Lindsay’s Reviews > Throne of the Fallen > Status Update

Going up to 1.15 speed. Our protagonists have finally decided to trust each other & now we know allllll about Envy’s male anatomy. I predict that next will be endless politicking with various supernatural courts and clues for the life-and-death Game delivered exclusively in anagrams. (Anagrams! Truly the only format these very clever people can handle? They all speak English? What happens w/ the book translations?)

Every instance of “room” was auto-replaced with“chamber,” also “problem” & “issue.” They are Princes of Sin, but it’s more like Envy is just his character flaw while he fills his palace w/ art and cares for his court. And the princes love sex! But he is always calling her a “deviant” when she is into it- does the author mean depraved? This book is very reliant on fast pacing and sexual tension.

Jam-packed w/ princes of hell, a vampire, an artist heroine w/ silver hair & eyes in alt England with fairy market, blackmail, a scavenger hunt with high stakes, & so many backstory mentions I thought this must be book 3 (no). Saddened that magical setting only gives the heroine a little more agency, propriety still rules. The author is addicted to using “parchment” & “chamber” at every opportunity. Riveted.