Starlight’s Reviews > Queen's Crusade > Status Update

this was alright
dulled by the fact that it’s just another cliffhanger ending up in the air

ugh

i liked the acknowledgement at least of vivian saying she preferred being the only female Blood of sharas
that whole thing was bothering me

i’m not satisfied in general with how this story left me
i wonder if i’ll be excited whenever the fuck the next and hopefully but unlikely, conclusion will be out

one of sharas last thoughts in this book was at least one more Blood out there waiting for her

then thierry the bird spirit is still here

🤷🏻‍♀️

don’t really care much about that new sibling alliance mayte has been trying to make

bleh

done rereading

i guess it’ll be a long ass while until the next book comes out sadly :(

rn not much in the mood to read the sun fire books

i’m so over incomplete series

i need to find a new story to dive into

The story has me hooked mostly
The execution leaves much to be desired half the time
I like it
And it’s memorable
I wish I could love it

Maybe I’ll do a rewrite

Main problems with this book
Hasn’t really changed throughout the series

Lack of editing
Repetitive sex scenes
the overuse of the word fuck
Lack of character building and relationships
Cringe dialogue most of the time
Everyone basically sounds the same

I’ve been rereading this book the last few days
After randomly getting the urge
I wish this was a complete series already

I’ll have to check my notes
I vaguely recall not enjoying this at all the first time around

But I’m enjoying it more rn

Whether that’s period hormones going whack rn, or just this writing that fails to evoke any emotion from me, idk.

I feel apathetic.
To this story and it’s characters.

The week long rereads just to get to THIS book, feels like a waste of time now.

Maybe the next book will have me feeling differently? 🤷🏻‍♀️

For now, my takeaway is needing to dive into a new story to forget this experience.

What it feels like, is repetitive shit for at least the first 60% of the book, and then Sekh is introduced.

Along with Thierry at some point.

Then the Skolos triune mess.

And the last five percent had Vore.

And that’s it.

It felt sooooo rushed and convoluted/condensed into a few measly chapters.

Tbh it was just sad to read.

But I also don’t FEEL it.

This book, this series overall, has just been lacking so much..

I don’t have the energy or want to think on why or what that is either.

I’m left feeling quite unsatisfactorily rn.

Eghhh.

That Basilia / Dauphine twist was kind of a surprise I guess

But before that
All the skolos mind melding italicized talking was too confusing to read

It def took away from the reading experience

Everything has been and continues to be meh.

Maybe I’m too desensitized now.