Weirdly I happened to be reading this at the same time as 'Flame and Sparrow', another SM Gauther book and while both started off real slow and hard get into, this book just failed to ever capture my interest. 


'The Queen of Cursed Things' is SM Gaithers first book in her YA series The Serpents and Kings Trilogy. In a world where everyone is marked by their bloodline of who they are Alaya, is living a lie pretending her hand doesn't bare a mark. But secretly she has the mark of the serpent clan, a clan long thought to be extinct and hated by all for the deadly curses they set. After being captured by the King and the crown Prince helps her break free she follows a book trying to find the father she never knew and her connection to his clan.


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I honestly don't have any one thing that I can pin point as to why I did not like this book. It just wasn't my jam, as I stated it was hard to get into, and there was a pick up of action I just couldnt bring myself to care. I had gotten it free on Amazon and it sat for a few years on my TBR. It was pretty boring on top of being slow and I never wanted to pick it up to read. I found myself wanting to skim it just to finish it. I found the pacing hard to follow, as in did a day pass or a week? How long had they been traveling for? I didnt enjoy the main character at all. It head was just not a fun place to be stuck and I didnt click with any of the side characters. 

I'm gonna chalk this one up to its a me problem.