516 reviews for:

The Orc and the Innkeeper

Cora Crane

3.55 AVERAGE

paperismystory's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sweet lighthearted romance.

princexbibliophile's review against another edition

2.5

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

monkeyloverjess's review against another edition

3.0

relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

buntatamilis's review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

asahome's review against another edition

4.0

Normally, I try to give a two-sentence summary of the book, but I went a little overboard this time.

TL;DR: Did I say I had a human fiancé? What I meant was,

“You’re a butthead who needs to get over your prejudice against magical creatures if you want to tap into this market.” And, yeah, she’s that hot girl I’ve been actively avoiding since high school when I was a butthead with prejudice just like you! I mean she was hot then too, which was why I was a bigger butthead, because I liked her and I wasn’t supposed to. Nah, we’re cool now (you know since I got on my knees in front of her ::winky face::) and this could never blow up in my face with my butthead prejudice parents (who actually have a good reason to mistrust humans, generational trauma and all that).

Want to do business?

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book. At least one of the sex scenes was not my style:

when he kept saying he was sorry for his behavior in high school as he was performing cunnilingus on her

, but overall it was good. I'll continue the series, but don't feel the need to own them.

bookishbowen's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Vibes - Good Time, Cosy

"Tormented" is a bit harsh.

I've come to realise that while I'm not a fan of bully romances, ex-bully romances I love. I think it's the redemption arc. In this the level of grovelling is equal to the level of damage done. Not much.

Most of the grovelling was him saying "sorry" over and over during the sexy scenes which was just kinda weird.

She says he tormented her but even in her flash backs it doesn't seem like he instigated anything, he just said some things that weren't nice and stood by while his friends bullied her.

He saw her family heirloom necklace get broken and did nothing, which isn't good but he wasn't the one who broke it. And he fixed it. Even if it took almost 10 years for her to get it back.

I get having her guard up around him but I don't think he was that bad even then. But even so he'd grown out of his old prejudices he learnt from his family and wanted to make things right with his fake fiancé, especially since he's been besotted with her for years. He is open and vulnerable with her and she slowly lets her guard down despite her reservations. He was more in love with her that she was with him. I loved the side characters and am looking forward to continuing the series.

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