Think preview is definitely a tease and has me hooked! I'm ready to devour the rest of this story! Thank you for the seek peak!

Great little sneak peek at this upcoming book. Good start with the world building just enough to get you going but not giving too much away. The end has me eagerly anticipating the release of the book so I can fully dive in to this interesting new world.

The book excerpt was phenomenal! It was like a cross between Divergent and a fairy tale. I can't wait to read the book in its entirety.

I really wish I could read the rest of the story. I like what I've read, but I will not leave a review until I read it all. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

I LOVED this sneak peek! I am dying to read this book, and this was the perfect way to whet the readers appetite! AND it finished with a WTF is going to happen moment, so obviously I’ll be needing the full book ASAP :) Already love the characters, and can’t wait to read it!

This is one I can hardly wait to read. Thie sneak peek was a great teaser. I want to learn more about Keralie and where she went when she put the comms chips on her tongue. I want to learn more aboujt Mackiel too

Wow I was able to get a glimpse into the world of Four Dead Queens and I’m excited to read the rest once it is released!

I really enjoyed a sneak peek of the first few chapters of Four Dead Queens. I'm looking forward to reading the completed book in the future!

I received this preview from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this story so far. I am excited to read the entire book.

Well from what I can tell with just the sneak peek that I read, the story is going in an interesting direction so far. This world is obviously dark and gritty, which isn't a bad thing as long as it doesn't move over into the vulgar. It could though because there were a couple moments were it got a little crude. Besides that the characters were engaging and I like the main heroine, she pulled me into the story easily. The revolving POVs might get harder to deal with as the book goes on but for now they're intriguing. Overall this is shaping up to be a good book, I might just get it when it comes out now that I've gotten enough into it to be interested in the rest of the story.

I was lucky enough to read a sneak preview of Four Dead Queens. The preview included the first few chapters - enough to introduce you to the setting - a queendom with four very different lands and peoples. There is a queen for each land, one producing natural resource, one over producing science and tech, one focusing on fashion and toys, and the last regulating the trade in the other three. The four queens live in the Concord and rule the rest of the lands and their subjects. The story opens on Keralie, the city's best dipper (pickpocket), as she steals some important tech from a messenger. She brings it to Mackiel, who runs the auction house and rules the underworld. Back to the queens, where Queen Iris of Archia (the land producing natural resources) relaxes in the gardens that remind her of home. She feels a sting, spots an intruder and dies from having her throat cut, throwing the queendom into turmoil. All this in Part One!!
I love Astrid Schotte's storytelling. She put out a lot of information without bogging down in it, and set the stage for what looks to be a pretty amazing fantasy novel. I can't wait to read the rest!!!!

I'm sure this will be a fun fantasy story that many people will enjoy. Unfortunately I think it just isn't for me. The world seems fairly complex, and although the beginning seemed very info-dumpy, I still didn't feel like I was being given all the information I needed to really get a good feel for all the different people and places involved. Some of the concepts seemed slightly intriguing, however the writing and characters did nothing to keep me interested enough to want to keep going and understand more. I'm sure others will connect with this one more than I did. I'm very grateful for the chance to sample this book, but I don't think it'll be going on my TBR at the moment.

Even though it was just a few chapters I'm already hooked on the story and really need the rest!
I want to know more about the four queens and what's going to happen now after what happened to one of them, as well the past of what happened in the past with our main protagonist!

Her past with the king of the thieves there, as well as her past with her dad. And now the mystery of what she pick pocketed out of that Eonist.

The plot of the four continents being separated with the walls, all focused on one things, medicine, agriculture, and all is really fascinating and I want to see how it will go from there. I'm sensing a "let's destroy the walls of Constantinople thing" going on in the future and it's got me hooked!

We can see from Astrid just from this sneakpeak that her writing is very detailed and well writing, it besides the whole two plots going on, it's what got me hooked, really easy to read and smooth to follow. Really need the full book!

Thank you netgalley!!
Although its little sneak peak of four dead queens, I am hooked and excited!! Cant wait to find out what will happen to main character, Keralie, a pickpocketer. Who pickpockets a valuable comm disk from a Eonist messenger. And what valuable and deadly information, that comm disks contain and where this information will bring for Keralie!! Love the cover and this small view, into this books interesting wolrd and its character!!

I enjoyed this short excerpt and am keen to read more when the novel comes out. The premise is quite interesting and it was fun to read a YA novel with more of a sci-fi slant. Can't really comment much on the characterisation as I didn't really get to know any of them very well yet but it seems interesting so far.

Dude, what is this book??? I was pretty interested and naively thought hey it would be cool read a sneak peek. I was wrong. This was amazing and now I'm one step from killing for the whole book. Honestly, just amazing. Loved everything about it. Can't waaaait is February already here?

The book's world is very rich but not overdone (which is really hard to do with stand-alone fantasy books) and the mystery kept me on the edge of my seat! It has wonderful characters. It was vivid, fast-paced, suspenseful, has the perfect amount of humour and romance. Six point of views can be overwhelming but the way the author wrote it made it beneficial to teh story! It's a fast-paced murder mystery and it delivered well.

I’m so grateful that I had the opportunity to take a look at this book before it releases. That being said, I don’t think this is the book for me. Although I normally love YA fantasy, I didn’t find myself drawn in by the world or the characters. However, I’ve read a lot of great reviews and I think I’m the odd man out. I would recommend readers who enjoy YA fantasy give this book a shot!

(This isn't a full review as I only read the first 5 chapters)

This sneak peek is just the right amount to leave you yearning for more!

I am really liking this universe and the different kingdoms, or quadrants as they're called. The contrast and differences between those quadrants are so interesting. I am feeling a bit of a Hunger Games and Divergent vibe with each one having a particular purpose and specific values.

"Toria: the intellectual quarter that values education and ambition
Ludia: the pleasure quarter that values celebration, passion, and entertainment
Archia: the agricultural quarter that values simplicity and nature
Eonia: the futurist quarter that values technology, stoicism and harmonious community"

I am really excited to learn more about all these lands and the story of this world.

The different point of views are really great. While the story unfolds in the streets of Toria through Keralie, it also permits us to have an inside view at what is happening to our four Queens. We know they're going to die, but how? And why? I am really looking forward to discover the answer to these questions when I'll read the full book.

I was curious to see what this book was about, since I heard a lot about it in the last few months of 2018. While the initial plot seemed interesting, this isn't a book for me. I kept getting confused of who was who as far as the queens when they were all together. Their dialogue and pesonality were too similar enough that it caused that confusion. Also the setting seemed a little too flat to get really interested in, random terms were dropped here and there. I also just don't know about following the main character who gets caught up in all of this. The sample didn't get me excited for the book, but I am glad that I gave it a try.