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The Plated Prisoner (Book Series)
One of my favorite stories in the Fantasy-Romance genre, one I highly recommend, and can’t wait for you to read. Follow this reinterpretation of a classic legend, King Midas and his gold-touched Precious, Auren, a battle of greed and the desire for freedom. Full review below.
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Multiple and mixed sensations getting nearer to the conclusion of this series…
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Highlights
Everything was going decently well; the tension reached an amazing climax, but then sadly, everything went downhill.
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I didn’t rate it lower because there’re salvaging moments in the story.
What to Expect
- Reunions at long last
- Multiple POVs
- Multiple battlefronts
- Multiple romantic relationships
- Some sex scenes
- A lot of devastation
- Teary and emotional moments
- Shocking author’s decisions
- Weak logic towards the end
- Open loops
- Slow pace
- Underwhelming ending
- Weak world-building and fantastical structure
What I Missed
- First, multiple battlefronts—meaning multiple POVs—saturate the story, weaken the tension, slow the pace, and give too much attention to underwhelming secondary characters. It also neglects certain details and storylines, leading to open loops and unresolved issues.
- Second, the story was redeemable until chapter 62, where the ending transforms into a nine-long incoherent chapters. It became a never ending epilogue of sorts with weird explanations and manifestations out of the blue, without a structure of beliefs to support it.
My More Subjective Opinion
I’m sorry to say there were some poor decisions made that I’m guessing led the author to redeem the characters by bringing everything her imagination could come up with to solve their shortcomings.
At some point, it even felt like reading a children’s book…
“And though I couldn’t see, one of those stars smiled back” 😵💫
I honestly don’t have words to describe what went on after chapter 62. I’m baffled at how this series ended.
Great first three books and that’s it for me.
THE END
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