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King of Sloth by Ana Huang

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cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

I’ll be upfront and honest, so I need Ana to take a step back from publishing because this book wasn’t overall terrible, but it could’ve been better. More likeable than whatever the hell KOG was, but this genuinely just shows how her books are losing quality. There’s something lacking about Xavier & Sloane that I can’t point out despite all that hype last year. The number of loopholes here were just frustrating instead of giving a reader feelings of anticipation for the next book because I was more excited for the cameos. I’m also genuinely so sick of her books completely being marketed via tropes instead of having an actual plot. At this point it just feels poor and recycled that I can’t believe this is the same writer who gave us Twisted Series because as much as I dislike Alex, he and Ava actually had a story to tell.

I wish Ana all the best in writing, but taking a break isn’t so bad. Quality over quantity matters here and for a book advertised as NA Romance, this became a badly executed romcom. The characters were just so poorly developed that it felt dragging. Don’t even get me started on the smut because I’m not the only one who felt disappointed in King of Sloth.

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

"Who didn't like to be needed? Bring needed meant we were good at and good for something. People didn't leave those they needed. It wasn't the same thing as being loved but it was better than nothing"

One thing to know about me is I love Twisted Games and Rhys and Bridget with my entire heart and I thought no Ana book could POSSIBLY top that however, I've now read King Of Sloth and know that is absolutely untrue.

I absolutely cannot explain to you how this book made me feel. The warm, happy feelings it has given me I haven't felt this way about a book in so long. This is now my second favourite romance of all time, I love it so deeply and so much its absolutely stolen my heart, body and soul.

"If its good enough for Prince Rhys, it's good enough for me"

Now, I'll start with Xavier because one thing Ana Hunag, Ali Hazelwood and Emily Henry are amazing at, it's writing men I actually like lol but ANYWAY. As I mentioned, Rhys is really precious to me and I didn't think anybody else would overtake and here we are. Xavier Castillo is amazing. I loved reading about him. From the very first chapter he absolutely had me charmed, I just loved that although he has this image that he showcases publicly, he is truly the most caring, warm and sweet human being. The way he wears his heart on his sleeve, the way he truly shows how much he cares about Sloane is absolutely beautiful to me. I adore him so completely, there were moments I truly wanted to curl up and cry for him especially during the section in Bogotà because it absolutely broke my heart and when he was talking about his mother, this man is just such a beautiful soul and I loved watching him develop over the course of the book it truly felt like a privilege.

"Perhaps that was why I rarely went on vacation. It lulled us into a false sense of security only to thrust us back into our regular lives, where we were confronted with a world that kept spinning without us and the realization that our presence didn’t matter at all in the grand scheme of things."

As well as Xavier, I loved Sloane so god damn much. She absolutely deserves the world and is my favourite of the women I've read about in Ana's books so far. Again,I absolutely loved watching her develop over the book and realise that it's okay to feel things, it's okay to be hurt and angry with the way people have treated her and most of all I loved watching her come to the realisation that her family and Bentley were absolutely the ones in the wrong, she did nothing wrong and that she deserved to be loved. I just love her so much, the way she sticks up for Xavier and allows him to grow into the person he needs to be as well as helping him get there. She means everything to me and was sometimes a little too relatable it cut me deep lol.

I loved the relationship between Xavier and Sloane so much, I loved the way they picked up on the small things about each other, loved that they were so supportive of each other and helped the other one do the growing they needed to do. You can truly tell how much they live each other and how happy they are god I just absolutely adore them.

Overall, if you couldn't tell, I loved this book so deeply. It was everything I absolutely wanted and needed it to be. It made me feel so happy, so much genuine, unfiltered joy that I can't explain. I'm so happy it exists. Also, loved all of the cameos they also made me the HAPPIEST.

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.75

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challenging emotional 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

Thank you to BookFunnel for an ARC of this book.

What can I say other than Ana Huang only gets better and better? This series has become an obsession, and each time I’ve read a new book I’ve loved it so much.

But with Sloane, it was the first time I saw myself. As someone who struggles to let go of structure and control, who needs that constant need of stability, I truly felt and related to her in a way I couldn’t fully with other characters from previous books.

This is my favorite out of the series, their love story is very beautiful and I can’t wait for Ana’s next work.

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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

3.5

It breaks my heart to give the queen Ana anything less than 4⭐️. But this book just didn’t quite make it for me.

I loved Xavier, that man is a puppy dog in human form. Then we have Sloane who in all honesty, I do find myself relating to. The cold, icy exterior she puts on to protect herself from others. The excessive control she applies to her life so she can’t possibly find herself feeling out of it. I totally get it and thought to myself, yeah, this works.

But then we have the story. And whilst I did really enjoy parts of it, I just don’t think I loved it. I couldn’t even really tell you why except for that I just felt it wasn’t gelling for me. Maybe I’ve come to expect too much from Queen Ana at this point.

For me this is definitely one of the slower books in the series. Things don’t really start heating up until about halfway through. They literally start the book by going to Spain and he teaches her how to dance and there’s just not really enough happening with that. There is spice in this book, of course there is, it’s Ana Huang. Butttttt, I would say less than her usual level. Not necessarily a bad thing depending on who you are as a reader, but for me, I did miss it. The spice that is there is pretty good, Xavier is a little bit rough but gentle too. And “put your hands on the desk” is deffo giving bat boy Cassian vibes 😮‍💨

Sloane is a character we’ve read about for a long time, she’s been a big part of the first three books and it was great to finally get a deep dive into her personality. I think she was written brilliantly and I loved her no nonsense, straight talking ways immensely. The fact we also get to read more about our faves from both the Kings of Sin series and the Twisted series is great too. I miss them all 🥺. I think there’s also name drops from some of her other books too but I can’t attest to that as I have only read the two series I just mentioned.

Xavier falls first (bloody love when the guy falls first) but it feels like he does this quickly. I obviously understand that when this book starts they’ve already known each other years, but it did just feel a bit speedy and threw off the pacing for me.

Tbh this book also did just feel a bit like a set up for Vuk and Ayanas story, and I just feel it was a waste of Sloane and Xavier time. Don’t get me wrong I am buzzing for King of Envy but that’s not why I picked this book up.

Overall, I did like it. Ana Huang could never produce anything bad but I think my expectations are just so high and this just fell a bit flat. I liked parts of this, but not sure it totally came together the way I hoped. But it was cute and I am still excited to see the series progress!

If you love romcoms then you will love this because it’s like a tribute to the classics 🫶🏻

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