Read for the fun and clever plot, not the writing

Dead Queens delivers as a twisty-turny mystery with satisfying revelations along the way. It's plenty of fun, and I grant it a solid A grade for plotting. Listen on that basis, and you won't be disappointed.

If you want smooth literary writing, snappy dialog and compelling heroes, well, you may be in the wrong place. The secondary characters, including the titular queens, are a lot more interesting than the main couple.

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Excellent Mystery

From the moment that I hit "play", I was completely locked into this book. For the first half of the book, everything seemed so predictable, but it was still enjoyable. Then the plot twists and revelations began, and I couldn't stop listening which lead to me falling asleep way later than I should have. If you enjoyed Three Dark Crowns and Six of Crows, this listen is definitely worth your while. Just make sure to clear your schedule.

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Fun crime fiction

This was a fun book with lots of twists and turns.
I enjoyed it.. it was light and an easy listen.

Amazing

Such an amazing book about mystery, love, and family. I would 100% recommend this book to everybody.

Fantastic

Beautiful world building and complex characters. I loved the timeline and the back and forth between the queens and Keralie's POV. The science mixed with the magic elements were blended perfectly. Both narrators did a fantastic job in giving the characters depth and were perfectly suited to the story.

Great book

The plot really was not what I expected in the end & I mean that in a great way - it kept my attention and kept me guessing at every turn! Overall, it definitely lived up to its hype & if you’re into YA fantasy at all, it’s a good pick.

"Sometimes failure is the beggining of success"

And even through this book was clearly not a failure, I have a feeling that Astrid will evolve with every book she writes and will become a success. Especially for the thriller-mystery genere.
I got this book in the March 2019 OwlCrate Box. So I had no choice but to either read it or give it away. And I don't like doing that. Not before I read the book because I can't escape the feeling that this book that I just give away might have been my new favourite book if I was just giving it one little chance.
So I've read it as an audiobook.
And from the perspective of someone who never reads, nor likes thriller-mystery books, it wasn't bad.

PROS:
-The Writing Style
-The World-Building
-The Twisty-Turns of the Plot

CONS:
-The Characters
-The Romance

Please, keep in mind that this is purely my opinion. I liked this book. I really liked it. But many of the characters felt really flat and the romance, in my opinion, was utterly useless.

almost gave up...

I almost gave up on this book. I struggled to finish it, but it picked up in the end and I'm glad I stuck through. Great book but took a bit for me to wrap my head around it all. Overall...would recommend.

Good page turner

I found the performance of this audiobook to be really good and I couldn’t stop listening! Completely sucked in. Also a really good debut novel for the author.

However, the plot felt like it wasn’t well enough thought through. I caught on quite early on where the ending was headed but I kept listening hoping that a twist would prove me wrong. There was also too many questions that wasn’t answered in terms of the world building and how the kingdom ended up with four queens. I wish this wasn’t a standalone book and that we got to see more of Keralie and Mackiel, which imo was the most interesting relationship

Great story

I had no idea where this was going and that was refreshing! So many stories are predictable but this wasn't.