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The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso

10 reviews

livia_jewel's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kylieqrada's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"Betrayal has a funny way of turning your world upside down. As familiar as I had already been with it by that point, it still amazed me how far I could stretch that moment of denial. The thought of what had been - of what could yet be - persisted. Perhaps it is not the same for most people. Perhaps, when you love less, it is easier not to let the emptiness become a cavern from which you can no longer see the sun."

I hugged this book when I finished it. I also wanted to throw it across the room. K.S. Villoso has me in a chokehold. That's all I got for ya.

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freya_amber's review

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4.0

It took me a few chapters to get into, but then I was hooked. The main character is extremely flawed which leads to her making a lot of bad decisions which did start to get tedious. Her title as the bitch queen often doesn't seem to fit her, though it's clear how she earned it with her own people.
I loved Khine. He's the best thing about the book. I hope she falls in love with him, ditches the husband, and grows into a queen that helps her people.
The audiobook did give some characters really annoying voices. The villain's was the worst. He was cartoonish already with his evil plots, so the voice made it too much.

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queergoth_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was such a good read. I didn't know anything about it before going in, I'd just had it recommended to me a few times.

It was full of complex characters, a fully developed world (with lots of politics and a lot of great descriptions of food that left me very hungry.

While it's high fantasy with lots of politics I didn't find it too dense or complex. I'm super excited to read the next books!

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chalkletters's review

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro got off to a fairly strong start: Tali’s first person perspective was engaging, I was intrigued to discover what had actually happened between her and her husband Rai, and I liked how she kept trying to get to know her guards and maids on a personal level. For me, things got even more exciting when she bumped into Khine, who introduced himself unrepentantly as a con man. I love a fantasy heist, and involving the queen in even a small con definitely ticked all sorts of boxes.

The world K S Villoso created felt very real, in part because Tali reacted like a human to periods of hunger or adverse weather. In books, these things are often mentioned, but you very rarely see someone actually acting stupid because they haven’t had a meal or day, or becoming more weak and susceptible to pain when they’re outside in the cold. K S Villoso created interesting contrasts between the way Tali was brought up and the world she was exploring for most of the book’s beginning.

The threats that Tali faced were certainly realistic, too. Maybe a little too much so. It’s not at all unreasonable that a woman would face sexual violence three or more times in the kind of society depicted by The Wolf of Oren-Yaro, but it did start to feel a little grating. While this played into the theme of how difficult it was for Tali to rule single-handed, it just wasn’t very pleasant to keep reading. It probably didn’t help that Tali’s consensual relationships with men (who weren’t related to her) nearly all revolved around sex, too.

Towards the end, I started to struggle with the plot of The Wolf of Oren-Yaro. Despite internally questioning at least one prior note that seemed to be in her husband’s handwriting, Tali jumps to the conclusion that a second note must absolutely be from him. In real life, that’s probably perfectly realistic, but in a narrative, unfortunately, it makes her certainty feel unconvincing. It’s the same kind of ‘but why did you jump to that conclusion?’ problem that I had with Under the Pendulum Sun. It doesn’t ruin the book entirely, but it did affect my enjoyment of the last third of the story.

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro was interesting enough, and reading K S Villoso’s thoughts on the next book in the series intrigued me enough that I think I’ll get around to it one of these days, but it wasn’t something I think I’ll reread over and over.

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mandkips's review

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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madarauchiha's review

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️

I'll suspend a lit of belief but this is just not making much sense. So the lady kills a dude and her fiance ditches her before the wedding. But they're still somehow married legally despite his absence at the ceremony. Then five years layer he asks to meet with her and she agrees. But

shes legally the queen so why is she going to him? Hes not even emperor or king. Also people refuse to house her on her travels. Is she not the queen? Also she says shes learn to be queen for five years and a princess for twenty years. Why is she going to restaurants and ordering things? She has servants for that. And why, despite her claiming to be feared and despised, she isn't. Not really. She gets flustered and repelled by seeing public torture as punishment of crimes even though her own kingdom supposedly does that??

I am running out of leeway. Also why the fuck does she care about her would be husband? He ditched her five years ago, get over it already. How are there three books of this.

Oh also while traveling

to the restaurant she got separated from her guards and had a diversion playing bartering games with a shopkeeper.

What the fuck was the point of that scene.

This is stupid as fuck. I want to slap the author for how godawful this plot is. How are you going to declare the mc is a cunty mean evil bitch and not have her be any of that. And according to reviews she simply doesn't become any of that in the second book. And I'm sure as fuck not reading the third book.

The plot is basically survive being

near this man, then this man, then another man.

Etc etc. I genuinely wonder if someone is buying five star reviews. Like... Who enjoyed this....

▪ the women spoke to me behind fans, coyly suggesting how lucky I was that I could at least look forward to my wedding night. A jibe at my father, I think…I didn’t need someone else reminding me that my mother was forced to marry an ailing man five times her age while I “only” got rayyel, who was young and handsome.

Ok george r r martin, calm it down. Between the whorephobic

sex slavery trafficking house scene and the repeat pedophilia

I forgot why I started writing that note in my moonreader app but I'll let it stand as is.

▪ that marked the last conversation of our first night together. He entered me, finding no barrier. He wasn’t surprised. I had ridden horses all my life.

I.... A hymen isn't a brick wall.... Wha... Even the sex scenes are boring! Lord help me. Minaread on youtube was right to be let down by this book. I should've listened to her. I stopped reading at chaptr 8 and skipped to chapter 22. I didn't miss anything, frankly.

content warnings, incomplete:

minor gambling, rape, pregnancy, pedophilia, child brides, murder, gore,

medium unsanitary,

major torture, murder, gore, death, violence, marital infidelity

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marioncromb's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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achingallover's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Irritating main character making ridiculous choices with no character development and the twist at the end (reason the husband left) pissed me off beyond belief.

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jackbifrost's review

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challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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