461 reviews for:

Bound to the Shadow Prince

Ruby Dixon

3.74 AVERAGE

thebiglittlelibrary's review

3.0

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3.5 ⭐️ If you like fantasy romance and Ruby Dixon, then definitely pick this book up


He's a polite monk of a Fellian who just happens to be trapped in a tower with a princess of loose morals who really, really wants to ride his c*ck.


WHAT TO EXPECT:
✨ fantasy romance
✨ feuding factions
✨ gods x humans x ‘monsters’
✨ locked away in a windowless tower with your enemy
✨ she’s a spoiled, chronically ill, lusty human princess
✨ he’s a shy, celibate, bookish non-human prince
✨ virgin, cinnamon roll monster
✨ enemies to friends lovers
✨ forced proximity
✨ opposites attract
✨ nursing back to health
✨ he falls first
✨ 4/5

litandknits's review

4.0

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I thoroughly enjoyed this entry into the monster romance genre. My only complaint, and I can’t believe I’m going to say this….is it wasn’t long enough. I loved it but the denouement was so fast that I didn’t have time to savor it!

tiffanysprologue's review

4.5

dark fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mirandapanda's review

2.0

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Spoiler

The portion in the tower was interesting except for the part about there being no light and fresh air, but once they left, it felt more tell don't show and the pacing disappeared. There were time/location jumps and info dumps making it hard to keep track of what was actually happening and the reasons why. Did we really get a throwaway line about how it was the phases of the moon that caused the whole thing and not revenge for the death that happened centuries before?

geekamp's review

1.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

beautyandthebooksxoxo's review

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

gracelizab's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

feralbookmom's review

3.5

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While I enjoyed this book , and it’s a good one for monster romance lovers and has an interesting plot… it was a very “light grey” book and to me wouldn’t consider it a dark romance. While it does have some darker themes mentioned it just didn’t scratch my “dark monster romance” itch I picked it up for. 

samanthanicole49's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: No

kikis_book_service's review

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes