A review by wrappingpaper
King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard

adventurous dark funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I flew through about 75% of this book, took a break for a few months and found it pretty difficult to get stuck back into. Overall I feel like the plot really carries this book, not the writing or characters. Mare is less annoying but I didn’t really like the ending and her reaction in it. 
I did however enjoy the multiple povs to get a break from constant Mare and an insight into other characters. 
In general I feel like this book could’ve told the same story in a lot less pages so I’m slightly worried for War Storm bc  imo as these books get bulkier the pace slows down. 
Overall I still enjoyed this book, still gonna finish the series (at some point) , just didn’t enjoy it that much compared to the first books. I have hopes it’ll pick up again tho. 
I still recommend this series to people who are into dystopian ya fantasy politics all that stuff. 
A lot of gore, murder and mentions of trauma/ptsd tho so don’t read if you’re sensitive to that 👍
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