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These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

27 reviews

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and Trafficking

politewriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

World building and immersion are amazingly well done. There’s lots of factions, characters, and lands. But despite this, I never felt confused or overloaded with information. But the Female Lead is so irritating. She’s not only naive, but denser than lead. She never asks the right questions, so much so that any foreshadowing becomes blatant and frustrating. It’s one thing to have an author guide the readers to future plot twists, and another to spoon feed them it with their nose pinched shut. I hope the supporting characters are treated better in the next book, and that the FL wises up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Trafficking, War, and Cursing

elderflower's review against another edition

relaxing fast-paced

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

1.75

disappointed ☹️ 
Likes: 

• Hot romance and love interests
• Worldbuilding 
• Love triangle 
• Gorgeous cover

Dislikes: 

• Brie seemed to be “not like other girls” and was pretty annoying 
• Pretty cliché 
• Came across like it was trying hard to be cool but just succeeded at being annoying 
• Boring start
• Didn’t really capture my attention or feelings 
• Romantic pacing was jumpy and weird 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Slavery, and Emotional abuse

more content warnings: drugged drink, cheating, guilt trips, manipulation

soundlysmitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn’t catch big feelings for this book. It’s been compared to both The Cruel Prince and ACOTAR, and while I can see some similarities in the story line, this one fell a bit flat for me. Not to say it’ll put you to sleep—I actually found it relatively entertaining, but I felt like I could easily put it down after two or three chapters at a time.

For one thing, the world building isn’t very impressive. But I suppose readers are given as much as possible, considering the main character is new to the world herself, confined to few places, and kept in the dark about much. The real let down for me was that I struggled to connect with Brie and I wasn’t into any of her love interests either. I found one of them sappy (but sus) and the other arrogantly sus. As for the plot, I saw the big revelation coming early on and I’m usually wrong about those things... but I did like the way the book ends because it sets the stage for a more compelling installment to follow.

I wouldn’t necessarily recommend These Hollow Vows, but if you‘re into YA fantasy and love triangles, it might be worth the read. Your experience could be the opposite of mine!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Homophobia, Slavery, and Trafficking

sierraechobravo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, and Trafficking

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

If you are a fan of A Court of Thorns and Roses then you will definitely like this because there are a lot of similarities.

I enjoyed this and it was kind of addicting even though I had issues with parts of it. The main character was great but I wasn't a fan of the love interests. The plot was entertaining but a bit predictable. The writing was pretty good! I will definitely continue the series but also don't think it will be a new favorite unless the sequel gets a lot better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Slavery