Series Review: The Remnant Chronicles

Beware of Spoilers!!!
 
Hey guys, I'm back. Today I have a full series review for the "Remnant Chronicles" by Mary E. Pearson. I never posted a review for the first book "The Kiss of Deception", so I thought I would combine all 3 books and do a series review. Let's get started!
                                                

      
"The Kiss of Deception"

Genre- Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Pages-489 

Rating-5/5 Lily Pads

Would I Recommend It? Yes!                                         

"The Heart of Betrayal"

Genre- Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Pages-470

Rating-5/5 Lily Pads

Would I Recommend It? Yes!!


 


"The Beauty of Darkness"

Genre- Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Pages-680

Rating-5/5 Lily Pads

Would I Recommend It? Yes! It was a great conclusion
 

 The Plot

 A princess must find her place in a reborn world.

She flees on her wedding day.

She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection.

She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.

She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.

The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance.

Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love.

  

 First of all, this trilogy was just so amazing! I've been loving fantasy books lately, and this series didn't disappoint me at all! I first saw this series on BookTube. It had so much hype. I was starting to get into Fantasy at this time and the first book sounded so good. So I read it and loved it! This series was just perfect! I had no problems with it and I recommend all Fantasy lovers to read "The Remnant Chronicles". Let's get on with why I loved the series so much.

The Writing 

First of all, Mary E. Pearson is a wonderful writer. I really love her writing style. The style is just beautiful and very detailed, but not in a boring way. It's sort of mystical, and it makes you feel like your really in a Fantasy world. I love the way she describes everything. It's very easy to understand. I love the way she writes dialogue. Dialogue is my favorite part of reading, I love the conversations between characters. Her dialogue in this series is witty, and just very nice. She is very good at explaining things in a way that's not confusing at all. She's very good at pacing. In "The Kiss of Deception" I didn't think the book was slow, same with "The Heart of Betrayal". All the books are very long but they never dragged for me. I was entertained the whole time. I love reading long Fantasy books because you never know what's going to happen. I loved that the books were in first person, because that's my favorite perspective to read in. This series is awesome because it's in multiple pov's. It's in the pov of Lia our main protagonist. It's also in the pov's of Kaden and Rafe which I love because I can see what's going on in their heads. I just love reading multiple pov's in general, especially in Fantasy books. It just makes books more interesting to read. So I give her props for doing that. This series is very unique because in "The Kiss of Deception" you read the pov's of the "Prince" and the "Assassin", but you don't know who's who. I was totally wrong, I was shocked when it was revealed in the end of the book. I just think that was so unique and special. I've never seen that in a book before and it really makes this series stand-out and shine. 

The Plot

 I loved the plot of this series because I love Fantasy books and I absolutely love books about royalty and princesses. I just love reading that genre, especially fairy-tale re-tellings. So the plot really intrigued me and I just loved it!

The World

I love the world that Mary E. Pearson created. Basically, there are three kingdoms: Morrighan, Dalbreck and Venda. I loved how we got to explore each Kingdom in all of the books. I love reading about Kingdoms in general so of course I loved the world and the world building was perfect. I think this trilogy is perfect for people who want to get into Fantasy books because the world building isn't confusing at all, it's so easy to understand. Mary doesn't throw a lot of information in your face. I personally don't like too much world building so this series was great for me. 

The Characters

Last but not least, I wanna talk about the main reason I loved this series so much: the characters!

When it comes to books, characters are very important to me. If a book has awesome characters, I'll usually love the book. I don't really care about the plot or world building, because the characters are my main focus. In this series, the characters are just absolutely incredible! It takes talent to create characters that are so likable. I wish these characters were my friends. They were definitely the best part of this series. 

First let's talk about our main protagonist Lia, the "Princess of Morrighan". First of all, I love Princesses. I love books with them and Princes too. Of course I loved Lia because she's royalty but that's not the only reason I love her. I love Lia because she's a very special person. She's so kind and I love that about her. She's the kind of person that's nice to everyone, or tries to be. She's very likable and I just loved her kind nature. She really cares about the people she loves. She cared so much about her friends and family. I loved how sweet she was. I also loved her tough side too. She was very kick butt and strong. She didn't let people get her down and she tried to hide her emotions. She was a great leader and I love that she was so good at using weapons. She's not your typical  Princess. She pretty much saved everyone and her Kingdoms. I loved how devoted she was to Morrighan and Venda. Overall, Lia was such a great character to read about. I love her so much and I'm glad she got her happy ending. 

The next character I wanna talk about is "Prince Rafe of Dalbreck". First of all, I always loved Rafe. I loved him since the first book. I have a soft spot for Princes but that's not the only reason why I loved him. I loved Rafe because he was such a great guy. He is so kind and I love his dedication to his kingdom. He is officially on my book boyfriend's list now. I love him so much! I always root for the nice guy. His love for Lia was just so sweet!

While we're talking about Rafe let's talk about the romance. First of all, I shipped Rafe and Lia together since the first book. I love them together so much!! I was rooting for them the whole time. They are just perfect for each other and I love that they are both royalty. Their relationship was just so cute and I can't get enough of them. I was so frustrated while reading "Beauty of Darkness" because I couldn't stand them being apart. I hated that they were arguing and I just wanted them to be together again! I almost cried when they said they couldn't be together. I am so glad they got their happy ending, they needed to be together. They are true soul mates. I really hope they get married and have kids some day.  The romance was just so amazing!

Next I'm going to talk about the Assassin, Kaden. In the first book I liked Kaden but didn't love him. I think I started loving him in "Heart of Betrayal". I was always shipping Rafe and Lia. I knew Kaden loved her but I didn't really want them to be together. However, if Lia ended up with Kaden I would've been happy too because I also loved him. Kaden is so sweet and nice. I love his friendship with Lia. I love how close they got compared to the second book. They both love Venda and the ending was perfect. I loved that Lia was Queen of Venda and Kaden was there with her. Their friendship was just so awesome! I just love Kaden now. He's so loyal to his friends and his kingdom, he was just such a great guy.  Even though we didn't get to see their relationship much, I loved him and Pauline together. I always thought that they would be cute together and I just think they are a great couple. I loved that Kaden really cared about her baby. Overall, I loved him so much in "Beauty of Darkness". His character development was amazing. 

I really liked all the side characters. I'm not going to name all of them because there's too many. I loved Lia's parent's and brothers. I loved Rafe's friends so much! They were so nice and I love that they were so sweet to Lia. I was so sad when I found out Jeb died because I loved him, he was my favorite out of all of Rafe's friends. I loved Pauline, and all of Lia's friends too. I hated the Komizar and I really wanted him dead.  

Overall this trilogy was so amazing! I loved all the books. I'm so sad it's over and I'm really going to miss these characters. I really want more, I would love for her to write another book. These characters will stick with me for a long time. I will definitely be rereading this series in the future. I really recommend this series to everyone.  These books are definitely worth a buy. Thank you so much for reading this long review. I love you guys. I'll have more posts coming soon so stay tuned for that, bye and happy reading!

 

   

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Series Review: Pretty Little Liars

 Genre- Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller

Trigger warning: Eating disorders(only at the beginning of the series), some drug abuse, some drinking and LGBT themes.

I gave all the books 5/5 Lily Pads except for "Pretty Little Secrets" which I gave 4/5 Lily Pads

I really recommend this series to everyone. I think it's one of those series that everyone needs to read, especially if you're a teenager. These books can be pretty dark for YA, but the books all include a lot of themes that are really important to read about. This series includes a lot of family and friend relationships. I think kids and teens can learn a lot of lessons from these books. I started reading these books as a 20 year old and I still learned lessons from reading them. 

Hey everyone, I'm back with a review. It's been a month since I last posted. Today I have a full series review for the "Pretty Little Liars" series by Sara Shepard. I just finished reading "Ali's Pretty Little Lies" last night so I'm officially done with this series. My feelings are bittersweet. I loved this series, it's one of my favorite series now and I'm sad that it's over. I'm also happy it's over though because 18 books is a lot of books for a series. This is probably the biggest series I've ever read. This is going to be spoiler-free so if you haven't read the series yet, you can still read this. Let's get on to my review!

The Plot (From Wikipedia)

 The series follows the lives of four teenage girls nicknamed the Pretty little Liars or simply the Liars, whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their Queen bee leader, "Alison DiLaurentis". One year after her disappearance, the girls begin receiving threatening messages from an anonymous character named "A," who threatens to expose their secrets, including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew. Shortly after the messages begin, Alison's body is discovered buried in her yard. The books progress with the four girls trying to figure out the identity of "A" and facing many dangerous obstacles and twists as they do so.

 Spencer Hastings: Spencer is a headstrong, intelligent, overachieving girl who comes from the wealthy Hastings family.

Hanna Marin: Hanna is the bubbly, strong, and fierce "it-girl" of the group following Alison's disappearance. She suffers from an eating disorder, about which she received taunts from Alison.
Aria Montgomery: Aria is a quirky and artsy girl who, at the beginning of the books, is trying to find herself.
Emily Fields: Emily is considered the jock of the group, being a physical, loyal girl who struggles with her sexuality.
Alison DiLaurentis: Alison is the former "Queen Bee" of her clique, consisting of: Spencer, Hanna, Aria and Emily. She had supposedly been killed at the beginning of the series.

My Opinion 

 First of all, I want to think my booktube friend "Rachel" from "Thelittlereadinglamb" for getting me to read this series. At first I had no interest in reading the series, and I had no interest in watching the tv show. But then last January, Rachel started a read-along for the whole series. I actually found the first book for free on kindle so I thought I'd give it a try. I ended up really enjoying the book so I decided to continue the read-along by reading one book a month. I just finished the last book the other night and I'm so glad I gave this series a try. This series was just so amazing! I loved it so much!

The Writing

I really like her writing style. I'm not picky about author's writing styles and I don't really pay attention to the writing. I like to focus more on the characters. Her writing is very simple and easy to read. I flew through the books in about two days. She's really great with pacing and I love all the plot twists she puts in the books. Overall, Sara is a great writer and I can't wait to read more books from her. 

The Plot

I thought the plot for this series was very unique. It gave me a "Gossip Girl" vibe which is funny because this series was created by the same company that created "Gossip Girl". I love the mystery aspect, these books kept me guessing and thinking. This series actually got me into reading thrillers. I thought the whole thing with "A" was really creepy but very cool at the same time. I never read a book about a stalker before so it was very different but awesome to me. I would call this series a "Murder Mystery" too because a lot of characters die throughout the series. Overall, I loved the plot and I never read anything like it before.

The Characters

This series has a lot of characters. I can't name them all because there's too many. I'm just going to talk about the main characters. When I read the first two books, I didn't really like the girls. As I got farther into the series I ended up really liking them. They all have their flaws, they did things they shouldn't have. I like Spencer, Aria, Hanna and Emily because I can relate to all of them in a way. 

I can relate to Spencer because her family is all about high expectations. I'm not saying my family is exactly like that. Spencer and her sister Melissa used to be rivals. Their parents would give all their attention to Melissa and only care about her and I found that so relatable. In my family I always got the least attention and I felt that I wasn't as good as my sisters and they were perfect and I wasn't. I just found that part of her relatable. As for Emily, I can relate to her because she was known as the "good girl". She was the perfect daughter and the perfect teenager. She never did bad things and she was so sweet and nice. Throughout the books she starts to do things that her parents wouldn't approve of. I can relate to her because I'm considered a "good girl". I don't do bad things and I try to be a good person. I think I found Emily the most relatable actually. 

I can relate to Hanna because I used to be really insecure about myself and my body in High School. Hanna used to be chubby and geeky and that was me in school. I was always chubby and curvy and I still am, but I'm comfortable with my body now. I totally understand why Hanna was like that. And lastly I found Aria relatable because she's very artsy. I would consider myself an artistic person because I'm a musician and I love to write and dance too. So overall, I loved the girls because they were very likable and relatable. I felt so bad for them because they go through so much in the books at a young age. I really wanted them to have a happy ending. I loved the girls and I'm sad that the series is over. 

So overall I really loved the "Pretty Little Liars" series. I'm so glad I gave this series a try. These books were way out of my comfort zone and they got me into reading darker books now. If your wondering if it's worth reading this very long series, it is so worth it! I loved all 18 books! This series was just so incredible and amazing. I highly recommend this series to everyone, please give it a try. If you love the show I still recommend reading the books even though it's completely different. I've seen the show, I'm actually on the second season and I love the show so far! So yeah that was my spoiler-free review for the entire PLL series. Thanks so much for reading! These books are definitely worth buying and yeah that's my review. Thanks again and I will have a review up soon for the "Remnant Chronicles". Stay tuned for that and thanks so much for all the love and support, bye! :)