Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

King of Sloth by Ana Huang

17 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Chronic illness

elle0806's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

graceev's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, and Medical content

potalian's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Violence, Animal death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Infidelity

lunahale's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

there were some things in this that i wished turned out differently, but this was a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness

ronnieex's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pregnancy

sdupont's review

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

4.0

While I still enjoyed this book, it was my least favorite in the series thus far. I did not find the story or plot as compelling as the previous books. I had expected more tension and fireworks in the beginning of the book between Sloane and Xavier. They seemed to sort of fall into being a couple pretty quickly without significant tension to fight. I do feel that their emotional hang ups seemed realistic for the characters. I still recommend that fans of Ana’s read this book despite it not being as bold as others by her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Violence

dcnireads's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Mental illness, Violence, Ableism, Drug use, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

This book met and exceeded every single one of my expectations. Sloane and Xavier were delightful from the very first page, and got progressively more adorable. I’m gonna be thinking about these two for days. 💙💙 (It doesn’t hurt that they give off MAJOR Sydrian vibes, aka one of my absolute favorite fictional couples.)

The only thing that could’ve made this book better was a Kai and Isa wedding. IT WAS THE ONE THING I WANTED, ANA.

Okay, but seriously. We’ve seen Viv and Dante get married, Alé and Dom get divorced and remarried, but Kai and Isa’s wedding is off-page?? And we find out in the epilogue that said wedding was only weeks after this book’s main story ends?? RUDE. And, to top it off, we don’t even get to see Xavi and Sloane engaged. I feel denied!!! 🥲🥲

On another note, I won’t lie—I’m skeptical about the next book. I don’t know either Vuk or Ayana enough to care about them, and I feel like Vuk is such a strange choice for a lead. I knew we’d have to leave the squad eventually, given how long the series is going to be, but I just. I don’t know. I’m gonna need some convincing on this one.

One more thing. At the very end, Xavi mentions Alex discovered the saboteur’s identity but wouldn’t share it, and all we got was it’s someone from a mercenary group that’s targeting the wealthy. I’d bet my nonexistent money that it’s Roman, and we haven’t seen the last of him yet. 👀

Updated series ranking:

1. King of Pride (forever my babies)
2. King of Sloth (my new babies)
3. King of Greed (good but not as good)
4. King of Wrath (suck it Dante)

My Ana Huang holy trinity, which finally exists after this book: King of Pride, King of Sloth, Twisted Lies 💜💙💚

I’m not gonna reread, I’m not gonna reread, I’m not gonna reread……

Representation:

• Colombian protagonist and side characters
• Chinese side characters (one is half-Filipina)
• demisexual Brazilian side character
• side character with CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Sexual content is explicit but wholly consensual. One character’s father was previously diagnosed with cancer and dies from it on-page. Both characters lost their mothers previously as well, one to a house fire and one (I believe) to an equestrian accident. Both characters dealt with emotional abuse throughout and beyond childhood, and one had a long-term partner cheat on them.

mistsilver's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this book. I connect with the FMC so much and found her very relatable. It was so nice having the MMC genuinely be a good guy throughout the book, and even his early pitfalls were really because he cared too much. 
Ironically, the book is a little cliché which the FMC would, on her own, rip to pieces, but I loved that bit of irony. 
I also love how Ana Huang references characters from her other books as little Easter eggs, and those lovable characters are still around for us to enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Cursing and Chronic illness

Minor: Pregnancy