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Falling Kingdoms (2012)

by Morgan Rhodes(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1595145842 (ISBN13: 9781595145840)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Razorbill

series

Falling Kingdoms

review 1: Falling KingdomsMichelle RowenFalling Kingdoms is the first book in the Falling Kingdoms series, and involves several main characters. Cleo- a princess of a kingdom in jeopardy, Jonas- a rebel of a country crashing into poverty, Lucia- a sorceress with a treacherous past, and Magnus- a firstborn son that finds the path to victory is not always by the sword. The book takes place in a land made of three countries- Auranos, Limeros, and Paelsia. The plot begins when a peasant boy from Paelsia is killed by a noble of Auranos, which sparks the leaders of Limeros to prod Paelsia into taking Auranos’ green and fertile land for themselvesI found Falling Kingdoms to be quite an interesting piece to read in the beginning, though there were several plot holes I found persistently a... morennoying. At one point in the story, a man is killed right in front of one of the main characters- Cleo- and she does absolutely nothing to prevent it, despite the civil unrest the death causes for her country. On top of that, Cleo has very little character development throughout the story, which was a major setback from what her character could have been. 3.5 Stars, and I would recommend it to an age group of 8th to 10th graders, as it has some descriptive gory scenes.
review 2: Though the novel is fun to read in parts, and has some pretty effective teen-style drama, it is ultimately disappointing. Even accepting the conventions and tropes of fantasy, the plot has too many implausible events and logical inconsistencies to be satisfying. The author's attempts at political intrigue are rudimentary; the plotting of the battle scenes is off-puttingly amateurish, even childish; and the setting is poorly realized, with kingdoms that seem to be vast one moment and tiny another.These flaws could have been solved with simple editing, but they almost forced me to stop reading.I'll take this to my class library, and I'm sure some of my students will enjoy the star-crossed lover elements, but I doubt I'll buy the rest of the series. They'll have to go to the library if they want to find out how it all ends. less

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