Twin Crowns
Ratings20
Average rating4
Enjoyable, but even with the audiobook I missed a bit of the action here and there. Some action scenes could've had more elaboration to really suck the reader into the book, instead they flew by.
Minder leuk dan dat iknhad verwacht. Was kn het begin erg verwarrend, maar werd uiteindelijk wel een goed verhaal. Kwam er wel moeilijk doorheen, omdat het soms het soms echt van hot naar her ging...
Synopsis: Twins Wren & Rose were separated at birth. Wren was raised by her grandmother in the camp of the witch's resistance, aware of her sister and prepared to one day take back the throne for her people. Rose was raised as a princess under the close guardianship of the King's Breath, unaware of her twin and sure of her future as monarch. Now the twins are about to come of age and both are determined to claim the throne and their birthright.
My Thoughts:
- I found this book a lot of fun right from the off.
- It's well-paced, with an interesting magic system.
- Two great romantic pairings, one with brilliant enemies-to-lovers energy and another with great sexual tension.
- Things are presented as quite black and white / good v evil between the King's Breath and the witches, perhaps with future books there will be some shades of grey or development of the King's Breath as he is quite a 2d villain at present
- Rose is described throughout the book as a princess, but surely she would have become Queen at the moment of her father's death, albeit one with a regent or council of regents until she was of age? That's generally the way monarchy works but it seems that she can't be Queen here until she is ‘of age'?
- Overall, the book has a really joyful feel without being overly light-hearted. It was lots of fun to read and really absorbing.
DNF @ 35%
I don't mind some YA occasionally but I do struggle when the tone is quite young, and this one just read too juvenile for me. I also didn't enjoy Rose's chapters which is unfortunate as half the book is about her.
It was fine reading mostly. Light kingdom fantasy with simple world building & a little magic. I intend to give ir 4 stars but Rose's character annoyed me, how every second she spend her time reminding herself that she”s to be future queen. But I'd like to read the second installment.