The Raven and the Dove

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DNF @ 9%

This is another book I was super excited to read from Netgalley. I watched Tristan and Isolde as a teen and remember crying my heart out, so seeing that this would be a retelling AND featuring characters with magic and wings... I had to check it out.

The thing is, right from the get go I was confused about what was going on. I tried pushing through hoping something would make sense, but continued to get more confused and then more I thought about things and tried to make things work... the more I didn't like it.
All the royal families at this point are related to each other and the inbreeding is super hard to get around. The games for a mate and then the ones without a mate at the end are the ones who actually bring fresh DNA into this storm.
But, hey, this is how past royalty works– I can get over it... except for then at 9% when a 5 year old becomes king – loses his youth, becomes a “man”, and his tone holds “authority” that everyone listens to.... because any rational adult is going to listen to a child when sound authoritative.

I just... I just could not go farther.