Reviews - The Veiled Kingdom

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The Veiled Kingdom

Holly Renee

3.71 AVERAGE

alyssa_benz's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tea_nikolova's review against another edition

1.0

informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nnnh_'s review against another edition

1.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

For the first time in my reading career, I’ve decided to listen to an audiobook of a romantasy, – and I didn’t know it was spicy. The way I was FLABBERGASTED when the narrators started explicitly describing what the characters were doing, GIRL, I was literally not prepared for any of this. Side note: mmc was voiced like a caveman, which honestly made the story much funnier.

And regarding the book itself:

First of all, this girl is the definition of the meme “don’t choke me in a fight, I might c*m”. Way too horny for the situation she finds herself in.

Second, I didn’t like the mmc at all, because he is

literally a murderer

and we have standards in this household.

As soon as the blood of a killed recruit splattered on her face, that was it, any romantic tension should have been killed as well.

Louder for the back: GIRL, don’t f*ck

murderers who constantly abuse and insult you

, for gods sake. The Mfc even summarised the mmc’s behaviour herself:

“You’r always in a bad mood”.

Both characters lake likability, though.

And the plot is almost nonexistent,

we see mmc on the streets once, and then the rest of the story takes place in the same dungeon with the same characters, with minor exceptions

. It’s really about the spice, not about actual plot.

Also, at least the first half of the book undeniably resembles Divergent, i mean,

a not like other girls girl leaves oppressive society to join a rebellion and starts a relationship with a high ranking guy that physically trained her to be a fighter in hidden headquarters of the rebellion?

it literally feels like a medieval divergent fanfiction with fairies

Definitely not going to read the next book in the series, but if there’s an audio version of it, I might listen to it while doing chores

madschantel's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

packinpages's review against another edition

5.0

Absolutely obsessed with this book! It may be one of my favorite books of 2024!! It is the perfect mixture of spice, fantasy, angst, world building, all the things. It was perfection. I cannot wait for book 2!