Book: The Queens Rise
Author: Bethany
Atazadeh
Pages: 514
Date(s)
Read: January 4th, 2025 to February 11th, 2025
Date
Published: October 1st, 2024
Rating: 3/5
Genre: Fantasy
Characters: 2/5
Writing style: 5/5
Story: 3/5
Ending: 4/5
Cover: 5/5
Format: Hard Cover
Date Bought: October 17th, 2024
Book Cost: 29.99
Review:
The Queens
Rise is a fast-paced omnibus about your archetypical fantasy evil queen. I
found this book at times engaging, page-turning, and enthralling but there were
other times I felt like I really had to slog through this book. It's a good
book, don't get me wrong, but it's not without its major flaws.
In The
Queens Rise, we follow Jezebel, a Jinni girl with the power to shapeshift. In
her world, shapeshifting is considered too powerful a gift, and shapeshifters
are often feared. When her friends discover her abilities, Jezebel has to make
some tough decisions about what to do next.
Jezebel is a likable female lead who is highly pragmatic, ambitious, and
determined. Unfortunately, most of the other characters are pretty weak in
comparison with little personality and powers that pale in comparison. She's never
really given a run for her money. The
world-building leaves a lot to be desired too. There's not enough depth or
detail in the setting, culture, or people to make anything stand out as unique
or particularly memorable. It all feels very generic fantasy.
The plot
could have been much better in my opinion, it goes in weird and oftentimes
meandering directions. The third book is a big shift from the first two and
feels almost like the author came up with the idea on a whim with a whole other
group of people thrown out there that aren't (to my memory) mentioned
beforehand. It feels like it comes out of nowhere.
The
lackluster characters, underwhelming world-building, and disappointing story
are definitely huge flaws but the ending, the overall idea, and the writing
itself save this book.
You won't
be blown away from this book, and may even find yourself questioning some of
the directions of the story but you'll be thoroughly entertained for the
several hours it takes you to get through this behemoth of a book.
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