The Falling Kingdoms Series – Amy Leigh Reads

Book Lists, Top Ten Tuesdays

Completed Series I Wish Had More Books

August 23, 2022August 17, 2022by amyleighreads5 Comments

It’s Top Ten Tuesday time once again friends!

These are 10 completed book series I wish weren’t completed and had more books:

Fable duology by Adrienne Young

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The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima

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The Daevabad trilogy by S.A Chakraborty

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The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert

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Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes

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The Crown’s Game duology by Evelyn Skye

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Dance of Thieves duology by Mary E. Pearson

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Book of the Ancestor series by Mark Lawrence

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The Wrath and the Dawn duology by Renee Ahdieh

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Book Lists

Series I completed in 2020

December 21, 2020December 20, 2020by amyleighreads3 Comments

These are all the series that I have either read all the books this year or read the last book in the series that was published this year! I haven’t included any series that have unreleased books still, I will just add them onto future lists!

Arc of a Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman

Binti Series by Nnedi Okorafor

Wayward Pines Series by Blake Crouch

The Crown’s Game Duology by Evelyn Skye

Truly Devious Series by Maureen Johnson

Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

The Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan

Falling Kingdoms Series by Morgan Rhodes

Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown

Top Ten Tuesdays

Reasons why I Love Fantasy Series

May 19, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads19 Comments

This weeks Top 10 Tuesday is reason’s you love…. and today I decided to list the reasons I love fantasy series with a couple of examples!

Here are 9 reasons why I love Fantasy Series:

I loving deep diving into a new world with every fantasy novel I pick up, learning all about it and how it differs from reality.

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Magic is usually at the core of each fantasy novel/series and learning about all of the intricacies, rules and restrictions is one my favourite things about the genre!

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The characters are such a highlight in fantasy. Sometimes they are quite similar to regular human in a completely fantastical setting, other times they are a completely foreign species that we need to learn about!

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Quests are some of my favourite tropes in fiction and the fantasy genre has provided me with some of my favourites!

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Of course nothing quite beats an evil overlord of some kind that our underdog main protagonist needs to defeat. The dichotomy of good versus evil is very prevalent in fantasy and I feel it creates a bond between the reader and the characters.

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There are sooooo many different subgenres of fantasy that keep me engaged and consistently entertained! One I’ve recently been enjoying is sci-fi fantasy!

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A good romance mixed in between all of the magic and adventure is something that always keeps me coming back for more!

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There is something freeing about diving headfirst into a long, epic/high fantasy series that really helps you to escape the realities of life.

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This might seem a little trivial to some but there is something about maps in fantasy novels that I just love! It reinforces how different the world may be and definitely adds a layer of depth to the tale.

Reviews

Immortal Reign Review

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020by amyleighreadsLeave a Comment

23367265 We dive straight back into the action in this final book of the Falling Kingdoms series. Jonah is trying to defy his destiny, Lucia will do absolutely anything to get her daughter back from Kyan, Amara heads back home to Kraeshia to be throned and Cleo and Magnus continue to fight to bring the kingdoms together.

Magnus’s arc over the course of the series was wonderful to read. I had a feeling his character would change drastically because of how he was portrayed in the first couple of books and I find he was definitely vindicated himself for his past actions. Also the fact that Cleo still chose to overlook those past deeds and just accept Magnus for the person he has shown her was lovely.

Cleo I feel I have steadily enjoyed but haven’t loved in the series. She was definitely a little too naïve and spoilt but through all of the difficulties she has had to face over the last year she has matured and shown a lot of restraint and poise.

I think I have the most thoughts and feelings about Lucia above all because she had such a drastic plot line in the series. I always thought she was an unlikeable character and that feeling didn’t really change over the course of the series. When her powers were drained by her daughter she finally realises how much she has relied on those powers and how non effective she is without them.

I honestly wouldn’t of been mad if this book had another 200-300 pages to really draw out the plot and build up the anticipation. The short length was something I always appreciated in the previous book because all you really get is all the action and manoeuvres that brought them to this moment. I would of loved go fully in depth with each character and get the minute details of everything that is happening.

I thought the pacing picked right back up and I was on the edge of my seat throughout my read. The ending did kind of wrap up quite conveniently but after the epic journey these characters embarked on back in the beginning of this series I was very content with how it ended!

⭐️5/5 WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO READ THIS SERIES????

Reviews

Crystal Storm Review

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020by amyleighreadsLeave a Comment

23367261 Wild!

Once again we are continuing straight off where Frozen Tides concluded. Magnus and Cleo have decided to accompany King Gais to visit his mother who was thought to be dead. Jonas, Felix, Nic and Taran are sailing back to Paelsia along with Prince Ashur who was also thought to be dead.

So Lucia is warming up to me now. I like that we see her acknowledge all of her wrongdoings not only to Timotheus but to Jonas as well. Saying she deserves to die for all of the pain and devastation she has caused around Paelsia. I think her discovering she is pregnant really made her stop and think about what she was actually doing and why. I still think she is quite selfish and arrogant but that is really a cause of her upbringing, I just hope we see her mature and gain a little bit more humility in the upcoming conclusion.

Magnus and Cleo didn’t have enough moments together for me. We still see them continue to keep secrets from one another, which is causing issues in their relationship. I didn’t like the fact Cleo won’t open up to everyone and let them know she loves Magnus, I just think it shows she’s a little ashamed of her emotions and doesn’t want her friends to hate her. I think sure they might be a little disappointed, Nic in particular but if they really love her as much as they claim to, they would get over it. I enjoyed that we see Magnus be a little insecure and jealous of Cleo’s friendship with the other rebels, Jonas in particular. I just wish he would communicate his feelings to Cleo more openly instead of bottling them up.

I liked the inclusion of Selia into the plot. I thought she was intriguing and interesting characters. I loved her interactions with Cleo and I thought her devotion to her son was quite relatable, even though he’s this horrible person. When her real motives are finally revealed it was definitely a twist that I didn’t see coming!

This book was a little more stagnant compared to the previous books. The pacing is still quite fast and there are many twists and revelations that keep you invested and entertained. For a good chunk of the story all of the characters are in one place. I like that the story has kind of been centralised and all of the main players have come together and we see some of the schemes and plans come to fruition.

⭐️5/5 Ugh, they just keep getting better!