It's been a long time since I have posted about this challenge. Can you believe the year is over half over? Here are all of the challenges together....
If you haven't started, don't give up! I have actually gone a bit rouge with the challenge and started rereading a series that I hadn't read since high school. I'll review that in another post, but for this post I will review the Remnant Chronicles.
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A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees on her wedding day. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance. Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love." ~
Goodreads preview of
The Kiss of Deception
I will agree with one of my Goodreads friends that this sounds like the summary for a cheesy soap opera, but it is actually really good!
Cleanliness: This book is pretty good on being clean; however, there are a few moments here and there that are a little more salacious. I would keep this to a high school aged (and above) reader. From what I remember, swear words were minimal to non-existent among the three books, which is always appreciated as well.
Setting: The author does a great job painting the setting as well as setting up the different cultures we meet throughout the series. We get a lot of details, but it's not overwhelming like I've seen in some other stories that I have read.
Characters: I liked the characters for the most part, but there were moments where Lia bugged me. I think I liked Rafe and Kaden the best, but I also liked Lia's friends at the inn a lot too. I wish some of the relationships were developed more in the stories. There were moments where I was like, "where did that come from?"
Plot: I liked the plot of all three books, but I felt like book 3 wouldn't end. It just went on a little too long for me. Having a longer story isn't always good when it can be told more clearly in fewer pages.
Ending: Without giving away too much, the endings for the first two books had pretty good cliffhangers. The ending of the third was good and gave some closure, but definitely not how I would've liked to see it end, but oh well.
I would definitely recommend this to others. The author has a pretty similar writing style to the Hunger Games author.
If you are more into Ebooks or Audiobooks, see if your local library offers the Overdrive service where you can borrow Ebooks or Audiobooks using your library card.
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