782 reviews for:

Ruling Sikthand

Victoria Aveline

4.42 AVERAGE

teddie_valetine98's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful medium-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

befreckledreader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cheltzel's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-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

kaoticfabel's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

zeef33's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lynn11's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense 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

norwegian_bookshelf's review against another edition

5.0

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This was easily a 5⭐️ read!!

I am obsessed with this one!! I wasn’t sure anything would top Using Fejo, but this one truly did. This is now officially my favorite in the Clecanian Series. Also I SOBBED when reading the last chapters.

What I loved
If you’ve seen my reviews for the previous books you know how much I LOVE the world building and this was no exception. We follow Sophia while she’s exploring Vrulatica and reading it all through her was an amazing experience. Also, the tattoos!! I don’t remember if this was described in the previous books, but learning how tattoos work in detail was very interesting.

King Sikthand is after this book my favorite MMC in the series, hands down. He made my heart ache at least a hundred times throughout the book. He was tricked and almost assassinated by his romantic partner in which he trusted with his whole heart. After this he vowed to never open up his heart again. Reading how he’s constantly drawn to Sophia and having to fight it off is painful. He believes that if he lets himself get close to her, it’ll destroy him. He wants so badly to trust and love Sophia, but the trauma from his past won’t let him.

"He couldn't be blind again. Even if he managed to live through another betrayal, he wouldn't survive it. Not if it was her. Not if it was Sophia."

Sophia was simply an angel. While being held captive by the king she agrees to an arranged marriage with the king. She quickly decides to use this as an opportunity to best help the other humans as Queen of Vrulatica. Whatever comes her way, Sophia adapts. She’s selfless, kind and compassionate to everyone she meets, even though they’re not returning the favor. I simply loved her character!

The spice was as always *chefs kiss*. Victoria knows how to write!! I promise you one thing, if you’re looking for good smut, these are the books for you.


Thank you Victoria Aveline for providing an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! 

libraryoflindsay's review against another edition

3.25

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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Cute but a bit odd why she wanted to be queen??? To a stranger?

steph_love44's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional 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

caramelie7679's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes