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Three Dark Crowns

(Three Dark Crowns #1)

Kendare Blake (Goodreads Author)

3.86 · Rating details · 62,560 ratings · 10,962 reviews

Every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a ...more

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May 05, 2015 Emily May rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, arc, fantasy, 2016

Three Dark Crowns has an interesting premise, but it manages to be insufferably boring for the first 75%. I foresee many DNFs on the horizon for this book.

It's about three sisters, three queens, essentially competing for the throne. They - Katharine, Arsinoe and Mirabella - each live in different parts of the land, each have a different power, and each have a different group of supporters aiding them. This is an "in every generation, there are three chosen ones..." kind of thing. However, Three Dark Crowns has an interesting premise, but it manages to be insufferably boring for the first 75%. I foresee many DNFs on the horizon for this book.

It's about three sisters, three queens, essentially competing for the throne. They - Katharine, Arsinoe and Mirabella - each live in different parts of the land, each have a different power, and each have a different group of supporters aiding them. This is an "in every generation, there are three chosen ones..." kind of thing. However, throughout the generations, only one sister can claim the throne, and she must do so by murdering the other two.

In this case, Katharine is a poisoner who wields deadly cocktails; Arsinoe is a naturalist - at one with nature and animals - and not very good at it (nobody expects her to win the throne); Mirabella is an elemental and clearly the strongest of the three, her powers by far the most developed.

It sounds quite exciting, but it is far too slow and quiet a telling for such a nasty premise. The first three quarters are just boring. They needed a shot of excitement. Most of the book consists of the girls honing their skills in their own private locations and having flirtations with their love interests. It is painfully hard to not yawn, put the book down, and go find something more riveting to do. Like watching paint dry, for example.

I am not exaggerating. So little happens - there is no action, no drama, no excitement until near the end. And, by that point, how much do we really care? I don't know about you, but if I've spent most of a book being bored out of my mind, I'm not going to suddenly become invested when the pacing picks up.

The book flits between third-person perspectives and, truly, none of them are interesting. Arsinoe mostly wanders around being useless and watching the romance between Jules and Joseph. Mirabella repeatedly plays with the elements, conjuring earthquakes and towers of fire. Katharine is perhaps most interesting, but mainly because she's dealing with scars and blisters from the latest poison she's ingested. That should tell you something about the bar for excitement in this book - the highlights are when one of the characters is sick from poisoning. Problem is, the three queens don't really get their hands dirty for the most part. Their stories are not bloody and political, they are quiet and sometimes romantic.

Yes, the pacing picks up towards the end. No, it wasn't enough for me. It might work better for extremely patient readers who can stomach a mostly non-existent plot. There are rare occasions where characters and writing can make up for very little happening, but for me, this is not one of them.

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Jan 07, 2017 Riley rated it liked it

Shelves: new-releases

Do you like fantasy?
Do you like badass morally-grey women?
Do you want to burn the patriarchy?
If so, this is the book for you.

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Oct 06, 2016 Natalie Monroe rated it it was ok

Shelves: boooring, could-have-been-better, bad-beginning-loved-the-rest, derp-moments, dragged-on-too-much, insta-love-add-water, cheesy-cheesy-cheesy, hate-the-characters-hate-the-book, not-as-good-as-i-expected, the-earth-is-flat

2.5 stars

"Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be queen"

Three Dark Crowns offends me. It promised me scheming sisters and political intrigue and power plays. Instead I get this:

And this:

And a whole lot of this:

80% of the book is the sisters (Katharine, Mirabella, and Arinsoe) waffling around, training, and getting acquainted with their love interests. What's each island's culture? How did the tradition of Triplets Hunger Games begin? No fucking idea, but look, dreamy ...more

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Mar 06, 2018 Emma Giordano rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks

3.5 stars! I struggled with this start to a new series, but I’m currently reading the sequel and am SERIOUSLY enjoying it, so it was worthwhile for me to push through the first novel!

I will always admit when I feel choosing the audio version of a book may have impacted my reading experience. I restarted the first few hours of Three Dark Crowns about four times because I just could not keep track of the story. And that was my biggest issue with this story – I just could not get engaged. There’s 3.5 stars! I struggled with this start to a new series, but I’m currently reading the sequel and am SERIOUSLY enjoying it, so it was worthwhile for me to push through the first novel!

I will always admit when I feel choosing the audio version of a book may have impacted my reading experience. I restarted the first few hours of Three Dark Crowns about four times because I just could not keep track of the story. And that was my biggest issue with this story – I just could not get engaged. There’s a HUGE cast, a wide variety of perspectives, and many different locations and I struggled to keep everything at the forefront of the story while listening, but that’s not automatically a bad thing. I feel it is more a personal thing/my reading experience which caused me to have an extremely difficult time staying present in the story and remembering all the details and it’s possible the audio version had an impact on that.

I am also afraid my expectations may have influenced my reading experience as well. I believed Three Dark Crowns was going to be an epic battle between sisters for the crown, but I’ve found that’s more the focus of the sequel, One Dark Throne. Three Dark Crowns is VERY character based and the majority of the novel is more focused on getting to know the characters, understanding the magic system and monarchy, and “setting up” the events to take place in the ascension year. I think had I known this beforehand, I would have enjoyed it more so I could appreciate the detail put into character development and political ties without waiting for a greater amount of action scenes, because those are all things I really enjoy in fantasy novels! If you like a more character-driven fantasy story with political intrigue, I feel Three Dark Crowns would be of interest to you. If you’re looking for the story of sisters competing to the death, I believe you’ll need to keep reading for book two.

I feel the world and characters were really well-developed. There’s so much care put into developing the history of the Island, the workings of the monarchy’s rituals/traditions, and tensions between different sects of the island and the queens that represent them. The magic system really impressed me. It is much grander and more expansive than I initially anticipated, and I cannot wait to see it develop in future books. The side characters did not grasp me all that much but Katherine, Mirabella, Arsinoe and Jules were all very unique and I enjoyed reading from their perspective. I adored each of their individual character arcs and how they develop through the story. Despite my troubles staying engaged with the story, there is so much to love about it.

I also want to add that although I felt the beginning was very slow paced and there weren’t that many significant, intense scenes occurring, the story really picked up by the end. The climax of the story/final cliffhanger really grasped me and I’m so happy I continue with this novel to the end. By the conclusion of the novel, I ended up totally falling in love with this series and consider it a worthwhile read as a whole.

Overall, Three Dark Crowns wasn’t my favorite reading experience in the history of literature, but I really enjoyed the story and am already continuing on with the series. One Dark Throne has already stepped up the game and I am so much more enthralled with the story. I really can’t wait to continue with this series! ...more

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Jun 21, 2017 ❄️Nani❄️ rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-fantasy-sci-fi

UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT AT ITS FINEST.

Wow. Wow. Let me start off by saying that this is going to be messy and probably inarticulate. But just go with it. Had to let it out.

Alright. How does one express rage in just a few words? Because in the last quarter of this book (fine, all) - I had to constantly take breaks to calm and compose myself because I was too LIVID and could feel my blood boiling and chest pain arising. Then why, you may ask did I continue?
Because 1) I hate DNFing books. 2) I ...more

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Feb 10, 2017 Brittney ~ Reverie and Ink rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, best-audiobooks, absolute-favorites, favorite-heroines, recommended-fantasy

4.5 stars. Wow this was bloody fantastic.

BUT.

The first 35% or so was ROUGH. I honestly would have DNF'ed this had it not been for friends telling me to keep going. I'M SO GLAD I DID. So if you're reading this and you get bored/overwhelmed with all the names/generally disinterested... it WILL pick up! (And don't worry about memorizing all the character names/who is who.)

Basically we have three triplets. They are separated at a young age and each raised in separate parts of the kingdom/island ...more

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Nov 21, 2016 Hailey (Hailey in Bookland) rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, owned

3.5*
This was incredibly hard for me to get into. I found the first half to be quite boring but I just found the whole concept to be so interesting that I had to stick with it. I'm glad that I did because it did get better, but half of a book is a long time to not really be enjoying it.

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Jul 30, 2015 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2016, young-adult

Three dark queens
are born in a glen,
sweet little triplets
will never be friends.

Three dark sisters
all fair to be seen,
two to devour
and one to be Queen.

This was SO much darker than I originally expected and it is GOOD. The world-building, the twists, the characters, the premise itself. It's hard not to be pulled deep into the story. Consider me invested! For a first book where clearly the concept had to be set up, as well as the world..I still found there was a lot going on. This just gives me more hope for the second where I have a feeling there will be a lot more action and excitement.

Three Dark Crowns follows a set of triplets, all three queens - heirs to the crown, though only one will reign. All three born with a different gift. At the age of six, they are separated to be raised by different families each of their same respective gift giving each a completely different upbringing. The sisters don’t see each other again until they turn sixteen, when they will have to kill each other leaving only one to be the ruling queen of Fennbirn. Every generation a new set of triplets is born. This is how it has always been.

Katharine is a poisoner. She’s supposed to be able to consume excruciating amounts of poison without any side-effects. The problem is Katharine’s gift is quite weak. The Arrons have been poisoning her as often as possible to try and build up her immunities. The result is a frail, feeble queen covered in scabs and other markings the poisoning attempts leave. The Arrons are desperate to keep a poisoner on the throne as it keeps their family on the Black Council. It has been a poisoner queen the last two years..

Mirabella is an elemental giving her power over the elements such as fire, water, and wind. This includes some capability of creating nasty storms and it’s pretty badass. She has the strongest gift out of her sisters making her the clear contender for the crown. This is why the temple openly backs her (something unheard of in years past). They want power on the island and need a queen on their side to seize that power from the Black Council giving importance back to the temple. Is Mirabella the Queen they all believe her to be or is her heart having different ideas?

Arsinoe is a naturalist. She should be able to make flowers bloom, have control over animals, and have an animal familiar. She cannot do any of these things and is still waiting on her gift. Her best friend Jules has an extremely strong naturalist gift giving her a mountain cat as a familiar. Arsinoe tried to escape her fate years ago by running away, but the island wouldn’t let her go leading to the banishment of Jules’ boy. One of the best things about Arsinoe is her loyalty to her friends. I love that the power of friendship truly means something to her.

Of course I do not wish that. No one really wishes to be a queen.

To be a queen is to be cursed. Two have a fate of death, while only one will rule. Knowing this makes you want to resist connecting with the characters too much. Unfortunately, I found something I enjoyed about each of the sisters. I may have changed who I’m rooting for several times and even now am not sure who my actual favorite is. But if the plot rings true, only one can live.

The book is written in third-person with each of the sister’s perspectives in addition to several other characters’ POV (some we see way less often than others). There are a variety characters including the families that raised the girls, friends, priestesses, and a couple love interests. It’s interesting how each sister is raised in a different city by a completely different family working on an entirely different gift. Each of these girls lives in a fully fleshed-out, complex world with their own characters and storylines. Though it’s all intertwined together, it still helps to make a plot that really moves along. There are plenty of twists and surprises throughout, a small bit of romance that doesn’t overwhelm, an epic world created, and the perfect amount of darkness. The ending had me screaming YES give me more!! I highly, highly recommend! ...more

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Feb 26, 2019 jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

omgggg. thats it. this book and series are cancelled. screw you, joseph. you big pile of human trash. i wish the bear had got ya.

also, can you believe how so slow and undeveloped this story is? the title may as well be ‘three boring crowns,’ as there is nothing dark about this book at all, which is a real let down.

the only reason im rounding up to three stars, when this is basically only worth two, is because of the ending. my gosh. if the entire book had been like the ending, this would be ...more

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Jan 27, 2018 Melanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: cover-porn, read-in-2018, romance, young-adult, own-voices, buddy-reads, magic, fantasy

“No one really wishes to be a queen.”

Oh my, I loved this. This book seems to be very polarizing on my feed, and from people I love, trust, and have similar reading tastes as, so I was a little apprehensive going in. I read that first chapter with my mouth open the entire time. Instantly drawn in, immersed, and in love.

Most of you probably know the synopsis of this book, but it will still bring me immense joy to tell those few who might not know. Basically, this story is set in a world with ...more

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Sep 27, 2017 Claudia Ramírez rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cover-love, exceeded-expectations, 2017

4.5 stars.

I loved this.

(Please let Joseph die in the next book).

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Jun 13, 2017 sreeja rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-reads, read-in-2017

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen”

well that was misleading and disappointing

finally im done typing out this longass rant& im conflicted because IDK if i should give this 2 stars?

LOOK I’M SORRY I REALLY WANTED TO LOVE THIS, I REALLY DID (but it was really bad)
I am so surprised I didn’t like this book because this kind of books are my kind of books. I am so pissed and honestly this review will just be messy paragraphs of me talking about how ...more

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Apr 03, 2018 chan ☆ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-fantasy, 2018

this book was a real fcking treat. but i can't say i'm all that surprised given the description & how much i love

~dark shit~

so imma break it down for you like this: we got 3 black haired hoes (shhh i know, thats misogynistic of me whatever i do my part in dismantling the patriarchy too) and they got some POWERS

more specifically we've got

kat the rat:
- overall pretty lame
- kind of described as a drowned rat, hence the name
- terrible taste in men

mirror mirror:
- also pretty lame but like ...more

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Mar 01, 2019 Chloe rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: signed-copy, buddy-read, 2019-reads

Changing my rating to 2 stars. I was just so booooooored reading this :(

2.5 stars*

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Sep 19, 2016 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-all, young-adult, own

My September Owlcrate Box! I wasn't sure I was going to read this book, but I am now of course :-)

I didn't like much of anything about this book but the ending.

And NOT because it was the ending, I mean the ending was really good. I will get the next book from the library just to see what happens because some things that I thought might be happening did but in a different way <--- which only makes sense to me. AND there is the note of revenge! I love revenge and this person deserves ...more

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Feb 18, 2017 Kiki rated it it was ok

Shelves: meh, never-call-me-again, ya, lost-the-will-to-live, love-stinks

How could a book with such a promising premise fall so flat? (This is a stupid question and by now, having been a Goodreads member for seven years, I ought to know better.)

The thing is, right, that the first chapter was absolutely mesmerizing. In fact, Katharine remained the only character I was even mildly interested in for the rest of the book. But sometimes I like to look at it this way: if I were a literary agent, and this book came into my query inbox, and the author had attached the first ...more

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Jun 29, 2016 Ben Alderson rated it really liked it

Firstly, I have to say that I really did not jell with this book. It took me a moment to get used to the POV it was written in and also, didn't really understand what was happening in the first three chapters, then when I realised that it was written from different perspectives every chapters i GOT IT!
-
P.s that is not the books fault, completely my fault!
I really did enjoy this novel, the ending was brilliant.
My only issues was it could be slow at times, and not much happened in the middle of ...more

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Jul 04, 2019 Caz (littlebookowl) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

Rating: 2.5 stars

I've been wanting to read this for the longest time because the synopsis sounded so good. Maybe the anticipation contributed a bit, maybe it didn't, but this fell flat for me.

I was expecting a fast-paced, action-driven story with a lot of intrigue and strategy, but I was forcing myself to push through, even when the pace improved. Most of the characters, including the 3 young queens, were flat and I often had trouble understanding their motivations. I wanted more development ...more

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Oct 24, 2016 emma rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, owned, reviewed, gorgeous-covers, 3-stars, ya

3.25/5. but a FUN 3.25!!

This book was far from perfect, but hell if it wasn’t a good time. And after two not so fun reads, I needed it!

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Did I like any of the characters? Uh, not totally. In fact, I hated a bunch of them. (I would physically fight Mirabella and Joseph if I was ever given the chance, and I would like roughly 50% of the characters to line up so I can efficiently slap each of them across the face.) Most of them were super flat--I’d say all of ...more

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Feb 24, 2017 Trina (Between Chapters) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, 2017, 2017-favorites

While I was reading this I had several people tell me they were hesitant to read it because of the mixed reviews and wanted to know what my thoughts were, so I will try to address whether or not I think you will enjoy this book.

It has a slow start, and I think that's why a lot of people struggle getting into it. There are 3 POVs, set in different locations, with different politics, side characters, and types magic to learn. You essentially get 3x the introduction. It did feel slow at first to While I was reading this I had several people tell me they were hesitant to read it because of the mixed reviews and wanted to know what my thoughts were, so I will try to address whether or not I think you will enjoy this book.

It has a slow start, and I think that's why a lot of people struggle getting into it. There are 3 POVs, set in different locations, with different politics, side characters, and types magic to learn. You essentially get 3x the introduction. It did feel slow at first to me, but most fantasy takes a while to warm up, and considering this has to do world building 3 times I thought it was completely appropriate here. Around page 150 the storylines start to weave together and I felt the book really hit its stride. I never thought the pacing was slow after that. If you need instant gratification in a story, this may not be for you.

A friend expressed an issue with the writing style, and honestly I had not noticed it at all until she mentioned it. After that, I could see it if looking for it, but it wasn't something I picked out naturally. It did not hinder my reading at all and I personally had no problems with the flow of the writing. If this happens to be a style you get hung up on, I can imagine you may not like the book.

If you need ships that burn with the passion of a thousand suns, this may not be the book for you. Each sister is presented with a love interest (all hetero, btw) but none were developed enough for me to really see why the characters cared for each other. I was taking points off for this lack of development at first, but upon reflection I feel like Blake was purposefully playing with gender roles. How often are women in media reduced to being no more than love interests and not given complex roles? She has done this to the men in her world and I kind of appreciate it. Romance is definitely not the forefront of the series though. One thing I enjoyed about the relationships were that they added some seriously soap opera style juicy drama for the characters to react to. I was here for it. If you can't do these tropes or the cheese, you might nope out.

The plot wasn't what I was expecting. From the synopsis, we are expecting this brutal battle between the sisters. This first book is really the lead up to all of that. I did feel like there was a complete story arc and was satisfied, but if you are expecting a Hunger Games style showdown to be the majority of this book, you may feel let down.

If you don't like beautiful but useless world maps, you may get irritated quickly. There are so many main and important locations that aren't marked on the map and yet many things are marked that are never mentioned. The directions are off as well. A city shown on the East side of the map is said to be West in the text.

Where this book really shines, and why you might love it, is if you want a book that gives power to the matriarchy. In our world where we might talk about people with the phrase "men and women," this world leads with women: "women and men." That's such a little thing but reflecting their power hierarchy in their language is great world building. Plus I won't lie that seeing that phrasing made me really proud.

The three sister Queens were very distinct characters and I loved every single one of them. They felt well developed to me, although I wish I'd been able to spend more time with them. There are some great female friendships present. These are strong, complex women who have many layers and I can't wait to see more.

Also, I had a couple of theories going throughout the book and not one of them came true (yet?). She really set you up to question things and right when you think you have it figured out she goes and pulls something else.

I pretty much loved this. ...more

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Nov 19, 2016 April (Aprilius Maximus) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, 2016

*.) Queens of Fennbirn
1.) Three Dark Crowns
2.) One Dark Throne
3.) Two Dark Reigns .5

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The first half was pretty slow, but THAT ENDING THO! ...more

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Sep 10, 2017 Reynita Maharani ★ The Night Reader ★ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: didn-t-live-up-my-expectations, original-and-fresh-story, i-love-the-cover, insta-love, fantasy-books, i-give-up, ya-books, made-me-want-to-punch-the-hero, romance-books

DNF AT PAGE 202

~~Review to come.~~

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Actually, I didn't want to dnf this but I just can't bear reading it anymore. I quite enjoyed reading it, the plot was pretty good but sometimes I somehow just felt bored with this book and the characters weren't annoying or boring. They were all pretty good to read for me. ( except Joseph and he's also the reason I didn't finish this book)

I didn't finish this book because of the love triangles. I HATE love triangles so much and ...more

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Dec 29, 2016 ✨ jamieson ✨ rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, 2016-reads, young-adult, series-i-wont-finish

“Three dark queens
Are born in a glen,
Sweet little triplets
Will never be friends

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen”

haha this book ? I AM ETERNALLY CONFLICTED

A thorough guide of what I was thinking while reading this book

start: "Oh, actually this is super interesting. love the set up of the world and the queens"

100 pages in: "Okay. This is a bit boring, and there are so many characters I am a little confused. I'll keep reading"

200 pages in: No. This is not ...more

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Aug 06, 2018 Hamad rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reads, gifts, good-covers, paperbacks, e-books

This review and other non-spoilery reviews can be found @The Book Prescription

My version of the story:

“Three dark crowns
is not a bad book
Three dark queens
a bit undercooked

Three dark sisters
Who are well known,
enough to make me read
one dark throne”

“Every gift is light and dark.”

I feel my reviews are becoming a bit clichéd because I keep talking about expectations.

But really I have found that expectations really affect how we review and rate books. Three Dark Crowns biggest problem was its ...more

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Nov 06, 2016 Nadhira Satria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, trash-for-this

I want to reread this before the fourth book

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Jul 24, 2019 Ashley Nuckles rated it really liked it

This was an all around great story, but sometimes the characters made me mad lol, otherwise BRING ON BOOK TWO

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Dec 08, 2016 Kimi rated it really liked it

Shelves: badass-heroine, fantasy, favorites, ya

“Three dark queens
Are born in a glen,
Sweet little triplets
Will never be friends

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen”

When I first heard about the premise of this book, I instantly knew I was going to enjoy it because it sounded right up my alley. Basically, there are three dark sisters who have to try to kill each other after their sixteenth birthday because only one of them can be queen. DUN DUN DUUUUN. Tell me this doesn’t sound like the coolest story ever.

...more

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Dec 10, 2014 Stacee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: edelweiss, all-of-the-stars, read-in-2016

Having loved Kendare's other series, I was beyond excited to get my hands on this one.

First off, love love loved that we got POV from all three of the sisters. It made it so easy to relate to their turmoil and the situation as a whole. Because we got to see and know everything, it definitely made for some delicious tension and screaming while reading.

I don't want to say too much and ruin the reading experience for anyone else, so I'll just say that this is one of the best roller coasters I've ...more

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Sep 13, 2017 Fables&Wren rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favorites, 05-stars, physical-shelf

WrensReads Review:

So, triplets.

Three queens are born. They bond when they are little, bond a little when they are little, separated to strengthen their individual powers (naturalist, poisoner, and elemental) and then…

… then they must kill each other so one can sit on the throne, have triplets, and start the cycle over again.

Three Black Witches are born in a glen,
sweet little triplets
will never be friends.

Three Black Witches, all fair to be seen
two to devour
and one to be queen.

I know what you ...more

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Jan 24, 2016 Korrina (OwlCrate) rated it it was amazing

This book was so unique! It took me a little while to settle into the new world and familiarize myself with the characters, but once I did the story took off. It took so many twists I wasn't expecting and by the end of the book my heart was pounding. I think this book is going to be big!

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So, I write books. The Anna Dressed in Blood duo is horror, The Goddess War trilogy is mythology, and Sleepwalk Society is contemporary, because the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you, may not be right for some. Love to read, too. Fiction, philosophy, good books, bad books, because you take the good you take the bad you take them both and there you have a ...more