I don't know if it's my first reading slump's fault, but lately almost all the books I've been reading were a complete failure or mediocre. 
 Unfortunately, "Falling kingdoms" wasn't an exception. 
 If I had to say what I enjoyed, I would answer 
 "a smooth style". 
 However, being able to read it in a short amount of time doesn't mean that I actually appreciated it. 
 In fact, there are two main points that were really difficult to put up with: 
 1) The characters 
 Believe me when I say that I couldn't become attached to any of them. Every time I read Cleo's name I wished to choke her or at least lock her in some far, far place. She seems the only victim of the whole story, and though she pretends to be aggressive and strong at the and she only makes people die because of her silly decisions. Someone should also tell her that insulting/spitting on someone isn't going to kill him/her. 
 Maybe the only one I care about is the sweet, caring (and of course friendzoned) Nic, but since he's just a side character I couldn't get to know much about him. 
 This is another problem related to the characters: 
 poor descriptions. 
 Which is one of the things I find the most annoying. What do we know about their pasts? Very little if not nothing. And what about their personality/thoughts? Just if we're talking about Cloe, Jonas and Magnus. 
 The majority of them were even 
 flat, 
 with an almost non existent psychological development. 
 2) The plot 
 I simply wasn't able to get involved into the story. There was a good amount of action and fights, this is true, but the only word that came me to mind was 
 "how boring". 
 Well, to be honest also 
 "how stupid". 
 There are some scenes that are really 
 ridiculous, 
 in particular when Cleo is involved. The funny thing is that, in theory, they should have been the most dramatic ones, and despite this I couldn't help but laugh. 
 Not to mention that, in more than one occasion, I easily foresaw what would have happened. 
 In conclusion, I would have happily preferred avoiding a reading like this, and I'm still trying to understand in which way this book should be "perfect for GOT fans", like the cover claims.