The Kingmaker Chronicles Complete Set by Amanda Bouchet

The Kingmaker Chronicles Complete Set Reviews

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  Beth

  Meh
  Really needed an epilogue, plus the "romance" between the leads made me cringe.
  The supporting team was good.
  
  What the heck happened to Kato?
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  Lucie V.

  Full reviews for the books can be found here:
  
  
  A Promise of Fire ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  
  Breath of Fire ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  
  Heart on Fire ⭐⭐⭐.5
  
  
  
  
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  Zoltanandmeghan Naj

  Loved this series
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  Amanda B Gillespie

  Great adult fantasy series!
  
  I'm glad I was able to get the box set so I didn't have to wait on the next book. It all good so seamlessly and the knowledge of the mythical gods and goddesses was amazing!
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  Kyra Demotte

  I absolutely adored this book!
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  Your Majesty

  I know it seems lacking... *bUt tHe rOmAnCe* is why I love it. >Strong femal lead
  >no stupid whining
  >characters have character
  >cool fight moves
  >and more!
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  Sarah

  Help wanted: A strong, female character who doesn’t spend the entire series wallowing.
  
  Amanda Bouchet’s Kingmaker trilogy promises a whole lot but delivers very little. The series came highly recommended, but it fell flat. Good in some parts, but bad in most of the others.
  
  The good
  The entire premise is solid. The world building is beautifully done, and she get describes the vagueness that comes with dealing with Olympians. The characters are... consistent, even in their bad qualities. The books had huge potential.
  
  But (spoilers ahead)....
  
  The bad
  Everything is overshadowed, outweighed, outmaneuvered by Cat’s complete lack of maturity to get things done, of not getting things done, and not having the discipline to improve. To put it mildly, she wallows. A ridiculous amount. So many pages are filled with “its all my fault, I can’t handle the responsibility but I have to but I don’t want to”. Her entire character is just stunted until chapter 26/27... OF THE FINAL BOOK. Look, I get it. She has the weight of the world on her shoulders, but at what point to you get past what’s happened and focus on what needs to be done. You can still have guilt and grief but utter lack of being able to control herself, especially in battle situations, is all at once infuriating and heartbreaking. Cat was written as a strong girl, but dang, she’s is just not. Her personal growth took too long, and with so many dependent on her, it’s maddening. She literally had to be put in a time out for her to get it. Given her history, you would think she would have matured faster than her counterparts. Nope. I’m sorry but in a life or death situation (which there are plenty in these books) she gets stuck inside her own head and is unable to act and eventually gets her problems solved by the Gods or Griffin. And this pattern continues until the end of the third book until she somehow gets her head out of her rear end and “defeats” her mother. The author built this huge conflict and then at the very end decides to give the enemy some humanity. Dear author, it’s ok to let your enemies be enemies. Not everything has to be some type of grey situation. It wastes an incredibly amount of time. And Griffin. Geez. There’s a point where supportive becomes nauseating. He’s a grown ass man, and just....geez. I have no words for him.
  
  So to sum up, great premise, great world building, but the pacing, the horrible character growth that took way to long culminating in quite possibly the worst ending battle makes me wonder how this series is rated so high. The sex? Who knows. The book gets two stars instead of one simply for the somewhat original plot line and Supporting characters who weren’t totally boring.
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  Brittany Rios

  Excellent
  
  This book wasn’t written about the Gods, but a small
  role, or a godly role, they play in the lives of Cat and Griffin. This is their bright, tortured, conquered, love story! To fall in love with each of these characters because of the detailed back story, their loyalty, and their promise to sacrifice themselves for the great good is phenomenal. Be prepared to have each emotion felt in this book: disbelief, sadness, remorse, excitement, regret, ecstatic, love, loyalty, and bliss!
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  Sabrina Fish

  A new fave in the fantasy romance genre!
  
  The fantasy romance genre is my fave and this series ranks right up there with my favorites within it. I love Cat, Griffith, Beta team, and the whole cast of characters. The ending was perfect! I’m just sad the series ended.
  Highly recommended!
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  Rebecca

  Let me start off by saying that I really wanted to love this trilogy. The premise was interesting but the further and further I read, the more annoyed I became.
  
  Synopsis (SPOLIERS):
  Catalia Fisa was a Princess - a child born of the Gods. The "Chosen one" to lead the world of Thalyria from a corrupt, power hungry trio of nations divided by greed, magic, and power, into a unified kingdom based on just rule once more. The problem is that she was born into a nightmare of a royal family that tortured her from infancy and taught her nothing except to kill first or be killed and that love is a weakness. At 15 years old she escapes her tyrannical power hungry queen of a mother and lives with a traveling circus as an anonymous fortune teller. She is found by Warlord Griffin of the Sintan nation and essentially kidnapped for her unique magical abilities. She is called the Kingmaker because she has rare magic that allows her to tell if someone is lying or telling the truth. Ripped away from her makeshift family at the circus, Cat is brought to the capital of Sinta, where she begins to fall in love with Griffin when she realizes he is not just a cunning brute after all. Cat realizes that the Gods have united them for a reason and her destiny (laid out by an oracle of course) is to discover and come to terms with her full might and range of magic gifted by the Gods, and to take back their kingdom from the power hungry magical rulers.
  
  Comments:
  There are a number of things I dislike about this book.
  1. I love a good enemies to lover trope - but this one was just insane. Griffin kidnaps Catalia. He ties her up with a magical rope and for months she is led around like a dog and not even let go to relieve herself (how convenient she can turn herself invisible). Griffin is supposed to be the good guy in this story and he treats Cat like an animal for almost the entire first book. Yet that is the person she is supposed to fall in love with?? Sorry - it just doesn't vibe with me.
  2. I understand Catalia had a terrible and traumatic upbringing. But she CONSTANTLY makes terrible decisions, doubts herself at every single turn, full of self pity, wont believe in herself or those around her that love her. She was free from the clutches of her evil mother for like 10 years, surrounded by people who became a second family. Are you telling me that she made NO personal growth from her trauma in all that time and STILL couldn't grow as a human being until the very last few chapters on the final book in order to finally triumph over her mother?? Oh lord it was painful to read such drivel. A heroine - especially one crafted by the Gods should have had more strength of character. Catalia was just dumber than a box of rocks and it drove me crazy.
  3. Catalia had the power of invisibility and NEVER used it to her advantage when they were constantly in danger against monsters etc. Like she conveniently forgot she had that ability through out the majority of the books...
  4. The book ended before any of the other character's plot devises were finished!!! The whole story was leading up to a Jocasta/Flynn union and Carver and Bellanca would have made an amazing ship, if only the author had thought to develop both of those characters just a little bit more! But they ended the book without any epilogue or note about any of the ancillary characters. Wasted opportunity! And to have all these hints about little bean destined to solidify the kingdoms, and then not have an epilogue to see how they fared as parents... gah!
  
  All in all, the story was just interesting enough that I didn't DNF the book and I was invested enough in finishing it if only to see how it ended. But I cannot say I was happy about it at all. That's just not enough for me to recommend the book to anyone else....
  
  2.5 stars.
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  Megan » Hello Book Bird

  I’m from the north of Fisa, where magic is might. He’s from the south of Sinta, where muscle and cunning decide who lives or dies.

  
  
  
  Review of Book 01: A Promise of Fire
  
  Review of Book 02: A Breath of Fire
  
  Review of Book 03: Heart on Fire
  
  It's been forever since I've had a fantasy that so flawlessly weaves in Greek Gods and great world-building but the third and final book left me with a sour taste in my mouth.
  
  Do yourself a favor and only read the first book. It's highly recommended!
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  Seahawkin

  So I got through the series. I ended up being the box set because it was cheaper than buying the 3rd one. I find it weird, I always love the first one then they lose steam for me, they get kinda Mary Sue and I have to force myself the finish. I think I gave the first one 5 stars.
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  Edith

  Perfect fantasy romance series for a glorious weekend!!
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  Katrina

  Exactly as advertised and a fun read.
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  Kelly Brewer

  I have enjoyed this series but really need closure. What happened to Kato?
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  Lorie

  I liked it
  
  This is told in first person, even so I enjoyed the story. It's an epic adventure with some violence, humor, romance and irreverence. It's very greek but on another world. It's also about overcoming one's past and accepting one's self.