The Glittering Court

What en epic book! I was'nt expecting this kind of adventure! Yes, this is partly a book about court and noble society, but the other part of the story takes place in a boat and a kind of western, gold mining country. I thought I was getting a Selection type of book and at the end I got a gold rush story! This was great and I can't wait to read the other books in the serie, I'm so excited to know what the girls were up to while all this happened. Their character development was so interesting!

The story line is fun. I didn't really love the characters and it was very predictable.

Can you even call this fantasy?
It feels more like a historical fiction wearing the mask of a fantasy to me.

The only reason why I gave this 2 stars is because the first half of the book is quite enjoyable to read, despite the whole story having very little believability. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is a jumbled mess. It doesn't help that the characters are bland, there is no chemistry between Adelaide and Cedric, and there's no tension in the story. As if that wasn't enough, we also get a veeery convenient deus ex machina at the end. Brilliant.

Not sure if I'll read the rest of the series. Maybe if the next one is engaging. Both Mira and Tamsin seem to be more interesting than Adelaide.