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This is a book that I was really looking forward to and was excited about, and then was totally disappointed in. There are several reasons why.

The four queens are probably the most interesting characters in the entire book, and they are basically all dead by the end. Keralie, the main character, is boring, unlikeable, and stupid. She has the chance to save all the queens by telling them what she saw on the comm chips, and what does she do? She keeps that little detail to herself. Like an idiot. Varin was such a stiff and brooding character and their romance just did not work at all. I kind of wish that had been left out. It would have been a better story.

This book jumps around a lot, but you don't realize it until you get to the middle. Keralie's chapters first take place before the queens are dead, but that alternates with chapters from the queens POV as they are being killed. So by the time the middle of the book comes, all three queens are still alive from Keralie's perspective. It was so confusing.

Quadara sounds like the worst place ever to live. I mean, it's supposed to be dystopian I guess, but it's not like they really do anything to fix it. There's a lot of stupid rules and the way the queens are treated is also kind of dumb.

You don't even meet the mastermind behind the murders until 3/4 of the way through the book. And then the way things ended was how the murderer wanted it to be, but with a different person in place. I just felt like they did a whole bunch of stuff to try and solve these murders, but ended up back in the same place.

I'll be honest. I got halfway through this book and then skimmed the rest of it. I just didn't care anymore, especially about Keralie, the worst character ever. This might be exactly the kind of book some people like, but it was just not my cup of tea.