the wicked king and the queen of nothing

Oh, and can someone explain to me how Taryn is pregnant? Like what? And she killed her husband Locke because of this weird super petty non-excuse? And she wanted Jude to go back to Faerie to lie to Cardan for her since Jude can’t be glamoured? And Jude said fine? Okay, yes she did it partly so she could sneak back into Faerie but still. One second Taryn’s betraying Jude, the next, Jude is willing to overlook everything to get back to Faerie, and eventually just lets Taryn be, even with all she’s done.

Her rich and powerful character was watered down so much in this book, and it ruined everything.Įxample: she kind of forgave Taryn.

She was so incredibly tame and bleh, she’s almost like a whole different person. This very forgiving, very accepting, totally not intricately scheming, very emotional Jude. Jude went from a ruthless Queen to…this Jude. Some of the major characters (aka JUDE) were totally out of character in this book. I’m just so disappointed and so tired of it. Everything was neatly wrapped up, some things happened off page, and characters who deserved so much worse were given a “punishment” that felt more like a joke. It just went from A to B in five seconds (with the above mentioned totally weird plot twist) and then the ending. There was no build-up and no excited anticipation. This book that I’ve been waiting a whole year for, a book that I was truly excited to read, was not only a hot mess, but also a very short one that didn’t do this series any justice. One of my biggest problems is how short this book is. I still don’t understand why on earth it was used. The plot was just a big question mark and the plot twist left me speechless. I kept waiting for the Jude who is a destructive force of nature, who is constantly on her toes, and constantly scheming, and it didn’t happen. I kept waiting for her to become the Jude I know.

She was so soft, much kinder, and a totally different person from the ruthless Queen that she was in TWK.Īnd that was annoying. The plot was incredibly lackluster, the politics were dialed down, and Jude was tame. All the things that made The Wicked King amazing – politics, Jude’s plotting, her ruthlessness, the absolute complexity and amazingness of the characters and the plot – were missing from this book.

The wicked king and the queen of nothing