Name: Three Dark Crowns
Rating: 3.807560137457044 (582 reviews)
ISBN: 9780062385444

Kendare Blake

Three Dark Crowns #1

Three Dark Crowns

Camila Evelyn

"Billy para abaixo do penhasco e olha para ela. Ele faz uma mesura profunda e lenta, e a multidão murmura. Arsinoe prende a respiração.

A cada geração na ilha de Fennbirn nascem rainhas trigêmeas: três herdeiras da coroa, cada uma com um poder mágico especial. Mirabella é uma elemental, capaz de produzir chamas e tempestades com um estalar de dedos. Katharine é uma envenenadora, com o poder de manipular os venenos mais mortais. E Arsinoe é uma naturalista, que tem a capacidade de fazer florescer a rosa mais vermelha e também controlar o mais feroz dos leões. Mas para coroar-se rainha, não basta ter nascido na família real. Cada irmã deve lutar por esse posto, no que não é apenas um jogo de ganhar ou perder: é uma batalha de vida ou morte. Na noite em que completam dezesseis anos, a batalha começa. NA HORA DE REINAR, APENAS UMA RESTARÁ.

Três coroas negras

Demorei pra me conectar com os personagens, mas no final acabei por torcer pra uma das rainhas, serei obrigada e comprar a continuação pra ver quem vai reinar. 

E eu nem acredito que acertei o plot twist :))

Demorei pra me conectar com os personagens, mas no final acabei por torcer pra uma das rainhas, serei obrigada e comprar a continuação pra ver quem vai reinar. 

E eu nem acredito que acertei o plot twist :))

In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born--three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to control storms or flames with the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, able to ingest the deadliest poisons without harm. And Arsinoe, a naturalist, can control nature. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn't solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it's not just a game of win or lose ... it's life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing gets the crown. --

Sunky

Kate Gonzales

Great book! I love how they hate and also love one another.

Jaden Nelson

I am very on the fence about what to rate this books as. Just finishing it now, I am so excited about the ending that I can barely put anything but 5 stars on it, but at the same time, 3DC seemed quite monotone and boring for a big chunk, but what I can't decide is if I actually liked that big chunk or not. Long review short, really good book, well written(although I found the multi-third person perspectives a little confusing), has a pretty good plot, and one of those endings that only special books have, the kind of endings that send you scrolling at lighting speed to the bottom of the books goodreads page, searching for the next book. Sadly, I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. Anyways, my star rating may change over the next few days, so regardless of that, I would recommend this book to anyone into fantasy, dystopians, magic, or basically anyone reading YA. So that's all I am going to say.... the end p.s. who actually reads my reviews????

or at least, it feels like it's been that long since i added this to my to read shelf, where it was abandoned. This almost reads like a really, really, 

 long prequel, considering there's a very small amount of action for what is seemingly promised in the synopsis. It's a lot of build up for very little payoff. I also wish we got to see more of Katharine, it felt like she barely showed up. The twist at the end was good! I didn't see it coming but now, looking back, I can see the seeds being planted. 

Holly

It's been 84 years...

or at least, it feels like it's been that long since i added this to my to read shelf, where it was abandoned. This almost reads like a really, really, really long prequel, considering there's a very small amount of action for what is seemingly promised in the synopsis. It's a lot of build up for very little payoff. I also wish we got to see more of Katharine, it felt like she barely showed up. The twist at the end was good! I didn't see it coming but now, looking back, I can see the seeds being planted. 

I had to think about it but I'm gonna go with 4*'s (it's more like an almost but eh) 

I'd been putting off this book for ages because I wasn't a fan of the writing style but I decided to just try it out today and ended up reading the whole thing! The plot was really interesting and I'm planning on starting book 2 in the next few days. 

I think I'm definitely rooting for Arsinoe but I love the other sisters too so I'm scared how it's gonna go!!

Jamieson

“Three dark queens
Are born in a glen,
Sweet little triplets
Will never be friends

Three dark sisters
All fair to be seen,
Two to devour
And one to be Queen” 


haha this book ? I AM ETERNALLY CONFLICTED 


A thorough guide of what I was thinking while reading this book

start: "Oh, actually this is super interesting. love the set up of the world and the queens"

100 pages in: "Okay. This is a bit boring, and there are so many characters I am a little confused. I'll keep reading"

200 pages in: No. This is not good I'm not enjoying it. The plot is too jumpy and inconsistent, and I hate the characters. I will give this 1 freakin star mark my words. I HATE THIS WITH SO MUCH PASSION

300 pages in: actually, I take it back. this isn't so bad. It's getting closer to Beltane now. I still hate some characters, but it's getting much more interesting. 

finishing it: HOLY SHIT. I can't believe Arsinoe !!!! and OMG Peityr DID THAT. That bear !! THAT FREAKIN BEAR. ohmygod Mirabella & Arsinoe !! Katherine !! THIS IS CRAZY 

me later on: But despite the ending, I still hate the characters and lets be real the middle was awful. I still don't know who some characters are. I don't know how to feel about this book

 

Honestly straight up what I think this book has is a marketing issue. When this book was pitched across booktube (and I'm pretty sure those reviews were sponsored) I was hearing about this being a massive, fight to the death battle between three sisters so one could be queen. I was expecting it to be like The Hunger Games: Queen Edition. And I know I was NOT the only one with that assumption. 

This is DEFINITELY not the Hunger Games, there's not even a battle to the death so if you're waiting for that ... don't hold your breath. 

I put this book down for a long, long time Like, a few months. And when I picked it up again with my expectations reset I enjoyed it alot more. If you're going into this you NEED to have your expectations straight. It's a very political book, with the fighting between the sisters done is a much more subtle way. It's not bloody, gory and dramatic like the Hunger Games this is a completely different thing. 


  WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE


• THERE IS AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS. !!!!. And it's so confusing. Who the fuck am I reading about now, I'm sorry ? Who's mother's brother is this ?? Is that his cousin or his sister ?!!. It's just way too much, and they're not explained well at all so I was just incredibly lost and confused except for the main characters

• WRITING STYLE. This is written in present tense, which I wasn't a huge fan of and it jumps around alot. Every chapter is about a different character, but that wasn't too bad for me. What I didn't like is how the plot kinda meandered and randomly changed directions. It wasn't always cohesive and that had me a little ..... what is going on 

• JOSEPH !!!! WHAT A FUCKBOY I HATED HIM SO MUCH.  On a scale of 1 to 10 for despicableness of a character Joseph is a solid fucking 11. He's just a terrible person !! and his actions are inexcusable !! and I literally don't care what u say I hate him for all time 

• and while we're talking about SHIT boy characters Pietyr was also a terrible fucking person and sooo creepy and I highkey hate him

• Lack of representation. I LOVED that it was a matriarchal society, but in terms of rep this fell really short. There was no lgbt rep, and no characters who were poc and everyone was able bodied. So, yeah. LAME. 

• It was boring in parts. While I think it was a political book and so wasn't going to be the fastest, there were parts where characters would just be talking and it was SLOW. Or when an event would be repeated just from a different characters point of view 

• The characters were okay but not the best in terms of depth and complexity. I'm kinda gonna give it a get out of jail free card here because it IS the first book in the series, but STILL I think the characters were not the best. While they each had a unique voice which I liked, they weren't all /that/ complex which was kind of disappointing 



  WHAT I ACTUALLY DID LIKE


• Political intrigue. Yes bitch I'm all ABOUT THAT. I loved the subtlety of this book with it's political themes, and the way the differing political structures are vying for power. I loved that the governing systems were ambiguous in their morality and none of them seemed to be a great options, and I loved there was so much questioning of the traditions and also structures like the temple and the priestesses. 

• AMAZING female friendships ! There were soo many solid friendships between female characters and it was great ! I also liked there was good male/female friendships and that they were incorporated into the story so naturally. 

• The matriarchal society/ worldbuilding in general. In this world, the Queens have three triplets and then they must leave. A council rules for the queens while they grow up, and then the queens fight eachother and whoever wins becomes the queen - becoming Queen also gives their families lots of political influence and power and so it's as much about the Queens friends as it is about them. The worldbuilding was AMAZING, really detailed and a super interesting society. I could not fault this book here it was really well thought out, and connected to the political aspects of the plot so perfectly. I also loved that the society was matriarchal, just because it was interesting af. 

• sympathetic characters. !! I liked that none of the queens were antagonised so you actually were rooting for all of them. It made it much more interesting because you didn't want any of them to kill eachother at all 

• The ending. SupER set up the next book and actually left me on a really excited note. I am not maly brainstorming the next books in the series tbh

(view spoiler)[ listen. Jules is actually the naturalist queen. The priestesses wanted to gain power through Mirabella so they mixed the triplets up. Katherine has no power, she is powerless and was supposed to expose and humiliate the Arron's. Because they have too much power. Arsinoe is the poisoner queen and actually the Arron.  (hide spoiler)] 



  IN CONCLUSION


Not the best book ever but not the worst. I wish I'd gone into this knowing it was a political intrigue book instead of thinking it was gonna be battle royale because I think I would have liked it more. 
I am actually kind of looking forward to the sequel though ! Even if it's not most highly anticipated.

Alexander Aguirre

There is absolutely no way for me to pick a side. 
It is literally impossible to chose between the wilderness, braveness and disobedience of Arsinoe, the kindness, strength, fright and warmth of Katherine and the power, elegancy, true heart and loyalty of Mirabella. 
I mean how in the earth would I pick a side? Please kill all the Arrons, the Milones and the fucking Priestesses and get a fucking live you three together. Thanks :)

Rachel Kanyid

Really enjoyed this. Did not expect the ending!!

Emily B

3.5 stars. This was not what I expected. I went into this with lower expectations from the reviews I had read. And yes, it was slower than you would expect. But I still liked it. For me, it was a very fast read. The first two thirds spend the time introducing the characters and the relationships. The build up of the different plots for the climax of the books was simmering the whole time. When the climax finally hit, it was pretty faced paced and had one or two twists I did not see coming (granted it's not that hard to pull one over on me haha). The ending left me kind of excited for what was to come for the three queens. I saw one review that said to treat this book kind of like a prologue for the rest of the series, and I'd say that is accurate. Overall, this was a good introduction book that spent time building up for the rest of the plot and the main conflicts of its characters. Good job Ms. Blake!

Kwan Ann Tan

Did I finish an entire book in school? Yes, yes I did. I've been reading the reviews, and this book does get a lot of flak for being too draggy or boring in the beginning, but I didn't feel that way at all! I thought it was wonderfully thought out, although I would have liked for the demonstrations to be slightly more thought out-- and where were Katherine's interactions with Arsinoe & Mirabella? Poisoners ftw though. I'm rooting for Katherine 100%. 

For some reason, this really reminds me of Cathrynne M. Valente's short story, The Lily and the Horn, which I highly recommend to anyone with time on their hands!

Raphaëlle

The concept was great, the premises were okay, the characters were bland, the execution was poor.
Most of all, it was incredibly boring - one thing that fantasy y/a should never be.

This book had an interesting idea. The plot however dragged on for me and only a small portion was actually about that. So I'll say if you're someone enjoying the magic system and political system and generally slow paced Fantasy books, this one might be a great book for you!

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