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The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1)

Evelyn Skye

Start date: June 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

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Oct 27, 2015 Heather (The Sassy Book Geek) rated it it was ok

Shelves: read-in-2016

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This book was one of my most anticipated releases of 2016 and I was very, very excited to read it but then the negative reviews started trickling out among the positive ones and I began to question whether I should read “The Crown’s Game” or not. I definitely should not have wasted my time. This has got to be one of the most disappointing books this year because of how high my expectations were and how badly this book failed.

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Jun 28, 2017 Larkin (Wonderfilled Reads) rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-not-completed, historical-fiction, reviewed-on-blog, own, romance, young-adult, fantasy, multiple-pov, duology, trilogy

Yessss, this book was beautiful. Call me a sucker for historical fiction with a fantasy twist, but this book was awesome. I loved the characters, the story, and the whimsical setting of 19th century Russia. Also, that ending was perfectly bittersweet. I can't wait to see what happens next! ...more

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Dec 07, 2016 Danielle (Life of a Literary Nerd) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, historical, cover-envy, favorites

The Crown's Game was the first historical-based novel that ever gripped me enough to finish the story. Real-world Russia was so seamlessly blended with this fantastical world that Evelyn created that I couldn't put the book down. The culture and setting was so real and captivating that the magic just complimented and enhanced it. I loved the magical craft that Nikolai and Vika developed and how their entries in the Game reflected their learnings and personalities in unique and entertaining ways ...more

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