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The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
4.0

So, this was a weird one for me but im going to be generous because it wasnt weird enough to be considered a three so we’ll go with 4.

The pacing in the first third was great, action, intrigue, appropriate questions etc were all in place. I enjoyed the mid point regarding training and the army etc but the end then sped through all the answers that i dont particularly believe or think were good enough. Everything was too happily ever after for me as everyone turned out to be who they said they were going to be with no twists or shocks aside from one.

The reason i give it a 4 is because i was genuinely interested throughout but the end just fell flat. Im not one for judging a whole thing by its ending (GoT) so ill give this its just rewards for keeping me hooked from page one and being a digestible read the ending could have just be loads better