Title: The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Pages: 416
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens
Release date: 12th March 2015
Blurb from Goodreads:
Lady
Kestrel's engagement to Valoria's crown prince calls for great celebration:
balls and performances, fireworks and revelry. But to Kestrel it means a cage of
her own making. Embedded in the imperial court as a spy, she lives and breathes
deceit and cannot confide in the one person she really longs to trust ...
While Arin fights to keep his country's freedom from the hands of his enemy, he suspects that Kestrel knows more than she shows. As Kestrel comes closer to uncovering a shocking secret, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth.
Lies will come undone, and Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them in this second book in the breathtaking Winner's trilogy.
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK&ANZ) and NetGalley*
2/5 stars
Now back
in Valoria and engaged to the crown prince, Kestrel's time is taken up with
celebrations for her upcoming royal wedding. But Kestrel soon learns that she
has made a cage for herself and that the Emperor is a dangerous man. Kestrel
decides to help the Herrani.
Now
governor of the Valorian controlled Herran, Arin struggles to help his people
and keep the Emperor happy while his mind is overrun by thoughts of Kestrel.
The
Winner's Crime started off well setting up Kestrel's life at court which I enjoyed
reading about. Then Arin appeared. For me it went downhill from there - not
much seemed to happen throughout the rest of the book and the angst between
Kestrel and Arin really annoyed me. It wouldn't have been so bad if there
hadn't been so many scenes that made me want to pull my hair out because of
Kestrel's lies to Arin.
I like
the writing style but the plot failed to hold my attention and after a while I
started skim reading.
I do
like Kestrel and Arin but as I said above they really frustrated me in this
book.
Overall
this was an okay but disappointing read.
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