WARNING: This review contains spoilers.

“Crown Of Crowns” is a young adult fantasy book that follows the main character Kaelyn, a noblewoman who could potentially become a leader of Geniverd Kingdom, and Roki, a citizen of the kingdom.

Kaelyn feels restricted due to Decens-Lenitas, which is the code of the kingdom, and her family puts added pressure on her to follow these rules, marry a suitor of their choice, and work towards becoming a leader of Geniverd. She wants to escape from those restrictions and meets a citizen named Roki. One night, after she spends time with Roki, she gets the news that her mother has suddenly passed away. The last conversation that Kaelyn had with her mother was an argument about Roki, where her mother said that she disapproved of him and would prefer that Kaelyn dated someone like them who shared the same morals. Kaelyn begins to feel guilty for prioritizing her relationship with Roki over her family, and ignores him when he tries to check on her, which leads to Roki ignoring her in return after awhile. Kaelyn’s loved ones make her reminisce on the good times she had with Roki before her mom passed, and make her realize how much she still loves and misses him. Despite that, she gets engaged to another man and tries to focus on that and on trying to become Queen, until Roki surprises Kaelyn with a visit. After catching up, Roki tells her more information about the history of the kingdom, and this continues even after Kaelyn gets married and becomes the Queen, but she is quickly told that Roki is not to be trusted, and tells him to stay out of her life. A virus plagues Geniverd, and at the same time, Kaelyn begins questioning everything she knew, while also trying to save those who live in her kingdom, and Roki comes back to help her along the way.

I was a little bit confused at times while reading this, but aside from that, I enjoyed the book. I thought the plot was pretty interesting, and the various twists and turns and surprised visits from Roki added onto that. I also really liked the relationship between Roki and Kaelyn, especially at the very beginning and end of the book. Overall, I thought this was a pretty good read, and if you’re a fan of fantasy and are looking for a little bit of romance, I would definitely recommend giving this book a chance.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

In the beginning i wasn't so sure i was going to like this book to be honest...the main reason was the abrupt way you're thrown into things,like you're hit with a pan on the head and told "that's the way things are,deal with it".
I mean, before you have a chance to know where you are,what the main characters are like, we already have the strong romance given to us and it's little hard that way to connect emotionally and build some foundation through their previous history .
The world bulding and the atmosphere were made beautifully and although i disliked Kaelyn for her naivety and a little petulant behavior,she got a huge growth of character and gradually start to develop into a character you like a lot.
The mix of YA, sci-fi fantasy and romance is a breath of fresh air and when you add unpredicted twist and turns in the mix,it's a combination resulting in a really good read.

Crown of Crowns is a sweeping epic futuristic YA novel that is so engrossing. The plot is well paced and so well written and the characters feel so real. A great read,

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of Crown of Crowns in exchange for an honest review.

First off, the book's plot was wonderfully unique. Crown of Crowns mixes sci-fi, fantasy, tropes from historical fiction, and it's unique mythos system all together and I loved the world it created. The story was engaging and while it definitely had hallmarks of a lot of YA genres and YA books in general, it's not quite comparable to any other book I've ever read (and when you read as much YA as I do, that's always a plus).

My one issue was the way the plot was revealed. A lot of world building is done in these huge blocks of dialogue instead of casually incorporating it or putting it into narration and it ended up revealing one of the bigger plot twists long before I think the narrative wanted it to be revealed. Planting the seeds for twists is wonderful, but having your protagonist go into a long winded story in the second chapter that has even the person she's talking to go "uhhh why did you just tell me that?" (I'm paraphrasing. He was far more charming about it than I am) isn't planting seeds, it's plopping a fully grown, thousand year old tree right in the middle of an apartment. With a low ceiling.