Having previously read A Song of Ice and Fire, the original series, I was a little. The sibling romance, the “Theon” character, to name a few. There was a lot of fairly unique plot points and character quirks that were obviously taken from the novels. It was impossible not to notice when this book was legit marketed as a “YA Game of Thrones”. There’s a difference between being inspired by and completely copying a work Instead, I got old, overused, boring tropes that I found that I didn’t care for at all. I was expecting something new, something different, and something exciting. Not only that, but, once again, a large majority of the characters just seemed like Game of Thrones rip offs.įalling Kingdoms is built and developed like any generic YA high fantasy, and that was extremely disappointing. There was very little variation, and these characters weren’t at all original. The moment you met each of them, you could label each with a stereotype/archetype, and be basically ready to handle anything the character could do. None of the characters were at all worthwhile. Even the magic system was disappointing, being the basic element magic, but under the guise of “ elementia”. It almost felt like A Game of Thrones, but with the plot extremely sped up. The plot was presented as such a complex and long basis for the first book, but I had honestly no clue as to what was going on.

While the plot of this saga is started in a very interesting and intriguing way, that feeling only lasted for the first few chapters. Why this book?: I’ve heard a lot about this series, especially from a friend who prompted me to read this in return for her to read The Abyss Surrounds Us. Also was intrigued in it being described as the “Game of Thrones for YA”!īland characters, plot, and. The missing magic is supposedly draining from their world, and only one can restore it. In Falling Kingdoms, four teens become important as war breaks out across all three countries of Mytica.

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