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The Veiled Kingdom

Holly Renee

3.71 AVERAGE


This one took me a few chapters to get into, but I ended up loving this book!!
Nyra and Dacre's enemies to lovers buildup is spicy spicy spicy as hell!! Gah, that ending, tho!!!!
I need to jump into the next book immediately!!
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: Yes
fast-paced

I enjoy world building and evolving friendships and relationships. This had neither, somehow. Lots of people enjoyed it, but clearly it wasn't for me.

I'd also argue that the love interest (if you can call him that) was manipulative, possessive, and emotionally abusive. Their last interaction had elements of withdrawn consent (she "recoiled" he was "unrelenting" and holds her there). Overall, just really gross.
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

5 ⭐️ 3
adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Quick, easy read. Perfect for people getting into fantasy. 
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
challenging tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated