969p2/21911.jpg] is to be avoided after this as her style and my reading needs don't coincide.