Three Dark Crowns, Shame is an Ocean I Swim Across, & Brain on Fire: May Book Reviews!

Spring Finals Week is always one of the most relaxed weeks of the year for me. My freshman year of college I watched all of Game of Thrones during spring finals week and my sophomore year I watched stand up comedy specials. Being a creative writing major means that most of the time, finals week is really chill. I was able to get all of my May TBR List done! Which just means I had time for other books too!

Three Dark Crowns (Book 1) (⅘)

Three Dark Crowns is a series I’ve wanted to tackle for years just based on the enticing cover. I’ve been really disappointed by other young adult fantasy in the past, so I’d been avoiding it, but I decided to finally give it a go. Happily, it did not disappoint! I actually really enjoyed this book! Three Dark Crowns follows the stories of triplet queens as they fight to the death for the crown. This novel is brutal and as someone who’s obsessed with mortality in fiction, it is for sure a looming presence in the novel. The characters in this book are brutal and I absolutely love it! It’s so great to have A violent epic fantasy done well for a younger audience. The writing also isn’t complicated and it’s a really easy read, which is exactly what I needed for finals week. I will definitely be continuing with this series (which is not something…