¡FINALLY!
Realmente si me gustó mucho la historia de este libro, el problema fue que lo comencé a leer cuando estaba pasando por un reading slump y quizás eso no me ayudó al overall enjoyment PERO en general ahora que lo terminé puedo decir que me gustó bastante.

DEFINITIVAMENTE es un libro character-based, which I loved. Y amé a los personajes (especialmente Magnus omg) y Cleo también me gustó bastante, creo que voy a tener muchísimo mas de ella en los siguientes libros porque este fue como una introducción mas que todo, el build-up del personaje.

No sé si esta review tiene algún sentido porque estoy escribiéndola con bastante sueño pero en resumen:
Good story, better characters, it just caught me on a reading slump that's why I'm rating 4 stars, but overall really good!

This was a little more gory and violent than I like, but the story was interesting and it moved at a good pace.

3.75 stars.

well i liked this! everything was so fast paced and action packed that I was flying through. the storyline was not anything entirely unique but I found it so addictive and still wanting to know what happened next. as for the characters I do hope we get more of a backstory on them later on because they did seem lacking. i do like the world though and im excited to see where things go!

Honestly more like a 2.5 - I just didn't find much that would motivate me to read more from the series

I wavered between 3.5 to 4 stars. The premise of the book is engaging of course. But it has a very similar Dystopian recipe except in high fantasy.

The book follows four young people that life eventually collides because of war. The war is sprung from years of hatred and greed between two kings, leaving the Middle Kingdom barren.

What I liked?

I liked the struggle of these different characters expressed in their own distinctive voice.

I like The Watchers and the mysteriousness that surrounds them.

I like Magnus and Lucia. Their devotion for each other is awe inspiring.

I liked King Gauis, I like that he made a good greedy villain.

What did I not like?

The dialogue is so painful. Everything is revealed too quickly. I want to see not be told what's going on. This book needed better imagery and descriptions.

Also there are a lot of shallow explanations, especially surrounding Cleo's beauty. You expect me to believe that Jonas hated Cleo less because she's hot? What the fuck!?! He hated her for like 200 pages and in 4 pages he became Luke warm? I wanted to scream. That's such bullshit!

The way the reveal secrets in this book is so freaking lazy it drives me insane. The amount of time someone sneaks up on someone and eavesdrop. Why are royals having private conversations in the freaking garden or with doors wide open? How stupid can they be!?! And this tool was used over and over and over again.

What am I eh about?

I don't know I feel about Cleo. Up until her father and sister death, she has been an impulse little creature. And yes, her intentions are pure but she does not think first before she acts and put people around her in danger because of it.

I don't know I feel about Jonas. His passion flip flop more than the ocean but I think that his story will be a better one with next book.

So yeah those are my thoughts.

I won this book in a first reads giveaway and I wasn't expecting much. However, I was pleasantly surprised that I couldn't put it down and I finished the book in one day. I'm actually really excited for the next book in the series because the ending wasn't what I was expecting.

I agree that it seems a little like Game of Thrones for a younger audience, but that made the book a lot easier to for me to read. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed Game of Thrones, but sometimes I like a book that is less dense and a quicker read.

Overall a really good book. I would recommend it.

4.5 stars. I DEVOURED THIS! literally could not put it down! The .5 was cut only because of the incest which made me really uncomfortable... Author??? Why did you have to include that?? But otherwise such a good book

This book was amazing!! If you like Game Of Thrones, you will also like Falling Kingdoms.

Absolutely loved it!!