Actual rating: 2.5 stars

Twin sisters seperated at birth? One raised by the witches? The other to become Queen? A switch happening somewhat in the style of Princess and the Pauper just a month before coronation? Two intriguing love interests? Let me tell you, Twin Crowns had SO MUCH potential.
And none of it was used.

Sometimes a story promises more than it can give, but often enough other aspects of it make up for it. With this book, I unfortunately found every aspect lacking. And I was really trying not to be too salty about it. But what bothered me the most was how little development was put into it. We see a change in the characters, a change in the relationship with the love interests, and of course in the story itself. But how they are changing, what it looked like getting there, and overall, the development it takes is not there. Very often, it felt like the characters changed their beliefs or motives over night, in between chapters. And the biggest problem I have with that is that there is actually enough time in the book to explore the intrinsic view of the characters. The plot itself isn't fast paced or action packed. Not many things happen, and yet, none of the development can be seen. If the romantic subplot had been intriguing enough, I would have enjoyed this one much more. But there's no proper development as well, and the tension between the characters is barely there.

I really wanted to like this book, but I ended up disliking it. The fact that I even pushed through until the end was solely because I was reading it as part of a readalong, otherwise I might have DNFed it (and I rarely DNF a book).

Would I recommend it? Not really. Would I tell you to not pick it up? No, not at all. Just because Twin Crowns didn't work for me, I can still see people enjoying this one. The premise might be more intriguing for anyone else, and I do have to say reading this book was easy and sometimes fun.