The Kingdom of Sweets

I wanted to like this so much but it let me down and I was so sad. It had everything that I wanted! But it just didn't execute it well enough. I think it was a mixture of the characters, the writing, and a confusing plot.

I get unlikeable characters, I even like that they're unlikeable sometimes. For me the two sisters just had no personality. I didn't like either of them, they were flat characters. I think I maybe could like Clara; but since most of the story was through Natasha's eyes, all we saw were Clara's negatives. Which, let's be honest here, I don't think Clara really had many negative characteristics. Natasha just wanted to see her sister as an evil person, so she was.

It's not even that “Oh, the curse made her (Natasha) annoying” – I was totally fine with the curse making her dark – it's how that was written that annoyed me. I also didn't like how she viewed relationships – even if this is set in the past – why do we have to have do all of this slut-shaming?

I would've liked it if we got to the other land earlier. I also thought Natasha would travel between the two worlds often instead of spending a tiny bit in the other world. It's just what I thought would've happened and then it didn't. Which made me sad and once again felt a bit let down by the book.

I just wanted more. I think that's what annoyed me most of all. I expected so many things from the great cover and the synopsis and nothing worked out for me. The ending came out of the blue for me. It didn't make sense and I didn't like the sudden time jump we were given.