Kingdom of Embers was a nice simple read that was interesting enough for me to keep reading and finish.

I liked the story and I kept reading because I was eager to find out what would happen with Alena and her mother's rules and how being a hybrid would affect her. However the writing was a little boring and choppy. There were basically 3 settings for the whole book, and we jumped through each setting sometimes so fast it had me wondering if the interaction she had there was important or if it was just some filler text.

I didn't like how much texting was incorporated into the writing, but I get it. It's 2020 and everyone texts more than speaks. But do they have to in books? Maybe I'm just mad that texts were signified by all caps, which is never fun to read and always comes across as yelling.

Also I wish I liked Alena more. I like the idea of Alena more than I like her. I felt like she barely had interactions of significance and her interactions were so ... emotionless.

I don't know, I feel like this story is interesting and I feel like the story was good, but it wasn't executed in the best way.

I definitely want to know what happened to Ivy. I definitely want to know more about the history of the vampires and the witches. Especially between the people Alena grew up with and the book store vampires and witches. I definitely want to know what the heck the trinity is.

But was I having fun reading it? Not particularly. Do I want to sit through the next book to find out? I guess we will have to see.

* I received a free copy of this book from the author via voracious readers only