Broken Throne

"Some people have said that you don’t really need to read this book, so I was wondering if I should read this book after War Storm?"

"It was not as intriguing as the actual series but it’s a great companion if someone is looking to learn more about the characters."

"solid 3ish ⭐️<br/><br/><i>this will be my last book to read of the series.</i> any others will be skipped.<br/><br/><b>all you need to read this series are books <i>red queen, war storm, fire light</i>.</b> everything else can be skipped, and it’s probably for the better.<br/><br/>as for a final word for this series, this book was <i>eh</i>. it could have been better.<br/><br/>considering it is a collection of novellas and additional documents, it is essentially just an info dump. it provides the world building and elaboration that was so desperately needed within the main series.<br/><br/>the stories themselves don’t add anything, specifically <i>queen song</i> and <i>steel cars</i>; we already know what happened to coriane and farley. the only <i>somewhat</i> helpful information comes from julian. but then again, you could survive without it.<br/><br/>THOUGH, cal and mare’s reunion in <i>fire light</i> would be perfect as an extra chapter at the end of <i>war storm</i>. it’s a shame that the happy ending has to be paired with rather useless story.<br/><br/>that one bit introducing the boat guy and princess was completely unnecessary. i’m surprised anyone even green lit it. imagine if it was a spin-off, instead of <b>useless filler to <i>fill the void this series has caused</i></b>.<br/><br/><b>bottom line:</b> skip it if you think these books suck, otherwise you’ll probably enjoy the one-shots and additional info.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/><b>while reading:</b><br/><br/><i>this is going to be interesting…</i><br/><br/>okay, that mention of batman in the first part threw me off.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/><b>pre-reading:</b><br/><br/>i <i>will</i> read this out of spite.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/><b>[read through audiobook]</b><br/><br/><b>this series:</b><br/>#1: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4616500337"><i>red queen</i></a> - 3 ⭐️<br/>#2: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5238320935"><i>glass sword</i></a> - 2 ⭐️<br/>#3: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5238321401"><i>king's cage</i></a> - 2 ⭐️<br/>#4: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5238321956"><i>war storm</i></a> - 2.5 ⭐️<br/>#4.5: <I>broken throne</i> - solid 3ish ⭐️"

"<u>and so, i finally reached the end of the series.</u><br/><br/><b>queen song</b><br/>that ending... it's the way you could see coriane falling and falling into darkness that ruined me.<br/><br/><b>steel scars</b><br/>barely read it. enjoyed the farley x shade bits, though.<br/><br/><b>world behind</b><br/>didn't read.<br/><br/><b>iron heart</b><br/>AAAAAHHHH!!! MY FAVORITE GIRLFRIENDS!!! i loved this so much. it amazes me how much evangeline grew on me with time. ptolemus, too.<br/><br/><b>fire light</b><br/>MARECAL. GOD. this one made me very happy - to see them together and trying to heal. a huge thank you to evangeline for helping them get their **** together.<br/><br/><b>fare well</b><br/>i'm an empty shell of a human being. i'll never be whole again. this short story was my favorite one, and yet the most painful. <i>maven, my beloved.</i>"

"I had to read five novellas to get to the happy ending what"

"Honestly I couldn't put it down. It's been a hot minute since I read it. "

"Just a nice little bow to the series."

"I struggled through a lot of it. Parts seemed irrelevant. It was nice to see what happened to Evangeline, Mare and Cal though."