{"id":30947,"date":"2024-01-24T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30947"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:45:51","slug":"review-cracked-kingdom-by-erin-watt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/review-cracked-kingdom-by-erin-watt\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Cracked Kingdom by Erin Watt"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30947\" data-postid=\"30947\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30947 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_kvvz417 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_d847417 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_p31a417 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt.jpeg?resize=640%2C987&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30948\" title=\"cracked-kingdom-erin-watt\" alt=\"cracked-kingdom-erin-watt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt.jpeg?w=973&amp;ssl=1 973w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt.jpeg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt.jpeg?resize=664%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt.jpeg?resize=768%2C1184&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt.jpeg?resize=400%2C616&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3nja417 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>These Royals will ruin you\u2026<br \/><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Ever since Hartley Wright met Easton Royal, her life hasn\u2019t been the same. There are enemies behind every corner and dangers beyond each door. When tragedy strikes and steals her memories, she can\u2019t trust anyone, not even the blue-eyed boy who promises her that everything will be all right.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Because while Hartley\u2019s memory is full of gaps, her instincts tell her Easton is dangerous. She doesn\u2019t know if he\u2019s the snake in the garden or\u00a0her chance at salvation. The chaos he brings wherever he goes is too much to handle, the intense feelings he evokes are too confusing to unravel.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Easton wants her to remember. Hartley thinks it\u2019s better to forget.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">She might be right.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Tragedy. Treachery. Trust. Hartley has to face the facts\u2014in this world, you can\u2019t escape the Royals. Either you live by their rules or you die by them.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_p1qc417 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_q388417  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16471 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2_5-hearts-1.jpg?resize=107%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 16, 2024<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>The Royals<br \/><\/em><strong>Book: <\/strong>5<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Easton<\/strong> and <strong>Hartley<\/strong> have more drama and obstacles to contend with. The fall took Hartley\u2019s memories and she struggles with her feeling for Easton. He has to make sure he doesn\u2019t slide backwards into his normal toxic behavior now that there are so many dangers lurking around them.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has to be my least favorite book in the series. I have mentioned multiple times that this series is over the top and it went so far over the top that I couldn\u2019t hang on. The author made every single ploy so outrageous that I had to question the characters in the book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book picks right up where the last one left off. Hartley now has amnesia and she can\u2019t remember anything. She is surrounded by multiple snakes and she doesn\u2019t trust Easton. Why should she? I don\u2019t know why she is back in school and walking around like everything is okay when she doesn\u2019t remember anything. Seems a bit farfetched.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then there is the convenience of adding \u201cKyle\u201d to the story. I didn\u2019t understand adding another character at this stage but the author did and he didn\u2019t have a real purpose. I felt like the author needed to work on some of the unnecessary details she threw in the story. This book didn\u2019t need any fillers for sure.\u00a0 Callum is nowhere to be found while one of his sons is in a coma. The parents continue to be all over the place. The author wraps up the Steve issue very conveniently. The same fashion she did with Hartley\u2019s father.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this series had a great run. 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There are enemies behind every corner and dangers beyond each door. When tragedy strikes and steals her memories, she can\u2019t trust anyone, not even the blue-eyed boy who promises her that everything will be all right.<br \/><br \/>Because while Hartley\u2019s memory is full of gaps, her instincts tell her Easton is dangerous. She doesn\u2019t know if he\u2019s the snake in the garden or\u00a0her chance at salvation. The chaos he brings wherever he goes is too much to handle, the intense feelings he evokes are too confusing to unravel.<br \/><br \/>Easton wants her to remember. Hartley thinks it\u2019s better to forget.<br \/><br \/>She might be right.<br \/><br \/>Tragedy. Treachery. Trust. Hartley has to face the facts\u2014in this world, you can\u2019t escape the Royals. Either you live by their rules or you die by them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2_5-hearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 16, 2024<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>The Royals<br \/><\/em><strong>Book: <\/strong>5<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Easton<\/strong> and <strong>Hartley<\/strong> have more drama and obstacles to contend with. The fall took Hartley\u2019s memories and she struggles with her feeling for Easton. He has to make sure he doesn\u2019t slide backwards into his normal toxic behavior now that there are so many dangers lurking around them.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has to be my least favorite book in the series. I have mentioned multiple times that this series is over the top and it went so far over the top that I couldn\u2019t hang on. The author made every single ploy so outrageous that I had to question the characters in the book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book picks right up where the last one left off. Hartley now has amnesia and she can\u2019t remember anything. She is surrounded by multiple snakes and she doesn\u2019t trust Easton. Why should she? I don\u2019t know why she is back in school and walking around like everything is okay when she doesn\u2019t remember anything. Seems a bit farfetched.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then there is the convenience of adding \u201cKyle\u201d to the story. I didn\u2019t understand adding another character at this stage but the author did and he didn\u2019t have a real purpose. I felt like the author needed to work on some of the unnecessary details she threw in the story. This book didn\u2019t need any fillers for sure.\u00a0 Callum is nowhere to be found while one of his sons is in a coma. The parents continue to be all over the place. The author wraps up the Steve issue very conveniently. The same fashion she did with Hartley\u2019s father.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this series had a great run. If you want to read drama, suspense and spiciness, then I recommended reading the entire series.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/47PmnhF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/47OUoyC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/cracked-kingdom-erin-watt\/1128078532?ean=9780593642221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/cracked-kingdom-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Erin_Watt_Cracked_Kingdom?id=wbjHEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30947"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30961,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30947\/revisions\/30961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}