Mel (Epic Reading)’s Reviews > This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me > Status Update

I really don’t understand why every single nuance and relationship must be described and discussed ad nauseam. Some of the details we are given are totally irrelevant. Important for the author to know and maybe pull out later; but not needed for the moment in the book. While I like the characters and plot; the writing is still wearing me down a bit.

WAIT WHAT?!?! oh… clever, clever. The Andrew’s duo got me… you just don’t expect… now I see why everyone says they can’t say much about the book except what the blurb says. I completely concur.
For a book that starts out a bit slow it sure has kept my attention for the last couple hundred pages. The hooks get deeper into me with every page turn…

After a very slow, shaky, overly descriptive start I’m hooked. Good characters, still a touch iffy on our MC gal but she’s wearing me down too. So many interesting side characters I want more of!
And while the world MC was dropped into is grimdark, I agree with others that the overall tone of the main story is hopeful. It’s very bizarre.

I had major doubts to start… but how that I’m a little ways in this seems to have gotten its claws into me. :)

So every interesting male in this world is gorgeous (and dangerous… seems unlikely. Lol

Finally getting into this. It’s a bit description heavy to start (even for high fantasy). I’m iffy on the lead gal so far… hopefully that gets better. (I am always iffy on portal fantasy that doesn’t start children so we will see on that issue too…)

My mom and aunt asked me to read this to see if it’s ’worth it’ for them (aka Fourth Wing or ACOTAR). Guess we will see.