![]() ![]() Enne’s PTSD and her issues with guns after the last book was particularly well done. A certain death in King of Fools has a big impact on all of the main characters and I’m glad she didn’t just brush past it and actually explored the fallout from it because so often books don’t. I also really appreciated that Foody showed her characters struggling to deal with the trauma that they’d faced in the previous books. I did really enjoy the writing style, Amanda Foody has a great way of making you feel like you’re in the setting without ever getting into purple prose territory, which I love. I was expecting the Game to be a lot more violent than it ended up being (even though there are some rather gruesome deaths) but the main characters are so unwilling to kill each other that everything remains at a standstill for longer than I’d like! (clearly I’m too used to reading violent fantasy books when I complain about not enough violence). ![]() There’s a lot of talking and plotting and planning and not all that much doing for the first few hundred pages of the book and I definitely feel like some of that could have been trimmed because it did take a while for me to really get into the story. I was expecting a high speed, action packed finale, and we do get there, but it takes A WHILE. Pacing seems to be my old nemesis (I’m actually going to be doing a discussion post about it soon) and this book was definitely lacking. The final book is also very late in the game (bad pun, sorry) to be adding a lot of new POVs.Īnd then we have the pacing….ah the pacing. ![]() I did really like having Sophia and Lola’s POVs, because I love the characters, but I think having five POVs made things more confusing than they needed to be. It did get easier as the book went along, but I still found myself having to flick back and forth because it had been so long since a particular character’s POV, I’d forgotten what they were doing. There are five different POV characters in this book, and whilst I do understand why Foody did it this way, it makes the story somewhat difficult to follow. I’m going to start with my biggest bugbears from this book, because though there was definitely a lot to love about this book, the two big issues were the things that brought the book’s rating down for me.įirst off, SO MANY POVS. As the game takes its final, vicious turn, Levi and Enne must decide once and for all whether to be partners or enemies.īecause in a game for survival, there are only losers… Meanwhile, a far more dangerous opponent has appeared on the board, one plucked right from the most gruesome legends of New Reynes. But while Levi offers false smiles and an even falser peace to the city’s politicians, Enne must face a world where her true Mizer identity has been revealed…and any misstep could turn deadly. The players? The twenty-two most powerful, notorious people in New Reynes.Īfter realizing they have no choice but to play, Enne Scordata and Levi Glaisyer are desperate to forge new alliances and bargain for their safety. Only days after a corrupt election and brutal street war, one last bloodthirsty game has begun. Return to the City of Sin, where the final game is about to begin…and winning will demand the ultimate sacrifice. If you have not read Ace of Shades, or King of Fools, stop reading now. SPOILER ALERT: This review will contain unavoidable spoilers from the previous Shadow Game books. I don’t want to say I was disappointed, because there was a lot to love in this book, and I did ultimately find it a satisfying finale but it didn’t quite live up to the heights of King of Fools for me. King of Fools, the second book in The Shadow Game trilogy was one of my favourite books of last year, so naturally Queen of Volts was one of my most anticipated releases of this year. Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Young Adult for allowing me to read this book early, this in no way affected my opinion of it. Publication Date: 1st September (okay, but the UK paperback doesn’t actually release till next Thursday, so technically it’s still coming out before a version of the book does!).īECHDEL TEST: PASS-Lola and Arabella (The Bargainer) talk about Enne.Ĭontent Warnings: Extreme violence, death, grief, attempted suicide/suicidal ideation, PTSD, toxic and abusive relationships (with a parent and a romantic partner), addiction, emetophobia (Can I just thank Amanda Foody for having these easily accessible on her website? Made my job SO MUCH EASIER). Book: Queen of Volts (The Shadow Game #3) ![]()
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