Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 I should be in bed right now. I should be getting a good night's sleep before I start my work week tomorrow, but I'm not. All hope of being productive today or tomorrow went by the wayside when I started Three Dark Crowns this afternoon. Since I started the book I've done nothing but read, and now I'm reviewing it late at night because OMG YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. I am literally sweating right now under a cat and my blankets, typing this on my phone in the dark (#baddecisionsbookclub). 
 This is a dark YA fantasy, a grimdark fairytale about badass ladies and it is delicious. It's about three sister queens who must kill each other to get the crown and if that sounds fucked up, it is. 
 So I loved this book because it's an incredibly detailed, fascinating fantasy world built around powerful women. 
 In some respects this book is also about young women coming into their power and finding out who they are, and I love that. I loved seeing the heroines rise in power-whether it be magical or just finding their agency. Arisnoe and Mirabella have close female friends too, and that sisterhood is important to the plot. Only Katharine is isolated-her love interest and her pet snake are her only friends (and neither are trustworthy). 
 There are a couple of romances in the novel-one a love triangle but not an obnoxious one, and one that made my jaw literally drop. There's sex too, but it happens off stage. The romances are secondary and serve to drive the plot, and aren't the main focus of it. 
 Three Dark Crowns is fun. It's dark and twisted, it's all about lady-power, and it's got a heroine who wears a poisonous snake for a bracelet. I just wish the sequel was out. 
 Update: it is now Monday morning and I am full of regrets (not) and coffee. Team Arisnoe FTW! 
 - Elyse