Reviews

Ruthless Demon King by Nikki St. Crowe

morganrenne's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

2.75

roseroosa's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

serialbookstarter's review

DNF—skimmed to 50 percent —Boring as Hell. Pun intended!

hannahboguski's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

It’s a book! 

lindslikesbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

This FMC had me cackling! 

- Urban fantasy
- Paranormal romance
- Witty banter
- Snarky FMC
- Morally grey MMC
- Forced proximity


I listened to this one on audio and I didn't know Nikki St. Crowe could write such hilarious FMCs. I have only read her Lost Boys series which was super dark and spicy. This one was not as dark and a medium burn on the series (starts lower and gets much spicier by book 3). 

I also really enjoy Bridgette Bordeaux and her voice acting! 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️

ladyivy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

pandasbookshelf's review

4.0

Fiery sinful first book in a series

A read this series after the Never King series as I was left wanting to read more by this author. Nikki St Crowe is one of my newest favorite authors and I can see myself reading everything of hers. This one was a fun, quick to read book with just enough spice, angst and alpha male.
I'm going to read book 2 immediately.

mary_goddess_of_oz's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

agafrog's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

delvie's review

medium-paced

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

1.5

The tone was all over the place. It starts out early 2000's camp, but with a cover like this and a six hour run time, I didn't anticipate high fantasy or even a plot. Then the book jumps to trauma real quick, throws in a sexual assault that added absolutely nothing to the plot it's desperately grasping for, oh, and the president of the United States shows up. Worst of all, it's a series, so all that nonsense for a cliffhanger? It's a no from me. This book is the equivalent of a bad first date.

I forgot the main character's name already. Her defining personality trait/characterization is her temper, but I didn't see anything that the average 15 year old American couldn't replicate in her outbursts, supernatural powers aside. Why is she pseudo-friends with a black ops guy? Why are we acting like it's totally chill that our bestie is dating a commander of a niche secret operative that has connections to the Whitehouse? Hello???