Bound by Birthright

I received this book through netgalley in exchange for a honest review
On the border of liking it and disliking it.

Coming back to review it, I've tipped over into not liking it.

First off, the writing didn't flow well. I found myself distant from the story and couldn't help but look at the words. Conversations felt awkward at times. Personalities were hard to distinguish. There were also weird spelling mistakes...

The sequence of events was a bit dramatic at times and at others just not making sense. Now, an assassin comes for this princess... does he come at night? No. Does he comes when she is alone? No. He comes when she is practicing her sword in a fight against her teach, surrounded by guards. Now, I'd say the guy obviously didn't try hard. I don't see why there was such a great fuss for getting her out of the castle and into hiding. Plus, the good with a sword thing? Brought up again when she needs to make a point but, her self protection shown is very... limited.

I felt no emotional connection to the ‘bad guys' (one of which was so ridiculous I cringed.) so, I wasn't sad to see them come or go.
I did like some of the good characters.
Everyone still seemed very... flat to me. I needed more life and more detail given. The story went by very fast.

Twist I didn't see? Yeah but, mainly because things were pushing one way and then turns another way which was barely talked about.

I really wanted to like this book. I tried.

I will say it was easy and fast to read. There is just too much that didn't make sense to me or was too stunted.

Recommend? No.