Alaina's Reviews > The Starless Crown

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Okay, where is the sequel? I seriously need it after devouring The Starless Crown. First off, the audio was really freaking good. At the moment, I'm not sure who the narrator is but that's mostly because I need more coffee in order for my brain to work. All I'm going to say is that they did an amazing job for this really long book. Seriously, the audio was over 20 hours long and I was never bored. Which, yes, is a huge accomplishment.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the world that this was set in. The whole dark age with magic and mysteries completely sucked me in. At some point, it seemed like everything was basically dangerous and could potentially kill you. Creatures, plants, happiness. You name it, you would probably die from it.

We also get to meet a vast cast of characters. I didn't even try to keep track of everyone because of how long this book was. Just think of the A Song of Fire and Ice series and how many people you had to follow. All I'm going to say is that each and every character made this book that much better. I think this is why I was never truly bored because we moved from character to character so easily.

I guess I can also mention that there's a ton of action and adventure throughout this as well. I mean, with a book this large I would have been disappointed if we got chapters where nothing was really happening. We get a fair share of everything - sacrifices, probing, and destruction. Then there's the inkling of doom that follows you throughout the entire thing.

In the end, this was a very fun book to dive into. I'm super excited for the sequel to come out and I hope that we get the same narrator.