Review: A Crown of Ivy and Glass

A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Legrand’s book has an interesting plot and a complex structure based on lore. She eases the reader into her world building (fantasy world: gods gave some humans magical powers, a god chosen queen with infinite lifetime, a mist that creates a boundary between the human world and demon world), but there are just too many elements to the world that create mystery. They begin to feel almost ridiculous since known of the problems get resolved, just more are created.

Ultimately, the only redeeming aspects of the novels were the Basks and Farrin. I loved their mystery and it was so clear to me that Ryder was more important than anyone knows.

The writing was good- I wish I could put my finger in it- but the love between Gemma and Talan just wasn’t believable enough.

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