A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty

Didn't hold my attention. None of the plot was very surprising and I found it hard to keep picking it back up.

No Nonsense Review:
- I liked this book.
- I liked this book better than the first one, but the first book set this one up extremely well.

- The main female character is likeable, with a good balance of empathy and strength. Also, she hasn't quickly fallen into the overpowered MC trope.
- The main male character is also very likeable for me, and I enjoyed the depth he was given in this book. He's not too cringey, by my standards, and pushes the MC in a positive way.

- I also really like the other characters in the novel so far, and feel that there's such a good mix of backgrounds and personalities.

I'm enjoying how this series is expanding in this second instalment. This one was a lot more political and less action packed, which helped flesh out the different kingdoms and history of the world.

The main characters are still annoying but they had some sweeter moments between all the snark and bitching at each other. I think the side characters are more interesting in this and really carry the story for me.

I still find the audio narrators really over dramatise the dialogue which makes it come across as cringey and obnoxious, but I can get past it.